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BATMM AU: Daughter of the Devil, Son of the Fairy King (season 1)

Summary:

Basically a series rewrite about Gabby being Satan's daughter and AJ being Oberon's son.

Notes:

Don't worry y'all, this is gonna be a HELL of a lot more chaste than my, ahem... OTHER fics. AJ comes out alright, in case you're wondering.

Chapter 1: Meet the Titular Duo (+ characters exclusive to this AU)

Chapter Text

GABRIELLA "GABBY" VON HELSING:
- Main skills: Strong as HELL mechanic skills, fire powers, and able to become a chimera (in this case a creature with 3 heads arranged like a Cerberus' (a lion head, an eagle head, and a snake head), plus a snake for a tail with the body and forelegs of a lion, and hindlegs of an eagle's; basically a griffin except a LOT more demonic)
- Changes to design: Color scheme goes from blue and white to black and red (with the OG blue and white color scheme as her alt tracksuit), hidden horns, and a tail (+ purified fire sigils on palms starting in season 6), plus the black lines around her eyes from the early episodes of the current animation style staying permanently to lend to her weary/exhausted nature
- Voice actresses: Mostly the same except for Jenna Warren replacing Micaiah Chen starting from "The Ice Treasure" (or "And Jenna Warren", as she is credited)
- Personality changes: a LOT more weary than the original Gabby, with more of a "I'm surrounded by IDIOTS" mentality
- Additional facts: sings a HECK of a lot more than the OG Gabby, even getting to participate in a few STEM songs (namely, "Freezing", "Systems (AKA Systems Check)", "Length! Width! Height!", "Falcons", "Propulsion", "Vertical and Horizontal", "Fasteners", and "Rotational Speed"), and she's the main performer of "Mechanic Team" and a secondary performer of "Paramedic Power". She's also got a bounty of $1,000,000 as of this AU's season 7 (which she takes GREAT PRIDE in!)
- Age: 15.7
- Body type: slightly chubby (as Amber would note, fucking AMAZING for cuddling)

ALEXANDER JOHNSON "AJ" HOWERY:
- Main skills: Leadership, racing with Blaze, light powers, control over small armies of fairies, and flight
- Changes to design: color scheme mostly becomes a pale yellow and a dark green, plus his right eye becomes a spring green (he HATES when people point that out!). (+ A small sigil of a star on his left eye starting in season 6)
- Voice actors: mostly the same except for Isaac Ryan Brown taking over from season 7 onwards
- Personality changes: He's a lot less reliant on Blaze, often setting him on auto-drive mode so he can fly alongside him.
- Additional facts: Unlike Gabby, he really doesn't mind being the son of Oberon, mostly because he's not an awful dad like Satan is.
- Age: 14.8
- Body type: slightly scrawny but with VERY strong athletic skills

SATAN VON HELSING:
- Main skills: Fire manipulation (but of course), excellent chessmaster and manipulator, and able to shapeshift into ANYTHING he wants
- Design: He's literally the devil, what'd you expect? Jokes aside, he has long, demonic wings, a forked tongue, no legs, and RAZOR SHARP claws.
- Personality: A homophobic, manipulative, hatred-fueled bastard who hates when his daughter interacts with human beings... ESPECIALLY female ones. Of all humans, he hates AJ the most.
- Voice actor: Keith David
- Songs sung: Hell's Greatest Dad
- Age: Immortal
- Body type: Snake-like thanks to the lack of lower limbs

SIR OBERON HOWERY XVII:
- Main skills: Control over light and large swaths of fairies, the ability to cause flowers to bloom with a single step, masterful swordplay, and resurrection (although it takes a lot of his power away)
- Design: A humanoid firefly with four eyes, four arms, a sword sheathed on his left leg, and large butterfly wings.
- Personality: A wise, gentle, and intelligent king that won't hesitate to descend onto Earth to help his son/Axle City in general.
- Voice actor: Timothée Chalamet
- Songs sung: Hell's Greatest Dad
- Additional facts: He adopted Gabby after she disowned her father.
- Age: Immortal
- Body type: Slightly muscular but overall very much like a firefly

LUCILIA "LUCY" GREY
- Main skills: Electricity, sharp hearing, and camouflage
- Design: a typical black-footed cat with a scar on her left eye
- Personality: As Gabby puts it: "She's a wisecracker." She loves to crack jokes and sarcastic remarks, the latter of which typically targeted at Crusher and Pickle.
- Voice actress: Sarah Sherman (credited as Sarah Squirm) and Frank Welker (vocal effects only)
- Songs sung: Great Cats (with Blaze and AJ), Adaptive Traits (with AJ), and Camouflage (with Jimmy Richards)
- Additional facts: Unlike most other cats, she actually really likes water!
- Age: 20 in human years
- Body type: Similar to that of a real cat

AMBER DÉ-BANDERAS
- Main skills: hacking (VERY useful for getting into enemy technology) and shapeshifting
- Design: no matter what form she goes for, two things remain the same: her distinctive magenta eyes and her faint lightning bolt mark on her back.
- Personality: Clumsy as FUCK, goofy, and very, VERY daring.
- Voice actress: Tori Feinstein (Season 1 - "The Construction Contest") and Gabby Blum ("The Wild West Birthday!" - present)
- Songs sung: Fasteners (with Blaze, AJ, and Gabby), Length! Width! Height! (With Blaze, AJ, and Gabby), and Freezing (with Blaze, AJ, and Gabby)
- Additional facts: As of "The Mystery Bandit", she and Gabby are girlfriends (much to Satan's chagrin)
- Age: 15.5
- Body type: Like an average teenager

Chapter 2: S1, E1: Blaze of Glory! (Part 1)

Summary:

In which AJ and Blaze enter Axle City.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(our story begins with a shot of the sky. Wings blitz by the screen as it transitions to a truck speeding through a crop field)

- ???: "WOOHOO!"
- ???: "Dude, wait up!"

(The truck lands and speeds forward until he comes out of the field, with a winged human following behind him)

- ???: "Ha! Bet you can't catch up to THIS!"

(The winged humanoid blitzes across the land, with the truck jumping off a hill and doing a barrel roll in the air. The duo land near the crop field)

- ???: "You were saying?"
- ???: "Ah, man. Good race, dude!"

(The two face the reader)

- Blaze: "Hey, I'm Blaze! Right above me, in the air - that's AJ."
- AJ: "What's up?"
- Blaze: "He's one of my best friends, one of the best I could ever ask for. Wanna know what's up with the wings? As the son of Oberon - believe it or not - it's a part of his bloodline."
- AJ: "Yup. Hang on... See that hill? Bet it'd make an awesome jump!"
- Blaze: (to reader) "You wanna see me do a super monster jump?"
- (Pause)
Blaze: "Alright! AJ, gimme some speed!"

(AJ grins and gets on Blaze. He gives him the proper acceleration. Blaze takes off and jumps the hill)

- Blaze: "Whoa! Woohoohoo!"
- AJ: "Hahahaha!"

(They land in a pile of leaves. AJ elegantly flies out with his wings)

- AJ: "That was wild, man! We went so high!"
- Blaze: (pops out of the leaves, with some of them forming a mustache over his mouth) "Yeah-ha, we really..."
- AJ: (snickering)
- Blaze: "Wait, what's so funny?"
- AJ: "It's the leaves, dude. You almost look like you have a mustache."
- Blaze and AJ: (laughing)
- Blaze: "Oh, really? Get a load of this... (He ducks down for a bit, and stands back up with leaves forming hair) Now it looks like I have crazy hair!"
- Blaze and AJ: (laughing)
- Blaze: (ducks down again, standing up to reveal elephant ears and a trunk) "And now I'm an elephant! (Trumpeting)"
- Blaze and AJ (laughing)

(Blaze comes out of the leaves, clean)

- AJ: "Now in all honesty, you're best the way you are."
- Blaze: "Aw, AJ! Thanks! Now let's keep going... Only this time, we're gonna go faster than we've EVER gone before."
- AJ: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Blazing Speed Engine!"

(Blaze's middle back opens up to reveal special jets)

- AJ: "This special engine can make Blaze go incredibly fast!"
(The jets burn with blue fire)
- AJ: "We like calling this Blazing Speed, but it only works once we give Blaze enough power to do it."
(AJ boards Blaze)
- Blaze: "To give me Blazing Speed, I need you to say "LEEEEET'S BLAZE!". Ready?"
- Blaze and AJ: "LEEEEET'S BLAZE!"

(Blaze crouches down, flame stickers glowing, and unleashes the speed. A red and gold contrail pours out of the jets)

- Blaze: "WOOOOOOOHOOHOO!"
- AJ: "YEEHAW!

(Blaze does several tricks)

- Blaze: "WOOHOOHOO!"
- AJ: "Woohoo!... Wait, wha-?"

(The cliff starts to vibrate, and rocks start dropping)

- AJ: "Whoa there, buddy! Rocks ahoy!"
- Blaze: (while dodging) "Whoa! Yikes! Ay-yi-yi!"

(They drop down a hill)

- Blaze and AJ: "YEEEEAAAAAAAAUGH!"

(Blaze honks his horn as he hops right through a billboard with graffiti spraypainted on. He lands onto a street, crashing into traffic cones)

- AJ: "Oh, man, that was rough... Blaze, I think we're in Axle City."

(And indeed they are. Various trucks go about their lives, while Blaze spots an arena up the street.)

- Blaze: "Hmmm... "Axle City: Home of the Famous Monster Dome". This is Axle City, alright, judging by the arena over there."
- AJ: (to reader) "Wanna check it out? (Pause) Then follow us!"

(The duo enters the Monster Dome, where a cat walks toward a garage)

- AJ: "Wow... Check out the SIZE of that track!"
- Blaze: "I wish I could race on a track like that. I wanna be a Monster Machine Racer, more than anything in the entire world."
- AJ: "I'm gonna help you with that, Blaze. No doubt about it."

(Bump Bumperman takes his place on a podium)

- Bump: "HELLOOOOOOO, RACING FANS! Check your tire pressure and buckle your seatbelts, because this is gonna be the BIGGEST. RACE. EVER! To win, racers will have to jump the highest jumps, turn the twistiest turns, and loop the biggest loops! WELCOME, ONE AND ALL, TO THE MONSTER MACHINE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!"

(The crowd goes wild as a gold trophy rises out of the podium. Blaze and AJ walk down a pit row)

- AJ: "The Monster Machine World Championship?! Dude, we HAVE to stay and watch! This could be the biggest race in the whole... (AJ bumps into a toolbox) Uh, oops. Sorry about that."

(The loud crash startles the nearby mechanic. The girl angrily stares at AJ)

- ???: "...son of Oberon, huh? Fairies think they're SUCH goody-two-shoes. I guess I can help you. The name's Gabby, in case you haven't heard."
- AJ: "Gabby?! Gabriella Von Hellsing?!"
- Gabby: "That's the name. Don't wear it out."
- (A cat climbs onto Gabby's shoulder)
- Gabby: "That's my cat, Lucilia."
- AJ: "My dad's told me so much about you."
- Gabby: "Guess he's told you I'm the daughter of Satan, yeah?"
- AJ: "...yes. ... What's that you're working on?"
- Gabby: "A spark plug for one of the racers."
- Blaze: "YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE?!"
- Lucilia: "Basically."
- Gabby: "When I ain't torturing old souls over in hell, I'm a mechanic."
- AJ: "Interesting..."
- Gabby: "As I am an official member of the pit crew, I'm obligated to introduce you to the others."
- Blaze: "That'd be awesome!"
- Gabby: "Oh, really? Follow me, then."

(Gabby and Lucilia lead them to another pit row, where three other monster machines are practicing)

- Gabby: "Behold, the fastest monster machines in the whole world..."
- Lucilia: "Or so the Germans would have us believe."

(The first truck, Stripes, is standing on the ground)

- Stripes: "Tiger... CLAWS! Rawrrr! (He hops onto a tree in his pit)"
- Gabby: "Evening, Stripes."
- Stripes: "Good evening, Gabby!"
- Lucilia: (purring)
- Stripes: "¡Hola, Lucy!"
- Blaze: "Tiger trucks exist. Huh, who knew?"
- AJ: "He looks like a great climber!"
- Gabby: "Yo, Stripes. Got the spark plug fixed for ya."
- Stripes: "Thanks! I'll be right down!"

(Stripes hops out of the tree, and Gabby installs his spark plug.)

- Gabby: "That should do it."
- Stripes: "¡Gracias, Gabby! I better get going, the race is about to begin! Rawrrr!"

(An offscreen voice calls out. Gabby and Lucilia cringe at the sound of it.)

- ???: "YEEEEEHAW!"
- Lucilia: "Declaw me."
- Gabby: "Aw, brother. That's Starla."

(Starla comes out, twirling a lasso.)

- Starla: "Yip, yip, yip!"
- Gabby: "She's kind of annoying in my view, but what can you do? Show 'em what ya got, dude."
- Starla: (doing lasso tricks) "Yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, yippee! Alright!"
- AJ: "Whoa!"
- Blaze: "You're amazing!"
- Starla: "Aw, shucks! Thanks, fellas! Now, I gotta skedaddle! I have to get to the starting line."

(Off she goes)

- Blaze: "Good luck, Starla!"

(A third truck, Darington, is doing various tricks)

- Darington: "Woo! Hahaha! Alright!"
- Gabby: "That's Darington. He tends to sing his name. Like, a lot."
- Blaze: "He must REALLY like doing tricks."
- Gabby: "That's a colossal understatement. Tricks, along with races, are some of his favorite things in the whole world."
- Darington: "Is someone looking for... 🎵 DARINGTOOOOOOON!🎵 (he hops into the air and lands on the ground) Agh!"
- Gabby: "Ooooooooh... You okay there, dude?"
- Darington: "Man, I'm dizzy."
- Blaze, AJ, and Darington: (laughing)

(Darington leaves. Gabby sighs and looks at the reader)

- Gabby: (to reader) "I worry about him sometimes."
- Blaze: "Have a good race, Darington!"

(There's a fourth pit, but no monster machine)

Gabby: "This area is usually for Zeg, a triceratops truck."
AJ: "Uh, Gabby? There's no one here."
Gabby: "Yup. I usually have to call for him."
Blaze: (to reader) "Let's try calling for him. Say "Ze-eg"!"
Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: "ZE-EG!"
Zeg: (bursts through the wall) "ZEEEEEEEEEEEGGG!"
Gabby: "As expected. Typical."
Blaze, AJ, and Zeg: (laughing)
Gabby: "Dude, you'd better get moving. The race is about to begin."
Zeg: "Yippee! Zeg love racing!"

(Zeg leaves)

Blaze: "Whoa, all of those racers seem incredible!"
Gabby: "Yeah... Except for, uh... He who shall not be named. He's rude, he's crude, and worse-"

(A loud horn interrupts her. A mean 18-wheeler pushes his way to the front of the crowd)

???: "Outta my way! Me first, me first!"
Gabby: "Speak of the devil. That's Crusher, and he thinks he's the best racer ever. He'll do ANYTHING to win."

(A smaller truck follows him, who, unlike him, is very kind)

???: "Uh, pardon me. Excuse me, sorry. Haha, sorry, I'm with him. Excuse me. (Returns the construction marker that Crusher knocked over)"
Gabby: "That's Pickle. Wherever Crusher goes, Pickle is sure to follow."
Pickle: "Crusher, wait up! (catches up to Crusher)"
Crusher: "This is it, Pickle. The championship race."
Pickle: "I don't know who's gonna win, but it sure won't be you. I mean, think of it: Stripes has Tiger Claws, Zeg's stronger than a wrecking ball, and Starla's adept with the lasso."
Crusher: "UGH, Pickle! I'M gonna win this race! Me, me, ME! And you know why?"
Pickle: "Oh boy."
Crusher: "I'm gonna win because... (whispering) I'm gonna cheat! (snickering) Take a look."

(Pickle facepalms as Crusher's lightning bolt stickers glow. A bag on his chassis opens up and releases a bunch of junk that assembles into a machine)

Crusher: "I made a Trouble Bubble Wand!"
Pickle: "Really now?"

(Crusher blows through the wand, creating giant bubbles that engulf the monster machines as they float toward them)

Darington: "HEY!"
Starla: "What in the world?!"
Stripes: (growling)
Zeg: "ZEG FLOATING!"
Crusher: (Snickering) "My trouble bubbles will carry you all far away, and then I'll race with Blaze... All. By. Myself!"
Starla, Zeg, Stripes, and Darington: "WHOAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

(Blaze, AJ, Lucilia, and Gabby watch. AJ and Blaze are shocked, while Gabby shakes her head in disapproval.)

AJ: "The racers! They're flying away!"
Gabby: "Oy vey. Figures he'd do this."

(Crusher is still making bubbles.)

Lucilia: "Never mind the both of us, Blaze. You go on ahead."
Blaze: "AJ, we gotta do something about this!"

(He speeds over. Crusher laughs deviously)

Pickle: "Uh, boss? There's a truck heading this way, and it's safe to say he hates what you did... As do I."
Crusher: "Really? Then I'll just get rid of him!"

(He blows one last bubble, trapping Blaze and AJ)

Blaze: "Lugnuts! Now WE'RE trapped in a bubble! Hold on to your helmet, AJ!"
Blaze and AJ: "WHOAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
Gabby: "Oh, dear. Anyway..."
Blaze and AJ: "WHOAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

(TO BE CONTINUED)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Nolan North as Blaze
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher
Nat Faxon as Pickle
Dusan Brown as AJ
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes
Kate Higgins as Starla
Alexander Polinsky as Darington
James Patrick Stuart as Zeg
Jeff Bennett as Bump Bumperman
Frank Welker as Lucilia (cat vocalizations)
Sarah Squirm as Lucilia (talking)

Chapter 3: S1, E1: Blaze of Glory! (Part 2)

Summary:

In which AJ says "crap"... quite a lot.

Notes:

Four notes:
1. In this version, if characters besides Blaze and AJ are in the scene before a song, expect them to sing it with them
2. Blaze using Blazing Speed with someone else isn't gonna be exclusive to season 2 and onwards
3. AJ is Afro-Filipino
4. Stripes comes from Mexico

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

(Previously on Daughter of the Devil, Son of the Fairy King, Blaze and AJ landed in Axle City and met Gabby and the others. Crusher trapped them in a bubble, and now they're floating in the sky. Let's continue where we left off...)

(Blaze and AJ cling onto each other for safety)

Blaze: (screaming in fear)
AJ: "Blaze, calm down! With our luck, we'll be outta here shortly!"

(The bubble goes over a forest)

AJ: "HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE, MAN!"
Blaze: (still screaming)

(As the bubble floats to a desert canyon, it starts shaking)

Blaze and AJ: "IT'S GONNA POP IT'S GONNA POP IT'S GONNA POP IT'S GONNA-!!"

(And the expected happens)

Blaze: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGH!"
AJ: "OH CRAAAAAAAP!!"

(as they drop to the floor, Blaze and AJ once again cling onto each other)

Blaze and AJ: (screaming)

(they finally land)

Blaze: "Holy crap, that was terrifying!"
AJ: "Buhay tayo! Hinahalikan ko ang matamis na lupa! ....hey, where even ARE we?"
Blaze: "No clue, but we're DEFINITELY not in Axle City anymore."
Stripes: (offscreen) "¡Ayúdame, hombre! Is anyone here?!"
AJ: "Oh crap, that sounds like Stripes! I HEAR him, but I don't SEE him..."
Blaze: "Neither do I. (To reader) Help us look for Stripes! Where is he?"

(Stripes floats above them; his bubble lights up)

Blaze: "There he is!"
AJ: "Stripes! Dude!"
Blaze: "Stripes! Down here!"
Stripes: "Blaze, AJ! Ugh, am I glad to see y- (his bubble pops) OOOOOOOOOOUUU! (he lands in vines, and he growls) Agh! Oof! Vines!"
AJ: "Hang in there, dude! We'll find a way to get you out of there!"
Blaze: "Uh, AJ? How am I supposed to climb up there? I know YOU can fly, but I can't! I'm just too heavy!"
AJ: "That's true. (Pauses briefly and spots rocks, a lightbulb appears above his head) AHA! We can use these rocks to help you get to the top! (to reader) These rocks are shaped like ramps, and if someone drives really fast up a ramp, it's gonna launch them up in the air. Let's check them out! Switching over to Firefly Sight..."
Blaze: "That's AJ for you, folks. He may not do much at first, but he puts in a lot of effort when he does."

(AJ focuses his sight over to the rocks, and the camera pans over to the problem interface)

AJ: "If Blaze drives up the purple ramp, he'll go about this high, and if he drives up the steeper orange ramp, he'll go this high. Which ramp will get us to the top of the ledge?"

(The orange ramp lights up)

AJ: "The orange ramp, bingo! It's steeper, so Blaze'll go higher! Ready, Blaze?"
Blaze: "Ready when you are, AJ! (While AJ flies to the top of the ledge, Blaze jumps off the ramp) YES!"
AJ: "Ginawa namin ito!"
Stripes: "¡Ay! ¡Ay! (Some vines break) Guys, the vines are starting to break!"
AJ: "Oh crap!"
Blaze: "Gaskets! We have to get to Stripes, and fast!"
AJ: "Over there! (pan back to interface) Green and yellow this time."
Blaze: (to reader) "Which ramp will get us to the top of the ledge?"

(Both ramps show their trajectory; the green one glows)

Blaze: "The green one! Let's just jump it!"
AJ: "Alright, let's go! (They both make it to the top) Ha! Hang on, Stripes! Help's coming!"

(More vines break around Stripes)

Stripes: "¡Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi!"
AJ: "Two more ramps! (To reader) Which one's gonna get us to the top?"

(The blue ramp glows)

AJ: "Asul, Blaze! ASUL!"
Blaze: "GO GO GO!"
(The two reach the top)
Blaze: "Phew!"
Stripes: (as more vines break) "AAAAAAAAUGH!"
AJ: "One more jump!"
(Pan back to the problem interface)
Blaze: (to reader) "Quick! Which ramp should we use?!"
(The red one glows)
Blaze: "RED, AJ! GIMME SOME SPEED!"
AJ: "On it!"

(Blaze and AJ blitz towards Stripes as the vines break for good. He almost falls until Blaze honks his horn as he catches Stripes)

Blaze: "Gotcha!"
(They land)
Stripes: "HAHAHAHA! I'm alive! ¡Muchas gracias! Seriously!"
Blaze: "Ha, you're welcome, Stripes... Wait, are you okay?!"
Stripes: "Yeah, but... Now that I look at it, I'm just so far away that... Man, I'll never make it back."
Blaze: "We aren't giving up, and neither should you. We're gonna drive as fast as we can."
AJ: "Yup! Let's burn some rubber!"

(Blaze grins as his middle back folds up to reveal the jets again)

Stripes: "Whoa..."
Blaze: "C'mon, I'll give you some Blazing Speed too!"

(A blue aura surrounds Stripes and AJ, giving them Blazing Speed too)

AJ: "Pretty cool, huh? Blaze can give anyone his Blazing Speed power as long as they're in close enough proximity!"
Stripes: "¡Qué genial!"
Blaze: (to readers) "Remember, in order to give me Blazing Speed, we have to say "LEEEEET'S BLAZE!". Ready?"
Blaze, AJ, and Stripes: "LEEEEET'S BLAZE!"

(AJ's fairy wings glow as Blaze (this time with Stripes) crouches down with his flame stickers glowing, and they all unleash the speed)

AJ: "HAHAHAHA!"
Stripes: "¡Oh, hombre! Blazing Speed is right! Yeehaw!"
Blaze: "Monster Machine World Championship... HERE WE COME!"
AJ: "DITO NA TAYO!"
Stripes: "¡ALLÁ VAMOS!"

(The trio high-fives and speed through the desert, singing a travel song)

AJ and Blaze: "🎵 Whoa....🎵"
AJ: "🎵 Here we go, there's nothing to it! Rev it up! Yeah, we can do it!🎵"
Stripes: "🎵 Moving at the speed of light! Prepare to be amazed!🎵"
All: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
AJ: "Come on!"
All: " 🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
Blaze: "It's time!"
All: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
Stripes: "We're picking up steam!"
All: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
Blaze and AJ: "We make a great team!🎵"
All: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE! Gimme some speed! LET'S BLAZE!🎵"

(To be continued...)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Nolan North as Blaze
Dusan Brown as AJ
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes

Chapter 4: S1, E1: Blaze of Glory! (Part 3)

Summary:

In which our ragtag group of misfits save Darington

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(Previously on Daughter of the Devil, Son of the Fairy King, Blaze and AJ landed in a desert and saved their friend Stripes. Now, let's get back to where we left off... Near the Monster Dome)

(Over in the Monster Dome, Bump Bumperman is announcing)

Bump: "LLLLLAAAAAADIES AND GENNNNTLETRRRRUCKS! Fasten your seatbelts, because the Monster Machine World Championship is ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY!"

(The audience goes wild, with the camera focusing on two members in particular)

Gus: "YEAH!"
Joe: "This is gonna be incredible!"
Bump: "...is what I'd LIKE to say, but a CERTAIN SOMEONE made the others disappear!"
Crusher: (snickering)
Lucilia: "Oh man, oh jeez, oh CRAP! Gabs, this is BAD! We can't let Crusher win the race!"
Gabby: "Eh. What can ya do?"
Lucilia: "We have to stop him somehow!"
Gabby: "I'll think of something. Don't worry."

(Crusher cackles and drives up to Pickle holding cotton candy)

Crusher: "This is great! I'm gonna be the only one in the race!"
Pickle: "Whoop-dee-do. You want my cotton candy?"
Crusher: "Eugh, NO! Pickle..."
Pickle: "Aw, come on!"
Crusher: "Too sticky! And sweet!"
Pickle: "Give it a shot, dude. You might like it."
Crusher: "YUCK! No!"
Pickle: "Oh, alright. I'll just keep it over here, where it's far away, and..."

(The cotton candy lands on Crusher thanks to a fan blowing it on him)

Pickle: (snickering)
Crusher: "Aw... (Sighing)"

(Blaze, AJ, and Stripes are speeding through a forest. Stripes sniffs the air)

Stripes: "Hang on, I'm picking up a scent! (Sniffing)"
Blaze: "Scent of what?"
Stripes: "The scent of... DARINGTON!"
AJ: "I'll help you look!"
Blaze: (to reader) "Where do you see Darington?"

(Darington drives on a hillside besides them, and his silhouette glows)

Blaze: "Right over there!"
Stripes: "Darington! ¡Por aquí!"
Darington: "🎵 DARINGTOOOOOOON!🎵 (Jumps off the hill) Whoaaaaa! Yikes! Yeesh!"
Blaze: "Haha!"
Stripes: "Knew my senses wouldn't fail me! Hey, Darington!"
Darington: "Man oh man, am I relieved to see you guys! I can't talk now, something's on my trail!"
AJ: "What are they?"
Darington: "GRIZZLY TRUCKS!"
Blaze: "Gaskets! Grizzly Trucks?!"
Stripes: "What did you do?!"
Darington: "I kept speeding away from them, but no matter where I went, they followed me!"
AJ: (to reader) "This won't end well."
Stripes: "Are they here right now?!"
Darington: "Yup."

(The Grizzly Trucks appear behind Darington, growling. Everyone else freezes)

Darington: "Are you trying to tell me something? Are the bears behind me?"
Blaze, AJ, and Stripes: (nod)
Darington: "Oh god.... RUUUUUUUUNNNN!!!"
All: (indistinct screaming)

(AJ flies above the others as they drive away. Suddenly, a small light appears on his right hand. He looks at the Grizzly Trucks and gulps)

AJ: "Here's hoping this works... FLASHBANG!"

(AJ manages to momentarily stun the Grizzly Trucks, giving the gang extra time to escape.)

Blaze: "Guys, follow me!"

(They land near a river, breathing heavily)

AJ: "I think... We lost them. For the moment."
Stripes: "Okay, so... Now what do we do?"
Darington: "We have to get across before the bears inevitably return!"
Blaze: (thinks for a moment. A lightbulb appears above his head) "AHA! If we scavenge the forest, we can find something to float on! Ready? And GO!"

(Everyone regroups after searching around the forest)

Stripes: "I found a big, flat piece of wood!"
Blaze: "I found a curved piece of wood!"
Darington: (flatly) "I found a rock."
AJ: "And I... Found... A smaller rock. Back to the drawing board."
Blaze: "Remember, we're gonna need something that can float us down the river. Ready to test things out?"
All: "Yup!"
Blaze: "Then let's do this!"

(Everyone tosses their items into the river. AJ's rock goes down with a barely audible "splash")

AJ: (facepalms)
Blaze: (to reader) "Look! What happened to the big rock?"
(Pause)
Blaze: "It sank straight to the bottom!"
AJ: "Obviously we can't use THAT."
Darington: "BUUUUUUT both pieces of wood are floating, we can get away on those!"
Blaze: "Uh, Darington? I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Darington: "🎵 DARINGTOOOOOOON!🎵 (jumps on flat wood) TadaaaaaAAAAAAAUGH!"
Blaze: "I warned you! Look what you did to the wood!"
AJ: "And now the water is coming up over the sides!"
Darington: "OH CRAP! I'm gonna sink!"
Stripes: "Darington! Jump!"

(Darington jumps to the curved wood)

Darington: "Tada!"
Blaze: (to reader) "Look at the wood Darington's on now. Is it sinking or floating?"
(Pause)
Blaze: "Yup, it's floating! Even with Darington inside, the curved wood has tall sides to keep the water out!"

(The Grizzly Trucks return)

All: (screaming)
Blaze: "EVERYBODY JUMP IN!"

(everyone jumps into the wood)

Blaze: "YEAH!"
Stripes: "Rawr!"
AJ: "Phew!"

(The boat starts floating as soon as the Grizzly Trucks show up)

Grizzly Trucks: (confused growling)
Darington: "SEE YA, SUCKERS!"

(as they ride on the river, a STEM song starts to play)

Blaze: "🎵 Does it float, or sink? Try it out, see what you think!🎵"
Stripes: "🎵 It helps to be shaped...🎵"
Darington: " 🎵 Kinda like a bowl!🎵"
AJ: "🎵 Just check and make sure it doesn't have a hole!🎵"
All: "🎵 We-e-e got buoyancy! Our boat's got the power to float! We-e-e got buoyancy! Our boat's got the power to float!🎵"
AJ: "🎵 Cause when a river's raging all around...🎵 You definitely don't want to sink on down. Trust me."
All: "🎵 We-e-e got buoyancy! Our boat's got the power to float! We've got buoyancy!🎵"

(To be continued...)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Jeff Bennett as Bump Bumperman
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher and Gus
Nat Faxon as Pickle and Joe
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Sarah Sherman/Squirm as Lucilia
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes
Nolan North as Blaze
Dusan Brown as AJ
Alexander Polinsky as Darington
Dee Bradley Baker as the Grizzly Trucks

Chapter 5: S1, E1: Blaze of Glory! (Part 4)

Summary:

In which they dodge mud. Also, Gabby reveals she may have a heart after all.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(Previously on Daughter of the Devil, Son of the Fairy King, our heroes saved Darington and outran Grizzly Trucks. Now, let's return where we left off at the Monster Dome)

(A very disappointed Pickle talks to Crusher)

Pickle: "I can't believe that actually worked, Crusher. Your lack of common sense is astounding to me."
Crusher: "Indeed! 🎵 I'm the best, I'm the best, and no one's gonna be in the race except for me, me, me, me, me, me, me!🎵"
Gabby: "Ooh, I'd doubt that, dude."
Lucilia: "Take a look up there, dumbass!"

(The jumbotron shows Blaze, AJ, Stripes, and Darington getting off of the boat)

Gabby: "Would you believe it if I said Blaze was helping the others get back to the race?"
Lucilia: "TAKE THAT, CRUSHER!"
Crusher: "WHAT?! ARE YOU-?!"
Crowd: (cheers and applause)
Pickle: "What were you saying about being the only one in the race, again?"
Crusher: "...no. No. NO! NO NO NO NO NO!! I'm the only one supposed to be in the race! I HAVE to think of something!"
Pickle: (to reader) "I don't see how this ends well."
Crusher: (thinks for a moment. A lightbulb appears above his head) "I'VE GOT IT! I'll build something to stop them in their tracks! They'll never get past this..."

(Same sequence as before, but this time they arrange into a mudslinger bot)

Crusher: "INTRODUCING THE MECHANICAL MUDSLINGER!"
Pickle: (to Gabby) "10 dollars if it SOMEHOW manages to stop them."
Gabby: "Deal."

(It lands in a field and starts firing off mud)

AJ: "Look out, y'all! Giant mud balls!"
All: (screaming)
Darington: "OH MAN, OH MAN!"
Blaze: "Everyone! HIDE!"

(They hide behind a hill)

Stripes: "Get a load of that mudslinger! ¡Es enorme!"
AJ: "Crusher's doing, no doubt about that."
Darington: "WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!?!"
Blaze: "Don't worry, me and AJ have a plan!"
AJ: "Water cleans away mud, right? What if... We could make Blaze a sprinkler? Sprinklers shoot out water at an incredibly fast pace, and with enough power, it could blast away the mud balls!"
Blaze: "Hmm... Not exactly what I would have done, but let's try it out! (To reader) Come on, let's build one!"

(Transformation interface starts here)

Blaze: "First, we need a hose for the water to go through. To build one, say "hose". Hose!"
(Hose materializes)
Blaze: "Bravo! Now, we're gonna need a nozzle to shoot the water out. Say "nozzle". Nozzle!"
(Nozzle materializes)
Blaze: "Last but not least, we need a spring-loaded arm to move the sprinkler around. Say "spring-loaded arm". Spring-loaded arm!"
(Spring-loaded arm materializes)
Blaze: "Introducing... The SPRINKLER MONSTER MACHINE!"

(Blaze becomes a sprinkler)

Stripes: "HE CAN DO THAT?!"
Darington: "Impressive!"
AJ: "I've got water buckets just in case!"
Blaze: "Alright everyone, let's blast some mud balls!"

(Blaze honks his horn)

AJ: "Found one!"
Blaze: (to reader) "Help us blast it with my sprinkler and the water buckets! Shout "sprinkler"! Sprinkler!"

(AJ tosses water onto the mud ball as Blaze jumps off a hill and sprays it)

Blaze: "NAILED it!"
AJ: "Mud ball ahoy!"
Blaze: "Sprinkler!"

(Stripes tosses water onto the mud ball as Blaze sprays it)

Stripes: "¡Buena puntería, Blaze!"
Blaze: "A third one! Sprinkler!"

(Blaze sprays the mud ball)

Blaze: "Mud ball barrage! Get ready!"

(They douse the mud balls one-by-one)

Blaze: "Sprinkler!"
AJ: "How about that, buddy?!"
Blaze: "Sprinkler!"

(One last GIGANTIC mud ball flings towards them)

AJ: "MUD METEOR! Ready?!"
Blaze: "Ready! Sprinkler!"

(Everyone douses the gigantic mud ball, destroying the mudslinger with it)

Blaze: "WOOHOO!"
AJ: "Galing!"
Stripes: "STEEEEEERIKE!"
Darington: "YEAH!"
Blaze: "Let's get moving, everyone!"
AJ: "We gotta get you back in time for the race!"
Blaze: (to reader) "Come on, let's use Blazing Speed and go super fast!"

(Speed boosters deploy yet again. AJ, Stripes, and Darington get surrounded by blue aura)

Darington: "Holy whoa!"
Blaze: "To give us Blazing Speed, say "LEEEEET'S BLAZE"! Ready?"
All: "LEEEEET'S BLAZE!!"

(The gang speeds through the area)

All: (indistinct cheering)

(Meanwhile, back at the Monster Dome, the action is being viewed on the jumbotron. Crusher stares in pure, unbridled rage)

Bump: "CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, FOLKS?! Things were looking bad out there, but Blaze and AJ saved the day again! Can these newcomers do ANYTHING wrong?!"
Gabby: "Pay up, Pickle."
Pickle: (grumbling as he hands Gabby the 10 dollars)

(Crusher growls in frustration)

Crusher: "I- HOW?! HOW HOW HOW HOW HOWWWWWWW?! This simply CAN'T be happening!!"
Gus: "Yup! Those two are seriously tough cookies!"
Joe: "You said it! (The two high-tire)"
Crusher: "UGH!"

(Crusher joins Pickle, Lucilia, and Gabby at the garage)

Pickle: "It's just as I predicted. Everything went wrong in the end. NOW how are ya gonna stop them?"
Crusher: "I... I JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYMORE!! I... I... (Crusher breaks down sobbing in frustration)"
Pickle: "It's gonna be okay, Crusher."
Crusher: "NO! NO... It's... Not! I hate this... HATE THIS, HATE THIS, HAAAAAAATE THIIIIIS!"
Gabby: "Do you need a hug?"

(Gabby hugs Crusher, comforting him)

Gabby: "Dude, we're gonna get through this together."
Crusher: (wailing) "This... THIS IS ALL MY FAULT!"
Gabby: "That's true. But here's what you don't know: you can make up for your mistake and try to help them."
Crusher: "But... I don't want to do that..."
Gabby: "Here. (Helps him up) Come on, follow me."

(Gabby's wings fold out)

Gabby: "Here, Lucy!"

(Lucy climbs onto Gabby's shoulder)

Crusher: "Where are we going?"
Gabby: "We're gonna help them. Obviously."
Lucilia: "Come on, Pickle!"

(The alternate gang heads off to help. To be continued...)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Nat Faxon as Pickle/Joe
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher/Gus
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Sarah Sherman/Squirm as Lucilia
Dusan Brown as AJ
Nolan North as Blaze
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes
Alexander Polinsky as Darington
Jeff Bennett as Bump Bumperman

Chapter 6: S1, E1: Blaze of Glory! (Part 5)

Summary:

In which they save Zeg.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(Previously on Daughter of the Devil, Son of the Fairy King, the gang destroyed Crusher's mudslinger bot. The blue monster machine broke down, and now he, Gabby, Lucilia, and Pickle are coming to help them. Let's continue where we left off... In snow?)

(Gabby, Lucilia, Crusher, and Pickle are seen on top of a mountain, watching over Blaze and pals just to make sure they're safe. We pan over to them, now driving through a snowy landscape)

AJ: "Snow? That's something I NEVER see over at home!"
Blaze: "Snow's great, AJ. Sure, it's cold, but seeing it fall gives me a peaceful feeling, like I'm-"
Zeg: "ZEEEEEEEEEEEGGG!!"
Blaze: "Zeg?"
Darington: "Okay, did you all hear that?"
Stripes: "Definitely."
AJ: "That wasn't just you."
Blaze: (to reader) "Do you see Zeg?"

(Zeg's bubble appears and glows)

Blaze: "Yup, he's still floating!"
Zeg: "Friends! Up here! Whoaaaaa!! (Floats to the top of the mountain) Zeg has to get out of bubble! Zeg SMASH bubble! ZEEEEEEEEEEEGGG!!"
Blaze: "BAD IDEA!"
Stripes: "¡MALA IDEA!"
Darington: "BAD IDEA!"
AJ: "MASAMANG IDEYA! ...too late."

(The bubble pops)

Zeg: "Zeg regrets his life choices. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"

(Zeg drops to the ground and rolls down the mountain in a snow. Gabby, Lucilia, Crusher, and Pickle prepare to jump off the mountain to help them)

Gabby: "Zeg! Hang on! (Wings deploy as she soars off of the mountain)"
AJ: "GABBY?!"
Blaze: "WHAT IN SAM HILL?!"
Stripes: "CRUSHER?!"
Darington: "What's he doing here?!"
Blaze: "Never mind that! Let's just go!"

(Everyone chases after Zeg)

Gabby: "Follow me, everyone!"
Blaze: "We're coming, Zeg! Hang on!"
Zeg: "ZEG CAN'T STOP ROLLING!!! WHOAOAOAOAOA!!!"
Crusher: "Hard turn left, guys!"

(Everyone turns left, following Zeg)

Gabby: (while attempting to grab Zeg) "I gotcha, I gotcha, I gotcha... AND I don't gotcha."

(Stripes and Lucilia bounce off of several trees to try and catch Zeg)

Stripes: "Tiger Claws!"
Lucilia: "Black-footed Claws!"

(Alas, they miss and hit the ground)

Stripes: "Oof!"
Lucilia: "Everyone, turn right!"

(Everyone turns right, following Zeg)

Zeg: "HELP ZEG! PLEASE!!"
Pickle: "To the left now, guys!"

(Everyone turns left again. Zeg's snowball is about to fall off a cliff)

Blaze: "HE'S HEADED FOR THE CLIFF!"
Zeg: "If Zeg is about to die, Zeg wants to say he loves you all!"
AJ: "We gotta blitz!"

(The Blazing Speed boosters deploy. Stripes, AJ, Darington, Gabby, Pickle, Crusher, and Lucilia are surrounded by a blue aura, giving them Blazing Speed)

Gabby: "Hot damn!"
Pickle: "Oh, cool!"
Crusher: "Cool, alright... Cooly SAPPY!"
Lucilia: "HELL YEAH!"
Blaze: "Quick! To give us all Blazing Speed, say "LEEEEET'S BLAZE!". Ready?!"
All: "LEEEEET'S BLAZE!!"

(Gabby and AJ's respective wings glow as everyone unleashes the speed.)

Zeg: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!!!"

(Blaze deploys his tow hook to grab Zeg)

Zeg: "ZEG'S GONNA DIE ZEG'S GONNA DIE ZEG'S GONNA... Die? (He is pulled to safety) ZEG'S ALIVE! How can Zeg ever thank you all?!"
Crusher: "How about by leaving me alone?"
Gabby: "Crusher... What he means to say is "you're welcome!"."
Blaze: "We're all just glad you're okay, dude."
AJ: "We have to get you back to the Monster Dome, though."
Darington: "Yeah, the championship race! It's gonna start soon!"
Zeg: "Zeg can't miss race!"
AJ: "Then follow us, everyone!"
Blaze: "FULL SPEED AHEAD!"
Darington: "Yahoo!"
Stripes: "Rawr!"
Zeg: "YAAAAY!"
Gabby: "See, Crusher, that wasn't so bad, now was it?"
Crusher: "...shut up, she-devil."
Pickle: "Crusher, be nice."

(To be continued...)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Dusan Brown as AJ
Nolan North as Blaze
James Patrick Stuart as Zeg
Alexander Polinsky as Darington
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Sarah Sherman/Squirm as Lucilia
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher
Nat Faxon as Pickle

Chapter 7: S1, E1: Blaze of Glory! (Part 6)

Summary:

In which they help Starla. Also: "Uh-oh, full name."

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(Previously on Daughter of the Devil, Son of the Fairy King, Gabby, Lucilia, Crusher, and Pickle helped the others save Zeg. Now, we continue where we left off... Near a cave)

(The gang speeds towards a cave that's blocked)

Stripes: "Hmm, looks like we have to go through this cave to get back to the race."
Darington: "Uh, wait a minute... We can't fit through that, can we?"
Blaze: "Of course not, we're too big."
Zeg: "Zeg's got this! Watch and see! ZEEEEEEEEEEEGGG!!"

(Zeg smashes the rocks away to reveal the entrance)

Zeg: "Tada! That more like it."
All: (various cheers)
Stripes: "¡Excelente, Zeg!"
Darington: "Alright everyone... CHAAAAARGE!"

(The gang goes through the cave, when they hear someone singing. Gabby and Lucilia cringe)

Starla: (yodelling)
Blaze: "Is that...?"
Lucilia: "Oh Gods."
Gabby: "I've got a headache coming on..."
Starla: "🎵 I'm lost in a caddy, gotta get out of this place, won't somebody help me get back to the race?🎵"
Stripes: (sniffing) "Her voice sounds like it's coming from... DOWN THERE!"

(Everyone huddles around a hole, where Starla is trapped)

Starla: (yodelling)
AJ: "It is! Yo, Starla!"
Darington: "Hey, Starla! Up here!"
Starla: "Eh? Well, bust my bumpers, I've been found! Uh, hey, y'all gotta help me! I'm down in this hole... AND I CAN'T GET OUT!"
Blaze: "Stay calm, Starla! All of us are here, and we'll get you out of there somehow!"
AJ: (spots something) "Guys, have a look at this! It's a pulley!"
Blaze: "Oh, yeah! (To reader) A pulley has a rope that goes through it with a bucket on each end. When one bucket goes down, the other one goes up."
AJ: "You know what this means, right?"
Blaze: "Yup! Starla, jump into the pulley!"
Starla: "Okay! YEEEEEHAW!"

(Starla jumps into the pulley. While this is going on, Crusher is noticably averting his gaze from Blaze)

Pickle: "Uh, Crusher? You okay?"
Crusher: "...not at all. I HATE this guy! He's so cocky and self-righteous and so... Cute? It's just.... ARRRRGH!"
Pickle: "Do you have a ~crush~ on him?"
Crusher: "DON'T SUGGEST THAT!! JEEZ!"
Pickle: "Aaaaaadmiiiit iiiitttt."
Crusher: "NO!"

(back to the others)

Blaze: "Alright everyone, the game plan is: we fill the green bucket with heavy stuff, that way it goes down and Starla goes up. The problem is, how heavy is she?"
Gabby: "According to my recent measurements... 12. That thing isn't going down until we can get it to weigh more than 12."
Blaze: "Alright then, SEARCH PARTY!"

(Everyone searches for items)

Darington: "How about this old chair?"
Blaze: "Give it a shot."

(Darington tosses the chair into the bucket. The number 4 appears on the green bucket. Everyone groans. Stripes comes in with a big dictionary)

Stripes: "Let's try this dictionary!"

(Stripes puts the dictionary into the bucket. The number changes from 4 to 7)

Blaze: "AW, come on!"
Gabby: "Seriously?!"
Starla: "Come ON, y'all! Make the green bucket heavier!"

(Zeg comes in with a big rock)

Zeg: "Zeg found rock."

(Zeg tosses the rock in. The number changes from 7 to 12. Everyone stares at it quietly before falling to the floor)

Starla: "REALLY?!"

(AJ reveals he found a shovel)

AJ: "I mean, I DO have a shovel on me."
Blaze: "Toss it in!"
Starla: "Oh please oh please oh PLEASE just work..."

(AJ tosses the shovel in. Brief pause with everyone staring anxiously. Then the number changes from 12 to 13)

All: "YES!!"

(Starla is lifted up to them)

Gabby: "Not bad at all for a goody-two-shoes like you, AJ! Not bad at all."
Starla: "YEEHAW!"
Stripes: "She's back!"
Blaze: "It's good to have you back!"
Starla: "Shoot, I can't thank y'all ENOUGH for rescuing me!"
Blaze: "Let's jet right the heck on outta here so we can get back to the race."

(The Blazing Speed boosters eject once again. Gabby, Lucilia, Crusher, Pickle, Darington, Stripes, AJ, and Starla become surrounded by a blue aura, giving them Blazing Speed)

Starla: "Hoo-wee! What do you call this?!"
Blaze: "It's called Blazing Speed. (To reader) To give us Blazing Speed, say "LEEEEET'S BLAZE"!"
All: "LEEEEET'S BLAZE!"

(Everyone zooms through the tunnel and ride through a mineshaft. Blaze starts to sing)

Blaze: "🎵 Start your engines and feel the heat! It's like a new adventure right beneath our feet! LET'S BLAZE! Spinning round, all together now! We'll rock it out! Let's race! Catching air, my friends are there, everyone, everywhere! Come on, LET'S BLAZE! Riding to a brand new day! Come on, LET'S BLAZE!🎵"

(Everyone jumps out of the cave. They drive until Starla finds a magnet in a tree)

Starla: "Ooh! Well, lookee what I found: a magnet... In a tree? What's it doing there? Lemme just... (Grabs it with her lasso, and it attaches to her bumper) YOW! Get it off me get it off me GET IT OFF ME!"
Blaze: (laughing) "Alright, let me see if I can... (He pulls it off, but it immediately sticks to his hood) Awkward."
Blaze and Starla: (laughing)
Starla: "I'm gonna keep this for later, just in case we need it..."
Stripes: "¡Miren! The Monster Dome!"
Darington: "Full speed ahead, guys! We don't want to miss this!"
Zeg: "YAY! Zeg want to race!"
Blaze: "Follow me, everyone!"

(Everyone drives to the Monster Dome. The scene goes into a fish-eye effect as it zooms out to reveal Satan watching them)

Satan: "My daughter, bonding with earthlings... Tsk-tsk-tsk. Simply unacceptable. GUARDS!"

(A quartet of humanoid anacondas immediately arrive)

Satan: "SEIZE THEM!"

(It fades back to the guards chasing everyone. One grabs Gabby soon afterwards)

Gabby: "Wha-?! HEY!!"
Satan: "GAAAAABRIIIIIELLA VOOOOOONNN HELSIIIIINNNNG!!"
Gabby: "Uh-oh, full name. This is gonna suck."

(The guards surround the gang. To be continued...)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes
Alexander Polinsky as Darington
Nolan North as Blaze
James Patrick Stuart as Zeg
Kate Higgins as Starla
Sarah Sherman/Squirm as Lucilia
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Dusan Brown as AJ
Nat Faxon as Pickle
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher
And Keith David as Satan

Chapter 8: S1, E1: Blaze of Glory! (Part 7/final)

Summary:

In which the gang brawls with Satan's guards.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(Previously on Daughter of the Devil, Son of the Fairy King, the gang saved Starla and were about to head back to the race. Unfortunately, Satan sent over his guards in order to sabotage his daughter's interactions with humans. Now let's continue where we left off...)

(Satan's voice erupts out of the monster machines' radios)

Gabby: "Dad, what do you want?!"
Lucilia: "Yeah, Gabby's perfectly fine here!"
Satan: "I'll tell you what I want: my daughter to STOP INTERACTING WITH EARTHLINGS!! Daemonae - whether halflings or pure-bred - and earthlings shall NEVER co-exist! Guards! Attack!"
Anaconda Guard #1: "My apologies, Ms. Helsing, but I have to do this. Hell's Burst!"

(The first Anaconda Guard launches a blast of fire from his palm. It just barely missed the others, unfortunately. Gabby whistles toward a tree)

Gabby: "Amber! Your turn!"
Amber: "You rang?"

(The chameleon on the tree transforms into a human)

Amber: "'Sup, guys?"
Gabby: "I'd like you to meet my, ahem, coworker and sincere best friend, Amber."
Blaze: "Wait a minute... How'd she go from chameleon to HUMAN?!"
Gabby: "Ever heard of a changeling? That's what she is. It's in her DNA."
AJ: "Cool as hell! Alright gang... Let's get them!"

(Light bursts from AJ's palms as he draws his sword, Stripes' Tiger Claws come out, Zeg's horns glow red, Starla preps her lasso for battle, Darington gets into a defensive position, Lucilia's claws crackle with electricity, Amber becomes a lion, Pickle prepares various magic tricks, Crusher builds a giant magnet, Blaze's wheels burn up, and Gabby? Well, let's just say she goes beast mode. Literally!)

Gabby and Amber: (roaring)
Stripes: (growling)
Zeg: "ZEEEEEEEEEEEGGG CHAAAAARGE!!!"
Blaze: "Let's burn them!"
Starla: "Yippee-ki-yay, you son of a witch!"
Darington: "🎵 DARINGTOOOOOOON!🎵"
Pickle: "Abra cadabra, sucker!"
Crusher: "Get ready, you unholy little bastards..."
AJ: "Sa pangalan ni Oberon, papatayin kita!"

(Everyone charges into battle)

Anaconda Guard #2: "Take a jab in the heart, you pathetic little... OUCH!!"
(Zeg rams into the guard)
Zeg: "ZEEEEEEEEEEEGGG!! Who pathetic now?!"
Anaconda Guard #2: "You horrendous son of a- HELL'S SPEAR!!"

(The second Anaconda Guard fires her spear towards Zeg, but the Mega Magnet Crusher built only redirects the metal spear towards it. The magnet promptly manages to attract the guard to it, quickly destroying her)

Anaconda Guard #2: "NO!! My only weakness! MAGNETS!!"

(And BLAM goes the guard!)

Crusher: "Oh man, that actually destroyed the guard?!"
Blaze: "I can't believe I'm saying this to you, but Crusher, that was genius!"
Crusher: (blushing) "Um, thank you... FOR NOTHING, is what I meant to say!"
Gabby: "Change of plans, everyone: redirect the guards over to the Mega Magnet!"

(Amber goes behind the 1st guard and strikes him from behind, resulting in him chasing her in a fury)

Amber: "¡Garra de león! Come and catch me, ya JERK!"
Anaconda Guard #1: "COME BACK HERE!!"

(Amber turns into a cheetah and bolts away, while the guard gives chase, eventually running to the magnet but suddenly running to the side, tricking the guard into running into the magnet)

Anaconda Guard #1: "Oh nononononononono!!! MAGNET! CRAP!!"

(BLAM! 2 guards down, 2 to go)

Pickle: "I'll handle this guy!"

(Pickle gets the third guard to pay attention to his magic show)

Pickle: "See? Nothing up my sleeve... (Pulls a rabbit out of his hat) Oh look, a rabbit!"
Anaconda Guard #3: (cheering)
Pickle: "For my next trick... I'll make YOU disappear! Now, if you'll just enter this box here..."
Anaconda Guard #3: (enters the box)
Pickle: (whispering) "This is too easy. (Normal voice) Now I'm going to push you to the right... And... Open this side of the box."
Anaconda Guard #3: "Wait a minute... You clever little-"

(BLAM! One last guard to go!)

All: (applause)
Pickle: "Thank you, thank you! You're too kind!"
Satan: "Per inferni robur, tenebrisque dierum, Da postremum hoc praesidium... vires omnes."

(With the demonic chant Satan says, the guard grows stronger and tougher)

Gabby: "Oh, no... This is gonna suck. HARD. Hit the dirt!"

(Everyone dodges as the guard slams the ground, causing several mini-earthquakes)

Blaze: "Everyone, I've got an idea... What if, instead of tricking the guard into running into the magnet, we move the magnet TO it?"
All: (muttering in agreement)
Crusher: "YES! A brilliant- I mean, AWFUL idea!"
Blaze: "Roll out, everyone!"

(While the monster machines, Lucilia, and Amber all push the magnet to the giant guard, Gabby and AJ weaken it from the front)

Gabby: "Cockatrice... FLAME!"
AJ: "Fae, bumangon ka!"

(A fireball launches at the guard, while small fairies swarm around it)

Anaconda Guard #4: "DIE!!"

(The guard stomps her feet, lifting Gabby and AJ up in the air and tossing them near a tree. Suddenly, she feels a magnetic feeling around her lower area)

Anaconda Guard #4: "Oh no. Oh no no NO. Gods, no."
Blaze: "Arrivederci, madame!"
Lucilia: "Ele-CLAW!"

(Lucilia slashes at the guard while the magnet attached to her. BLAM! And now it's game over for the guards)

Satan: "This... Is highly unacceptable. (Sigh) I suppose I shall let you go. See you at Thanksgiving, my wonderful daughter."

(Satan slinks down to Hell. Everyone sighs in relief)

Blaze: "Crusher, that giant magnet of yours really helped us out! Thanks a lot!"
Crusher: (blushing) "D-don't mention it..."
Bump: (over speaker) "RRRRRACERS TO THE STARTING LINE!"
Stripes: "¡Ay-yi-yi! The race is starting!"
Blaze: "We gotta go!"

(Everyone heads for the Monster Dome and take their place at the starting line)

Bump: "LAAAADIES AND GENNNNTLETRRRRUCKS! START! YOUR! ENGINES!!"
Crowd: (wild cheering)

(Everyone tenses up)

Bump: "ON YOUR MARKS! GET SET! GO!!"

(Everyone sets off as the race begins, with AJ flying above them. Crusher appears to be leading)

Bump: "AND THEY'RE OFF! Crusher takes the early lead, but everyone else is close behind!"

(Starla usurps the lead by using her lasso to grab a post and swing to first place)

Starla: "Yippee-ki-yay!"

(Crusher soon steals back the lead until Darington charges into first place)

Darington: "🎵 DARINGTOOOOOOON!🎵"

(Crusher returns to the lead, blitzing past everyone)

Crusher: "WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?!"

(An emissary suddenly knocks over oil, knocking almost everyone out of the race)

Crusher: "WHAT THE-?!"
Stripes: "¡Ay!"
Pickle: "Whoaaaaa!"
Darington: "Yipe!"
Starla: "Oh man!"
Zeg: "ZEEEEEEEEEEE-AAAAAAAAUGH!"
Amber: "Whoa-whoa-whoa!"
Bump: "What's this?! Racer after racer is being knocked out of the race!"

(Blaze stops near them, having successfully dodged all of the oil)

Blaze: "Get back up, everyone! Let's use Blazing Speed one last time!"

(The booster jets deploy a final time. Everyone else gets blue aura surrounding them, giving them Blazing Speed)

Blaze: (to reader) "You know what to do, now!"
All: "LEEEEET'S BLAZE!!"

(Everyone takes off to the finish line)

Bump: "AN UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT: EVERYONE WINS!!"

(Everyone meets at the podium)

Blaze: "We won! We seriously won!"
Gabby: "Not too bad for a goody-two-shoes like you."
Crusher: (blushing) "Uh, Blaze? I, uh... Like you. Like, genuinely. Uh... Is it really okay if I do this?"
Blaze: "Go ahead..."

(Crusher shyly approaches Blaze and kisses him. Blaze's eyes go wide)

Blaze: "Uh... Lugnuts! Oh, wow... Haha..."
Gabby: "This one's going in the photobook."
Zeg: "THEY KISSED?!"
Starla: "Hoo-wee!"
Pickle: (thumbs up)
Blaze: "Are we all in agreement to race again?"
All: (cheering)
Blaze: "Bump, keep the trophy. We're doing this again!"

(Everyone races around the track as the closing theme begins)

Singer (Scott Krippayne): "🎵 It's Blaze, and the Monster Machines! It's Blaze, and the Monster Machines! Buckle up, we're gonna roll! Yeah, we're ready to go with Blaze! You'll be amazed! It's Blaze, and the Monster Machines! It's time for adventure extreme, gotta kick it in gear! We'll be catching some air with Blaze, and the Monster Machines! It's Blaze, and the Monster Machines!🎵"

(The gang all pose at the camera as the view goes down to half speed. And thus concludes the first episode.)

(Next time on Daughter of the Devil, Son of the Fairy King, Blaze, AJ, and Amber race to retrieve one of Starla's pistons before Crusher gets it. Be there... Or die trying.)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Sarah Sherman/Squirm as Lucilia
Tori Feinstein as Amber
Nolan North as Blaze
Dusan Brown as AJ
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher
Nat Faxon as Pickle
Alexander Polinsky as Darington
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes
Kate Higgins as Starla/Anaconda Guard #2
James Patrick Stuart as Zeg
Dee Bradley Baker as Anaconda Guard #1
Laura Bailey as Anaconda Guard #3
Bahia Watson as Anaconda Guard #4
Jeff Bennett as Bump Bumperman
End song vocals provided by Scott Krippayne
And Keith David as Satan

Chapter 9: S1, E2: The Driving Force! (Part 1/3)

Summary:

In which Amber joins Blaze and AJ and may or may not realize that she has a crush on Gabby

Notes:

Thinking of "Gamber" being Gabby/Amber's portmanteau name, or if we're going idiosyncratic, "Devilish Changeling)

Trivia:
- This is the first time Lucilia only speaks in meowing/cat noises.
- Amber sings for the first time.
- This episode introduces Crusher's driver, Beldevere, also known as Belle (voiced by Ciarán Strange).

Changes from the original:
- Instead of Blaze and AJ winning the race by overtaking Crusher, Darington, Stripes, and Zeg win it on their own (because COME ON, Blaze doesn't need to win ALL the races.).

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

(Today, on Daughter of the Devil, Son of the Fairy King, Blaze, AJ, and a highly reluctant Amber go and retrieve Starla's missing piston before Crusher and Beldevere get it. Also, Amber may just realize that she has a crush on a CERTAIN mechanic...)

(Our story begins with a race in the Monster Dome, with Darington, Zeg, Stripes, and Crusher racing against each other.)

Darington: "HAHAHAHA! 🎵 DARINGTOOOOOOON!🎵"

(Crusher steals first place)

Bump: "AND CRUSHER TAKES THE LEAD!... followed shortly by everyone else."

(Cut to inside Crusher, where we are introduced to his driver)

???: "We can't let them overtake us, Crusher! CHEAT OR SOMETHING!"
Crusher: "Aw, fine. How about this?"

(Crusher deploys bouncy balls, causing Darington, Stripes, and Zeg to slide out of control)

Darington: "Whoa, man!"
Stripes: "¡Ay-yi-yi!"
Zeg: "AAAAAAUGH!"
Bump: "Dire, dire, DIRE situation on the track! Can the others catch up?"

(Darington grins and gets back up, with Stripes and Zeg following suit. They get right back on the track and outspeed Crusher and his driver)

Bump: "A HARDY TRIO OF MONSTER MACHINES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! THEY'RE BACK ON THEIR FEET, or should I say tires?"

(They cause Crusher to get dizzy from the sheer speed they exhibit)

Darington: "TAKE THAT, ya JERK!"
Stripes: "¡Hasta luego!"
Zeg: "ZEEEEEEEEEEEGGG!"

(Crusher nearly catches up, but too little, too late: they've already won)

Bump: "STRIPES, ZEG, AND DARINGTON WIN!!"

(Blaze and AJ cheer them on from the sidelines; AJ notices the reader)

AJ: (to reader) "Did you SEE that? Impressive comeback, I would say!"
Blaze: (to reader) "It's great to see you, by the way!"

(Stripes, Zeg, and Darington drive to their pits, with Gabby joining them soon afterwards)

Gabby: "Not bad, not bad, you three. Liked the way you bounced back after that trick of Crusher's."
Stripes: "¡Gracias, Gabby! (notices the others staring at him) What?"
Gabby: "Hold up, bud. You've got mud on your fender. Let me just..."

(Gabby wipes off the mud with a handkerchief)

Stripes: "Mrowr! Hey! Hahaha! Stoppit! It tickles!"
Gabby: "Hold still, man! I can't get the mud off of you when you're wiggling like that!"
Stripes: "I can't! I'm sorry!"

(Blaze and AJ join them)

Blaze: "You three were incredible!"
AJ: "Best I've ever seen you do!"
Stripes: "No fue nada."
Zeg: "Zeg flattered!"
Darington: "Thank you!"

(Crusher slinks to his pit, with his driver grumbling and Pickle following them)

Pickle: "Belle, why would you EVER suggest cheating in a race?"
Beldevere: "Because playing fair in a race SUCKS! I'd rather die than ever play fair!"
Crusher: "Belle, come on, man. Show some respect for the game. Besides, I only cheat when I feel REALLY frustrated and desperate. YOU only suggest I do it for no reason at all."
Beldevere: "I'M the one that deserves to win races! Not these thespians!"
Pickle: "Not with THAT attitude, you don't."

(Starla slinks past, upset about something)

Starla: (weary sigh)
AJ: "Hey, it's Starla! Is she okay?"
Blaze: "I don't think so..."
Starla: "Yippee-ki-yiiiiIIIIIKES! (falls over) Ugh..."
Stripes: "¿Cuál es el problema?"
Starla: "Something's wrong with my engine, y'all... But I don't know what."
Darington: "If something's wrong with your engine, then you can't drive!"
Zeg: "This bad, this VERY bad!"

(Amber zooms over in cheetah form)

Gabby: "Me and Amber could probably help you, Starla. Me and her have dealt with this sort of thing before."
Zeg: "AMBER!"
Darington: "Yo, Amber!"
Stripes: "¡Por aquí!"
Amber: (goes back to human form) "What's the problem here?"
Blaze: "We think something's wrong with Starla's engine."
Amber: "Alright... Gabs, let's pop the hood!"
Gabby: "Right-o."

(Amber and Gabby open Starla's hood to reveal her engine)

Starla: "Do you two see the problem?"
Amber: "Looks like we got a case of a missing piston here."
Starla: "What in tarnation is a piston?!"
Amber: (while Gabby illustrates via fire) "A piston pulls gas and air into the engine. It makes a spark, and..."
Gabby and Amber: "BOOM!"
Amber: "It makes power so you can drive. Any questions?"
All except Gabby, Starla, and Amber: (muttering "No" in different ways)
Starla: "HOW'D MY PISTON GET LOST IN THE FIRST PLACE?!"
Amber: "That... We can't answer. We can answer where it went, however. (Winks toward AJ)"
AJ: "Switching over to Firefly Sight. (Zooms over to a muddy swamp) Looks like it's over there, in the mudpit."

(Gabby cringes in disgust)

Gabby: "I'd, uh, like to go, but I have to take care of Starla. Amber, are you okay going with Blaze and AJ?"
Amber: "Um..."
Gabby: "Listen to me for a moment. Your shapeshifting powers are extraordinary. I believe you can do this. Besides, I've seen you in action before. You've MORE than proved your might to me. I believe in you. You're awesome, Amber. You can do this!"
Amber: (blushing) "You really trust me on this?!"
Gabby: "1000%, indeed. That's all you need to know."
Amber: (looks back at Blaze and AJ, then back at Gabby) "Alright. I won't let ANY OF YOU down!"
Gabby: "That's the spirit!"
Starla: "Are they really gonna retrieve my piston?"
Gabby: "I guarantee you, you WILL get results."

(Unfortunately, Belle heard EVERYTHING)

Belvedere: "Crusher, we HAVE to get that piston!"
Crusher and Pickle: "And you want the piston WHY?!"
Beldevere: "That way, me and you will be the strongest Monster Machine Racer and driver combo in the WORLD!!"
Crusher: (to Pickle) "I don't see how this ends well- YIKES!"

(Crusher suddenly speeds off)

Beldevere: "À LA VICTOIRE!"
Starla: "AW, ya gotta be kidding me! Crusher's gonna try to get the piston?!"
Crusher: (distant) "Not by chooooiiiiice!"
Blaze: "Let's get outta here!"
AJ: "Bye, guys!"
Gabby: "Good luck!"
Amber: "¡Vamos, chicos!"

(AJ sets Blaze into auto-drive mode, Amber goes back into cheetah form, and they set off. The travel song from the last episode kicks up)

All: "Whoaaa... LET'S GO!"
AJ: "🎵 Here we go, there's nothing to it! Rev it up! Yeah, we can do it!🎵"
Amber: "🎵 Moving at the speed of light, prepare to be amazed!🎵"
All: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
AJ: "Come on!"
All: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
Blaze: "It's time!"
All: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
Amber: "We're picking up steam!"
All: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
Blaze and AJ: "We make a great team!"
All: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE! Gimme some speed! LET'S BLAZE!🎵"

(to be continued...)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Alexander Polinsky as Darington
Jeff Bennett as Bump Bumperman
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes
James Patrick Stuart as Zeg
Nolan North as Blaze
Dusan Brown as AJ
Nat Faxon as Pickle
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Tori Feinstein as Amber
Frank Welker as Lucilia (vocal effects)
Dee Bradley Baker as Bigfoot Robot
Ciarán Strange as Beldevere/Belle

Chapter 10: Beldevere LaVale!

Summary:

The one, the ONLY, the BITCH THEMSELVES: Beldevere!

Chapter Text

The main thing about them? They're a JERK. It comes with the territory of being Crusher's driver. Beldevere is the main influence behind Crusher's actions, ESPECIALLY cheating. Basically, they're the Dick Dastardly of the series.

- Gender: Goes by any pronouns
- Voice actor: Ciarán Strange
- Likes: Cheating, Crusher, being mean, causing chaos, getting into fights (usually with Gabby)
- Dislikes: ALL OF THE MONSTER MACHINES, Gabby, AJ, playing fair, when people call them "Belly" (being fair, it's REALLY embarrassing to have people call you THAT), Crusher disobeying them
- Nationality: Canadian/French
- Sexuality: ?
- Favorite lines: "CURSE YOU, BLAZE!!", "Cheat or something!", "I'll get that jerk if it's the last thing I do..."
- Hobbies: Racing, taunting others, reading books

Chapter 11: S1, E2: The Driving Force! (Part 2/3)

Summary:

In which Beldevere establishes their total bitchiness, and is given the finger for the first time.
- Trivia: This part establishes a major running gag: People flipping Belle off, usually accompanied by a cheerful "Greetings!", referencing Top Gun.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(Previously on... OKAY YOU KNOW WHAT, forget it, these previously on segments are DONE, on with the episode!)

(The trio stop at an alleyway)

Blaze: "Let's go this way, guys! (Drives down) We have to get there as quick as- OOF!"

(They all crash into a giant box)

AJ: "Alright Mr. Wise Guy, we went that way and crashed into a giant box."
Amber: "NOW what do we do?"
Blaze: "Simple: we move it with force!"

(Amber becomes a gorilla, and they all begin pushing the box out of the way)

Blaze: (to reader) "Whenever you push or pull on something, you're using force."
AJ: "Almost got it..."

(The box is now completely pushed away)

Blaze: "Alright!"
Amber: "¡Adios, amigo! Hang on, Belle, Crusher, and Pickle are coming!"

(Belle, Crusher, and Pickle (who came along out of exasperation) are up ahead)

Beldevere: "I cannot WAIT to get that piston! Then, me and you will SKYROCKET to fame! Doesn't that sound fun?"
Crusher: (whispering to Pickle while Belle rants) "How do we tell him?"
Pickle: "Uh, Belle, about that. Look behind you."
Crusher: "Yeah, they're, uh... Catching up."
Beldevere: "QUOI?!"

(Blaze, AJ, and Amber (in cheetah form) speed past the villainous trio. AJ gives Belle the middle finger)

AJ: "GREETINGS!"
AJ, Amber, and Blaze: (chuckling)
Beldevere: "Insolente petite...! We can't let them get the piston!"
Crusher: "I mean, yeah, but... How are we gonna do it?"
Pickle: "Yeah, they're FAST. Like, really fast.
Beldevere: "You know what to do, Crusher!"
Crusher: (rolls his eyes) "Do I have to? Alright..."

(Crusher exasperatedly opens his chassis bag, releasing junk that assembles a bot resembling Bigfoot)

Beldevere: "A Bigfoot Robot! Perfect! They're never gonna get past that!"
Crusher: (to Pickle) "Do you know why I put up with him?"
Pickle: (to Crusher) "No."
Crusher: (to Pickle) "Neither do I."

(The Bigfoot Robot stomps towards Blaze, Amber, and AJ. The three heroes scream)

AJ: "GO GO GO GO GO!!!"
Blaze: "I'M GOING! I'M GOING!"
Amber: (screaming indistinct Spanish)
Bigfoot Robot: (roaring)

(It stomps around the area, causing miniature tremors with every step)

AJ: "WHOA!! OH CRAP!"
Amber: "¡AY-YI-YI-YI-YI-YIIIIII!"
Blaze: "I have an idea; maybe since its' feet are so big, it won't be able to climb up stairs since the steps are micro-sized in comparison!"
AJ: "Worth a shot!"

(The trio goes up a flight of stairs. Brief pause, then the Bigfoot Robot goes up them without a hitch)

Blaze: (to reader) "Welp, THAT was a failure. The stairs didn't even come CLOSE to stopping him."
AJ: "New idea; we put something big and heavy on his way, like trash cans?"
Blaze: "Why not?"

(They jump over a row of trash cans. Unfortunately, the robot just squishes them)

AJ: (to reader) "Aw, MAN, this guy's unstoppable! If that didn't work, then what will?"
Amber: "Uh... A slippery floor?"

(They come across a wet road)

Blaze: "It's our only option right now! Let's go!"

(Blaze drives across the slippery road, with Amber running alongside him)

Blaze: "WHOA!"
Amber: "WOOHOOHOOHOO!"

(The robot slips on the wet road, causing his ultimate demise)

AJ: "HAHAHAHA!"
Blaze: "I'm surprised that worked!"
Amber: "Never mind the celebrations, WE GOTTA GO!"

(the gang gets moving, and the episode's STEM song begins)

Blaze: "🎵 When it's time to move, you need a force to make you go!🎵"
AJ: "🎵 It's a bump...🎵"
Amber: "🎵 Or a bash!🎵"
Blaze, Amber, and AJ: "🎵 It's a push when you're going slow, whoa, whoa!🎵"
Blaze: "🎵 When you pull a friend who's stuck and needs a tow...🎵"
Amber: "That's force, alright!"
Blaze and AJ: "🎵 Yeah, yeah, that's force! Force...🎵"
AJ: "Moves A to B!"
Blaze and AJ: "🎵 Force...🎵"
Amber: "Moves ¡tu para mi!"
Blaze: "🎵 Up and down!🎵"
AJ: "🎵Around and around!🎵"
Amber: "🎵 It gets you going like a river flowing!🎵"
Blaze and AJ: "🎵 Force...🎵"
AJ: "When you hit the wall!"
Amber: "Ouch."
Blaze and AJ: "🎵 Force...🎵"
Blaze: "Like a waterfall!"
AJ: "🎵 Crashing!🎵"
Blaze: "🎵 Smashing!🎵"
Amber: "🎵 Rocking!🎵"
Blaze, Amber, and AJ: "🎵 Rolling... Force!🎵"

(The song ends; they leave the construction site and ride through a canyon until a faint glow appears on AJ's hand)

AJ: "Hang on, someone's calling us!"

(The glow becomes a small video screen, with Gabby being seen adjusting the camera)

Amber: "GABBY!!"
Gabby: "How goes it, guys?"
AJ: "We're doing alright! How's Starla, though?"
Gabby: "I'm gonna let this speak for itself..."

(Gabby turns the camera over to a depressed Starla)

Starla: "🎵 My engine ain't working, I'm broken so bad... If I don't get my piston, I'm gonna be sad...🎵"

(Lucilia comforts her, and Gabby brings herself back into focus)

Gabby: "See what I mean?"
AJ: "Yeesh."
Amber: "Pobre Starla."
AJ: "We'll be back with the piston soon, don't worry."
Gabby: "All I needed to hear. Do good, Amber. Gabby, out."

(The lights dissipates from view)

Blaze: "Let's roll, guys!"

(The gang continues on into a jungle, where Beldevere is causing Crusher to move extra fast out of fury. Pickle trails behind them)

Pickle: "BELLE, WAIT UP!"
Crusher: "WHOAAAAA!!"
Beldevere: "That stupid Blaze isn't getting to the piston that easily!"
Pickle: "About that..."

(Pickle points below the jungle, where Blaze is driving through the canyon)

Beldevere: "VOUS PLAISANTEZ J'ESPÈRE?! HOW DID HE GET PAST THE BIGFOOT ROBOT?!"
Crusher: "I mean... That thing WAS unfortunately easy to trick."
Beldevere: "UGH! If this can't stop them, nothing will!"
Crusher and Pickle: "OH boy."

(Beldevere deploys a cannon)

Beldevere: "This pineapple blaster should do the trick! Prêt! Visez! TIREZ!"

(The pineapple cannon shoots pineapples that block the heroes' path, and they gasp. To be continued...)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Nolan North as Blaze
Dusan Brown as AJ
Tori Feinstein as Amber
Ciarán Strange as Beldevere/Belle
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher
Nat Faxon as Pickle
Dee Bradley Baker as Bigfoot Robot
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Kate Higgins as Starla

Chapter 12: Opening Narration

Chapter Text

Blaze: "The paranormal are all around us, from aliens to witches. In your world, they're just myths. But we live among them, befriend them, work with them, race with them, and even get into romance with them. My friend AJ here is one of them. He's the son of Oberon, also known as the king of the fairies. The local mechanic, Gabby, is infamously known as Satan's daughter. But they don't scare us anymore. Come along with us, and you'll learn that not all demons are sadistic jerks, not all monsters like scaring people, and so on. Welcome to Axle City."

Chapter 13: S1, E2: The Driving Force! (Part 3/3)

Summary:

In which the gang gets into a tug-of-war and leave Belle in the mud

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(The pineapple cannon shoots pineapples that block the heroes' path, and they gasp)

AJ: "Whaaaa?"
Amber: "Let me guess, Belle?"

(Another pineapple fires; the gang dodge it and look above, seeing Belle laugh maniacally)

Blaze: "Yup."
Beldevere: "THAT PISTON IS MINE! ALL MINE, YOU HEAR ME?!"
Crusher: "Sorry, Blaze. I'm just following orders."
Pickle: "As am I."
Beldevere: "À LA VICTOIRE!"

(They drive off to the mudpit, leaving the heroes to dodge like crazy while they think of a plan)

Blaze: "HOW IN GOD'S NAME ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BREAK THESE?!"
Amber: (screaming indistinct Spanish)
AJ: "Calm down, guys! I got a plan: we fight fire with an inferno! These pineapples may have a lot of force to them, but wrecking balls are a heck of a lot stronger!"
Blaze: "A wrecking ball? How about a wrecking ball CRANE?"
Amber: "Good plan!"

(Amber goes into gorilla form like when they pushed the giant box)

Blaze: (to reader) "Come on, let's make the parts we need to turn me into a crane!"
(Transformation interface starts)
Blaze: "First off, the outriggers. They'll help keep the crane from tipping over, like..."
AJ: (offscreen) "CRASH!"
Blaze: "Exactly! To make the outriggers, say "outriggers". Outriggers!"
(Outriggers materialize)
Blaze: "Great! Now to swing the wrecking ball so it, ahem, outforces the pineapples, so to speak, we'll need a hydraulic boom. To make it, say "hydraulic boom". Hydraulic boom!"
(Hydraulic boom materializes)
Blaze: "If we want the wrecking ball to stay on the crane, we'll need a steel cable. Go ahead and say "steel cable". Steel cable!"
(Steel cable materializes)
Blaze: "And last but CERTAINLY not least, the big, heavy wrecking ball. Say "wrecking ball". Wrecking ball!"
(Wrecking ball materializes)
Blaze: "INTRODUCING THE WRECKING BALL MONSTER MACHINE!"
(Blaze transforms)

(AJ gulps and prepares himself)

AJ: "I'll see what I can do here... (he unsheathes his sword, and it starts glowing) Tara na!"
Amber: "¡PREPAREMOS PARA LA LUCHA!"

(The gang starts to destroy pineapples)

Blaze: (to reader) "Get ready! If you spot a pineapple, let us know by yelling "pineapple"!"

(A giant pineapple launches towards Blaze; the reader responds)

Blaze: "Pineapple!"

(He whacks the pineapple away)

Blaze: "AJ, incoming!"
AJ: "Salamat!"

(AJ slashes the pineapple to pieces)

Amber: (prideful roar)

(Gorilla Amber punches a pineapple)

AJ: "This last one's yours, Blaze!"

(Blaze whacks the pineapple into the direction of the machine. BANG!)

Blaze: "Game over! (Returns to normal)"
AJ: "We gotta go, guys! That piston isn't going to get in the hands of Belle!"
Amber: "Then what are we waiting for?"
Blaze: "Follow me!"

(The gang speeds to the jungle. Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are hunting)

Pickle: "It's not over here... Nor is it over here..."
Crusher: "Where could that piston be?"
Beldevere: "THAT'S why we're searching! We're trying to find it!"
Pickle: "Is THIS it? (Holds up a toothbrush)"
Beldevere: "PICKLE, YOU IDIOT! THAT'S A TOOTHBRUSH!"
Crusher: "What about this? (Holds up a stick)"
Beldevere: "That's a STICK."
Pickle: "Maybe THIS? (holds up a strawberry)"
Beldevere: "Non, non, NON! That's a strawberry, you dumbass!"
Crusher: "It could be this. (Holds up a pipe)"
Beldevere: "THAT'S A PIPE!!"

(Crusher bonks Beldevere on the head with the pipe. He and Pickle laugh)

Crusher: "That was SO worth it!"
Beldevere: "YOU IDIOTS! A PISTON IS A LONG AND SHINY PIECE OF METAL!"
Crusher: "We know, we just wanted to mess with you."
Beldevere: "AAAAAAAAUGH! LET'S JUST GO!"

(They drive to the mudpit, where they encounter Blaze, Amber, and AJ. Crusher deploys his tow hook, but Blaze's also deploys onto the piston)

Beldevere: "YOU DASTARDLY LITTLE-!"
AJ: "Let it go, Belle!"
Amber: "That piston is Starla's, not yours!"
Beldevere: "IT'S MINE NOW! NO WAY I'M GIVING IT BACK!"

(Everyone is now involved in a tug-of-war, with Blaze winning, initially, until Crusher pulls with more force. Amber joins in gorilla form, giving Blaze's side the bigger force)

Crusher: "Give... It... BACK!"
Blaze: "Ab... solutely... NOT!"

(Crusher and Pickle look at each other and decide to let go, pushing Belle into the mud and letting Blaze get the piston)

Beldevere: "NONONONONONONONO! AUUUUUUUGH!"

(Crusher and Pickle speed back to the Monster Dome)

Beldevere: "CRUSHER! PICKLE! COME BACK!"
AJ: "Too bad, so sad. Now let's get out of here... Wait wait wait, one more thing!"

(AJ flies next to Beldevere with his phone, and takes a picture with him giving Belle bunny ears)

AJ: "NOW we can go!"

(They return to the Monster Dome, with Blaze's horn honking as he approaches the others)

Starla: "(sighing) Welcome back..."
AJ: "🎵 We got the piston, we got the piston, we got the piston, hey hey hey hey!🎵"
Starla: (exhales in relief) "Thank goodness!"
Gabby: "Good work, you three. Alright, now..."

(Gabby takes the piston and inserts it into the empty spot on Starla's engine, finally bringing her back to normal)

Gabby: "That ought to do it."
AJ: "You feeling okay?"
Starla: (revs engine up perfectly) "I'M MORE THAN OKAY! I'M BACK, BABY!"
All except Gabby and Amber: (cheering and laughing)
AJ: "Good to know!"
Starla: "I can't thank you three ENOUGH for the help!"
Blaze: "Ha, it was nothing."
Starla: "Now that I can race again... Who's up for a couple laps around the track?"
Zeg: "ZEG READY!"
Darington: "It's showtime!"
Stripes: "¡A mí!"
Blaze and AJ: (laughing)

(Blaze and AJ join them, leaving just Gabby and Amber)

Gabby: "Amber... Damn, man. I'm overjoyed you came out okay in the end. I was right all along, you're DEFINITELY capable of holding your own."
Amber: (flustered Spanish gibbering)
Gabby: "For your courage, I think I owe you something."

(Gabby smiles, bringing Amber closer to her. The two kiss, locked in an embrace. The camera pans up and fades to Beldevere, still stuck in the mud)

Beldevere: "Hello?! HELLO?! Somebody, please get me out of here!"

(Pig trucks surround Beldevere, and they roughhouse with them)

Beldevere: "UGH! HEY! HANDS OFF ME! HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLP!!!"

(And the episode ends)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Dusan Brown as AJ
Tori Feinstein as Amber
Nolan North as Blaze
Ciarán Strange as Beldevere/Belle
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher
Nat Faxon as Pickle
Kate Higgins as Starla
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes
James Patrick Stuart as Zeg
Alexander Polinsky as Darington

Chapter 14: S1, E3: Tool Duel! (Part 1/3)

Summary:

In which Gabby goes Chimera for the first time. Also, the (*honk*) censor is introduced

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(episode starts with Gabby and Amber working on their ATV. Gabby then notices the reader)

Gabby: (to reader) "Ah, so it's you. Blaze's told me so much about you. Charmed."

(Suddenly, Blaze's horn sounds off)

Gabby: (to reader) "Speak of the devil."
AJ: "Guys!"
Amber: "Alright, what is it this time?"

(Blaze's engine makes a squeaking noise; Gabby and Amber stifle laughter)

AJ: "Something's wrong with Blaze!"
Gabby: (chuckling a little) "What's your problem?"
Blaze: "It's... Really hard to explain. My engine keeps making a funny noise. (To reader) Here, have a listen."

(He revs up his engine and makes the squeaking noise again; Gabby audibly laughs)

Gabby: (snickering) "That IS a funny noise! Go on, make it again!"

(Same as before, only this time Blaze has an unamused expression)

Gabby: "HA! Okay, I'm done now. Get on the lift so me and Amber can see what's wrong."

(Blaze gets on the lift and is promptly raised off the ground)

Blaze: "Whoa-a!"

(Gabby and Amber examine his undercarriage, and the squeaking is heard again. Gabby again chuckles)

Amber: "You see the problem?"
Gabby: "It's coming from his transmission. One second..."

(Gabby rests her right hand on her heart and focuses her energy. Soon, she materializes a wrench)

AJ: "How did you-?!"
Gabby: "It's called Fireforging. My late, great Uncle Wildfire taught me how. Not bad, right?"
AJ: "One question: who's Uncle Wildfire?"
Gabby: "It's said that he was one of the strongest mechanics in ALL of Hell. Unfortunately, he was also one of the most suicidal. He took his own life in 2012. (sighs) He was a good one. But, enough about him. We've got a squeak to uncover. Now, this might hurt a bit, buddy..."
Blaze: "Hurt? HA! I'm fireproof!"
Gabby: "Good to know."

(Gabby starts to untighten something near Blaze's front tire)

Gabby: "I think I see your problem."
Blaze: "What is it?"
Gabby: "No wonder you were squeaking, you had a rubber ducky stuck inside of you."
Blaze: (laughing) "How'd that get stuck in there?"
Gabby: "I'd suppose YOU were being careless."
Blaze: "I digress."

(Stripes enters)

AJ: "Hey, Stripes!"
Stripes: "¡Amigos! Ugh... You won't believe what just happened!"
Gabby: "Let me take a wild guess: you were being stupid again?"
Stripes: "...yup. I was out climbing, wasn't looking where I was going, and BAM! Slipped and hurt my bumper! (Turns around to reveal his back bumper is coming apart and hanging down slightly)"
Blaze: "OOOH, jeez."
AJ: "Yeesh!"
Gabby: "Alright. Stay calm, and I'll be right back."

(Gabby heads offscreen. We pan to reveal a toolbox with a sticker reading "In case I'm too tired to Fireforge". Gabby attempts to grab something from it until she's startled by Zeg)

Zeg: (sobbing) "ZE-E-E-EG!!"

(The triceratops truck barges in crying)

Gabby: "HOLY (*honk*)! Jeez, man! Don't scare me like that!"
Zeg: "Zeg need you guys to fix him too! Wipers not working!"

(Water sprays from Zeg's wipers and onto Gabby)

Gabby: "Jesus (*honk*)ing Christ! You aren't kidding! Just give me one second and I'll..."

(Gabby is again startled, this time by Darington)

Darington: "🎵 DARINGTOOOOOOON!!🎵"

(Darington comes out of nowhere, reversing into the garage and crashing into some oil barrels, which spill over Gabby)

Darington: "OW!"
Gabby: "Aw, come ON! What is it this time?!"
Darington: "For SOME strange reason, I keep driving backwards! (He reverses into a wall) Oof!"
Gabby: (facepalms) "Okay. It's alright, everyone. Whether it's through Fireforging or just a regular toolbox, me and Amber can help. And that's a fact."
All except Gabby: (cheering)
Zeg: "Gabby and Amber fix everyone!"

(Zeg's wipers go off again, spraying Gabby once more)

Gabby: "Welp. At least I'm clean again."
All except Gabby: (laughing)

(Unseen by anyone, Belle, Crusher, and Pickle peek through the window)

Beldevere: "Fireforging, eh? What's gonna happen to Gabby if she's too tired to do it?"
Crusher: "She uses her regular toolbox, right?"
Beldevere: "Exactly! If we steal that toolbox, she won't be able fix anything at ALL once she's tired! Game over for EVERYONE involved!"
Pickle: "Hold on, Belle; wouldn't it be game over for US too? After all, me and Crusher ARE Monster Machines too."
Beldevere: "Logic, logic, LOGIC! I simply must get that toolbox!"

(Beldevere runs inside)

Beldevere: "Okay, now. As soon as no one's watch... (notices Gabby staring at them) ...ing. Hey, look over there!"

(Gabby looks where Belle is pointing, and Belle steals her toolbox)

Gabby: "HEY! HANG ON YOU LITTLE (*honk*)! Come back here!"

(Gabby chases after Belle, but they get away via Crusher)

Beldevere: "À LA VICTOIRE!"
Gabby: "Son of a stepfather. Alright everyone, I'm going to have to request that you all wait for a little bit. I have to get my backup toolbox back, so that way I can help you if I can't Fireforge."
Blaze: "Me and AJ can help you!"
AJ: "Yeah!"
Gabby: "Hmmm... Oh, alright. Amber, do good for me."
Amber: "You got it, boss!"
Gabby: "And just saying; 'boss' is an optional nickname."
Amber: "Eh, I just like calling you that."

(Gabby smiles at Amber and engulfs her body with fire. When the fire dissipates, she's now in the form of a chimera)

Gabby: (triumphant roar)
Blaze: "Let's do this!"
AJ: "Auto-drive mode on..."
Gabby: "Let's make this quick!"
Blaze: "I got you, girl!"

(Blaze's middle back folds back to reveal his Blazing Speed booster jets. Blue aura surrounds Gabby, giving her Blazing Speed)

Blaze: (to reader) "To give us Blazing Speed, say "LEEEEET'S BLAZE"! On 3: one, two, THREE!"
All: "LEEEEET'S BLAZE!"

(They blitz down the road)

Blaze: "WOOOOOOOHOOHOO!"
Gabby: (determined roar)

(They pass Joe and Gus at the park having a barbecue)

Gus: "Yo Joe, check it out! It's Blaze, AJ, and Gabby!"
Joe: "Let's GO, you three! You got da power!"

(The travel song starts, with Gabby and Blaze exchanging lyrics)

Blaze: "🎵 Come on, let's hit the road!🎵"
Gabby: "🎵 Get ready, here we go, here we go!🎵"
Blaze: "🎵 One, two, three! LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
AJ: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
Gabby: "🎵 Come on and follow me!🎵"
Blaze: "Woohoo!"
AJ: "🎵 G-g-gimme some speed!🎵"
Gabby: "YES!"
Blaze: "🎵 One, two, three! LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
Gabby: "🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵"
Blaze: "🎵 One, two, three, four! Kick the pedal to the floor!🎵"
Gabby: " 🎵 Five, six, seven, eight! LET'S BLAZE!🎵"

(To be continued)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Dusan Brown as AJ
Tori Feinstein as Amber
Nolan North as Blaze
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes
James Patrick Stuart as Zeg
Alexander Polinsky as Darington
Ciarán Strange as Beldevere/Belle
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher/Gus
Nat Faxon as Pickle/Joe

Chapter 15: S1, E3: Tool Duel! (Part 2/3)

Summary:

In which they dodge slippery bananas

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(The episode restarts with Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle going up a hill)

Beldevere: "🎵 Oh, that toolbox is mine, mine, all mine! Soon ces imbéciles will die if that demon girl gets tired! No one shall stop me now!🎵"
Crusher: "🎵 Uh, except those 3!🎵"
Pickle: "🎵 Behind you!🎵"
Beldevere: "EXCUSEZ-MOI?!"

(Right as Pickle said; our heroes are now behind Crusher, Beldevere, and Pickle)

Beldevere: "Incroyable! Those idiots simply CANNOT get the toolbox back from us! Crusher! Cheat or something!"
Crusher: "Aw, MAAAAAAN, do I have to? Fine."

(Crusher opens his chassis bag, letting junk fly out to make a banana launcher. The machine lands and starts launching bananas, causing Blaze, AJ, and Gabby to start dodging like crazy. Eventually they all slip on a banana peel and slide back down the hill)

Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!"
Beldevere: "Au revoir, bande d'enfoirés! Have fun getting out of this SLIPPERY situation! À LA VICTOIRE!"

(Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere drive off, with Beldevere laughing hysterically)

Gabby: (gets up) "That tricky mother(*honk*)er! NOW how the hell are we supposed to get back up?!"
Blaze: "It's simple, quite frankly; we use friction. (zoom in on his tire) Those little bumps on the road give my tires something to grab onto. That's also known as friction... Which sadly, doesn't work with squished bananas, because they're too slippery!"
AJ: "So to get up this hill, we have to keep Blaze on the bumpy road, where there's more friction. (to reader) Are you willing to give driving Blaze a shot? (Pause) Let's do this, then! Come on!"

(Reader boards Blaze)

Blaze: (to reader) "Welcome aboard, buddy!"
AJ: (to reader) "Here's the plan; turn the steering wheel and drive Blaze away from the bananas. Ready? Then let's go!"

(Cut to steering interface; bananas fall before them)

Blaze: "Look out! Bananas!"
(Reader turns the wheel to dodge)
Blaze: "Well done!"
(More bananas)
Blaze: "More bananas! Turn the other way this time!"
(Reader turns the wheel to the other side to dodge)
Blaze: "Not bad!"
(More bananas)
Blaze: "Even more bananas! Turn left!"
(Reader turns the wheel to the left side to dodge. More bananas fall)
Blaze: "Yet more bananas! Turn right!"
(Reader turns the wheel to the right side to dodge. More bananas fall)
Blaze: "Turn right again!"
(Repeat last sequence.)
Blaze: "We're almost there! Turn left!"
(Reader turns the wheel to the left side to dodge. They make it to the top)
Blaze: "Ha ha ha HA! We made it!"

(AJ and Gabby grin mischievously at each other. They promptly BLOW THE MACHINE TO KINGDOM COME.)

AJ: "And that's the last of it!"
Gabby: "Bye bye, dumbass machine."
Blaze: "Let's speed on, everyone! We can't let Beldevere get away with Gabby's tools! CHAAAAARGE!"

(They speed on; cue the STEM song)

Gabby: (spoken) "One, two, three!"
Blaze: "🎵 Kinda hard to go the distance, when you got too much resistance!🎵"
AJ: "🎵 Friction always slows you down!🎵"
Gabby: "🎵 It's hard to slide on a bumpy ride!🎵"
Blaze and AJ: "🎵 Friction, friction!🎵"
Gabby: "Happens when things rub together!"
Blaze and AJ: "🎵 Friction, friction!🎵"
Gabby: "Happens when things rub together! If you don't have enough, dude, you'll slip! Just enough, and then you'll get a grip!"
Blaze and AJ: "🎵 Friction, friction!🎵"
Gabby: "Happens when things rub together!"
Blaze and AJ: "🎵 Friction, friction, friction!🎵"

(Song ends; back at the garage, Amber's trying to moderate the absolute chaos that is going on. Oil and water spills are everywhere)

Amber: "Uh, Stripes! Try not to let your bumper drag on the floor!"
Stripes: "Lo siento, Amber."

(Zeg's wipers go off again, spraying Amber)

Amber: "¡Ay-yi-yi! Be careful, Zeg!"
Zeg: "Zeg didn't mean to!"
Darington: "🎵 DARINGTOOOOOOON!🎵 (reverses into more barrels, once again spilling onto Amber) Oof!"
Amber: "HEY! This is gonna be a looooooooong day..."
Starla: "AMBER! AMBER!"

(Starla enters)

Amber: (with eye twitching) "Ugh, Starla! Don't tell me you're broken too!"
Starla: "Unfortunately, yes. Just look... (Revs up, and bubbles appear behind her) I've got bubbles coming out of my tailpipe, y'all! (Turns around and shows her tailpipes, which are releasing bubbles)"
Amber: "Bubbles?! ¡Ay dios mio! This is starting to get crazy! Blaze, AJ, Gabby... When are you getting the toolbox back?"

(To be continued...)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Ciarán Strange as Beldevere/Belle
Kevin Michael Richardson as Crusher
Nat Faxon as Pickle
Nolan North as Blaze
Dusan Brown as AJ
Angelina Wahler as Gabby
Tori Feinstein as Amber
Sunil Malhotra as Stripes
James Patrick Stuart as Zeg
Alexander Polinsky as Darington
Kate Higgins as Starla

Chapter 16: S1, E3: Tool Duel! (Part 3/3)

Summary:

In which they dodge a robotic shark and get the tools

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(Fade back to the pier; with Beldevere already on a boat)

- Beldevere: “Come ON, des imbéciles! What are you even delaying yourselves for?”
- Pickle and Crusher: (grunting and whimpering)
- Beldevere: “I'm waaaaaaitiiiing…”
- Crusher: “We're tryyyyyyiiiiiing…”
- Pickle and Crusher: “WHOAOA!!”

(Crusher and Pickle fall into the boat as it takes off)

- Beldevere: “Hahahahahaha! Nobody can follow us and get the tools back now! À LA VICTOIRE!”
- Pickle: “The seas are… really wave-y today.”
- Crusher: “Yeah…"

(Waves splash seaweed onto Beldevere’s head, to their exasperation and Crusher and Pickle’s amusement)

- Beldevere: “FILS DE A-! Ugh!”
- Crusher and Pickle: (snickering)

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby come to the pier)

- Gabby: “Oh, they're going waterbound now, huh? Great. And there's no boat to be heard of.”
- Blaze: “Now how in the world are we gonna get the toolbox back? With all this wave power, there's no way we’d be able to get across the normal way!”
- AJ: “Wave power… that's it! When waves like these knock into a boat, it causes friction and slows ya down!”
- Gabby: “Aaaaaaand… what's your point?”
- AJ: “We'd want less friction so we can slide really fast across the water!”
- Gabby: (to Blaze) “Where's he going with this?”
- Blaze: (does the monster machine equivalent of a shrug)
- AJ: “A hydrofoil is what we need!”
- Blaze and Gabby: “A HYDROFOIL? What the heck is a hydrofoil?”
- AJ: “You'll see. I'll only give you a few hints, though: it requires 3 things; a hull, a propeller, and foils.”
- Blaze: “Let's try it out!”
- Gabby: (eyerolls and backs up)

(Transformation interface begins)

- Blaze: (to reader) “First off, the hull, so I can float on the water. To make one, say ‘hull’. Hull!”
- (Hull materializes)
- Blaze: “Perfect! Next up, the propeller, to help spin really fast and push the boat further. Say ‘propeller’. Propeller!”
- (Propeller materializes)
- Blaze: “Last up, the foils. I… actually don't know what foils do, hahaha.”
- AJ: (peeking into view) “They help lift up over the waves.”
- Blaze: “Thanks, AJ! Say ‘foils’. Foils!”
- (Foils materialize)
- Blaze: “I don't know what a hydrofoil is, but… INTRODUCING THE HYDROFOIL MONSTER MACHINE!”

(Blaze transforms)

- AJ: “And THAT'S a hydrofoil.”
- Gabby: “Quite interesting.”

(AJ and Gabby board Blaze)

- Blaze: “Hang on, guys; I'm ready for action!”
- Gabby: “Let's get ‘em!”

(Blaze takes off and rides across the water; further away, Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are still on their boat)

- Pickle: “Hey Belle, look! I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!”

(Blaze’s horn sounds in the distance)

- Beldevere: “I'm not going to look behind me. I know who that is…. It's Blaze, isn't it.”
-Pickle and Crusher: “Yeah.”
Beldevere: “MALÉDICTIONS! Not even these waves can stop him! I can't let him get the tools back!”
- Pickle: “What are YOU going to do about it?”

(Beldevere grins evilly at Crusher, who sighs exasperatedly and opens his chassis bag)

- Crusher: “Blaze, I REALLY don't want to do this to you, but…”

(Junk unloads from his bag and assembles into a shark robot)

- Crusher: “SharkBot incoming.”

(The SharkBot jumps into the water and chomps)

- SharkBot: (mechanical roaring)
- Pickle: “Ohhhh, I sense nothing good coming out of this.”

(The SharkBot swims and jumps at Blaze; the heroic trio scream, while Gabby and AJ cling onto each other)

- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “YAAAAAAAAAUGH!!”
- SharkBot: (mechanical screeching)

(It chomps and gives chase; but Blaze is farther ahead)

- Blaze: “Phew! I think… I think we lost him.”

(The SharkBot suddenly jumps out of the water with a horrific screech)

- SharkBot: (mechanical screeching)
- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “JESUS CHRIIIIIIIIIST!!!”
- Blaze: “I was wrong, I was SO wrong!”
- AJ: “That SharkBot is a malaki problem! We need to find a solution!”
- Gabby: “I have an idea; that… thing looks like it could chomp through anything. But what if it finds something it can't chomp?”
- Blaze: “Feed it something he can't chomp… Gabs! That's genius! Let's try it!”

(Montage ensues; their first attempt was a rope. Attempt 1 failed, as the SharkBot chomped through it in a single go. AJ gives an annoyed look to camera. Attempt 2: a stick. It was a little harder for the SharkBot to eat it, but attempt 2 failed all the same. Gabby and AJ give each other a “man, you've got to be kidding me” look. Attempt 3: a metal pipe. Attempt 3 FINALLY worked, as the SharkBot self-destructed after chomping it. Blaze, AJ, and Gabby cheer)

- Gabby: “Ha-ha!”
- Blaze: “Lesson learned: sharkbots can't eat metal pipes.”
- AJ: “Hey, look! Land ahoy!”

(Land ahoy indeed. Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere are on the path)

- Gabby: “The scoundrels. They still have my toolbox.”
- Blaze: “We've gotta hurry! We have to get those tools back in case you run out of Fireforging power! AJ, gimme some speed!”

(Gabby unbuckles her seatbelt and jumps into the air, revealing her demon wings as Blaze and AJ speed to the island; Blaze returning to normal before hitting land and giving chase. Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere are up ahead; Beldevere driving Crusher backwards for some reason)

- Beldevere: “Ahaha! 🎵 The tools are all mine now, and they can't stop me!🎵”
- Crusher: “Belle, what the (*honk*) are you doing?!”
- Pickle: “Driving backwards isn't very safe, you know.”
- Beldevere: “🎵 Safe, shmafe! I've still got that girl’s tools, tools, tools!🎵”

(Crusher and Beldevere bump against a set of barricades and scream, tossing the toolbox over Crusher's shoulder as it falls down the mountain)

- Pickle: “I told you driving backwards isn't safe!”
- Crusher: “Good going! Now the toolbox is all the way down there!”

(Blaze’s horn sounds)

- Beldevere: “Quoi?! Blaze is headed our way! We have to get the toolbox before those idiots get it!”

(Crusher and Pickle pause, look at each other, and Crusher whispers something to Pickle, letting the latter just gun it)

- Beldevere: “WHAT THE (*HONK*)ING HELL, PICKLE!! Ugh! Let's just go!”

(Beldevere and Crusher take off. Blaze, AJ, and Gabby come to the cliff)

- Gabby: “That little (*honk*), they're getting away!”
- Blaze: “Looks like our only chance to beat them is to put something sticky on the ground, removing friction and allowing us to slide to the bottom.”
- AJ: “I knew this would come in handy!” (He holds out a giant banana)
- Gabby: “One of Crusher's super slippery bananas? Perfect.”

(AJ drops the banana to the ground, and he, Blaze, and Gabby squish it; spreading it down to the slope before them)

- Blaze: (to reader) “Get ready… on the count of three, say ‘slide’. One…”
- AJ: “Two…”
- Gabby: “Three…”
- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “Slide!”

(They all slide down, with Gabby and AJ unofficially “surfing” on it)

- Blaze: “WOOOOOO!”
- AJ: “Yeehaw!”
- Gabby: “Whoooaaaaa!!”

(Blaze honks his horn and slides past Beldevere and Crusher; AJ and Gabby following soon after; the latter two are flipping Beldevere off)

- Beldevere: “Quoi? QUOI?!... Quoi.”
- Blaze: “Whee-hee!”
- AJ: “Paalam!”
- Gabby: “Later, loser!”
- Beldevere: “You have got to be kidding.”
- Blaze: “See ya round, Belle!”

(They reach the bottom, with Gabby quickly grabbing her toolbox)

- Gabby: “And the crowd goes wild! The tools are safe and sound! Thanks, boys!”
- AJ: “No big deal.”
- Blaze: “Good sliding, guys!”
- Beldevere: “Gaaaah, I can't believe those losers won. Again.”

(Beldevere stomps off, with Crusher following them, but they hit the banana slide and slip down)

- Beldevere and Crusher: “WHOAAAAAAAAAA!!!”

(They crash into a pile of pinecones)

- Beldevere: “Ow.”
- Pickle: “Um, Belle? You maaaaaay wanna notice something.”

- (Crusher’s left exhaust pipe is hanging slightly due to the collision)

- Pickle: “Crusher, I think your exhaust pipe may be slightly… broken. Take a look.” (He holds up a mirror)
- Crusher: “Oh. Oh, no.”
- Beldevere: “Sacre bleu! Seriously?!”

(Gabby smugly walks up to them)

- Gabby: “Oh, Belle… I think you're forgetting you know someone that can fix Crusher.”
- Beldevere: “Who?”
- Gabby: “Me and Amber, dumbass. We just needed the toolbox back.”
- Beldevere: “Oh, maaaan. I forgot.”
- Gabby: “Follow me, everyone!”

(Gabby leads everyone to the garage; now in total chaos with Amber, now covered in oil and water, having fainted)

- Gabby: “WHAT THE (*HONK*)?! Amber, are you okay?!”

(Amber’s eyes slowly open; she looks at Gabby and notices she has the toolbox back)

- Amber: (in a monotone) “Gabby Von Hellsing, you're my hero.”
- Blaze: “Hey, what about us?!”
- Gabby: (while helping Amber up) “Let's get to work.”

(Montage ensues again; this time with Gabby and Amber fixing everyone, one-by-one, and cleaning up the garage)

- Starla: “I'll be darned. Ma’ bubble problem’s been fixed!” (Revs up; this time with no bubbles)
- Stripes: “And my bumper’s back on!” (He turns around and reveals his fixed bumper)
- Zeg: “They fixed Zeg’s wipers! Hee hee!”
- Darington: “And I'm not going backwards anymore!”

(Despite the problem being fixed, Darington drives forward and crashes into oil barrels again, splashing onto Gabby and Amber yet once more)

- Gabby and Amber: “REALLY?!”

(The girls shake their heads in annoyance while the others laugh)

- Beldevere: “What about us?!”
- Gabby: “We're getting to ya.”

(Crusher is the last to be fixed)

- Amber: “And there ya go, Crusher. Right as rain.”
- Pickle: “Hey, look at that! Your exhaust pipe looks good as new!”
- Beldevere: “Now, let's get outta here!”

(Beldevere tries to leave, but Crusher refuses to budge)

- Crusher: “Nuh-uh. You forgot something.”
- Beldevere: (exasperated groan)
- Gabby: (while smirking) “C’mon, Belle. What do you say to us for fixing you?”
- Amber: (snickering)
- Pickle: “Belle, what do you say?”
- Beldevere: (laced with venom) “Thank you.”
- Gabby: “You're welcome. See, was that so hard?”

(Beldevere grumbles as he, Crusher, and Pickle leave)

- Blaze: “Now that we're all fixed, let's race!”
- Gabby: “You do that. I'm beat.”

(Everyone else exits while Gabby lies down, panting in exhaustion. Elsewhere, Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are descending the hill with the squished bananas from earlier)

- Beldevere: “(*honk*) Blaze. Everyone except for me and maybe Gabby thinks he's so special, and for what?”
- Crusher: “Well, he's brave…”
- Pickle: “He's fast…”

(They slip on some of the bananas)

- Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle: “OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!!”

(They crash into some piles at the bottom)

- Pickle: “Or maybe it's because he has better depth perception than we do.”
- Beldevere: “Ugh! Gross.”
- Crusher: (tasting some) “Mmm! Delicious!”

(It irises out on an unhappy Beldevere, ending the episode.)

Notes:

Voice cast:
- Ciarán Strange: Beldevere
- Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher
- Nat Faxon: Pickle
- Angelina Wahler: Gabby
- Nolan North: Blaze
- Dusan Brown: AJ
- Dee Bradley Baker: SharkBot
- Tori Feinstein: Amber
- Kate Higgins: Starla
- Sunil Malhotra: Stripes
- James Patrick Stuart: Zeg
- Alexander Polinsky: Darington

Chapter 17: S1, E4: The Bouncy Tires!

Chapter Text

(The episode starts with Blaze, Amber, and AJ helping Gabby push boxes of tires into place)

- Gabby: (exasperated sigh) “I really hate this time of the week, you know? They keep sending these to me for no reason. What do they think of me as, a guinea pig?”
- Blaze: (grunting) “Not sure… and there we go. (To readers) Hi, I'm Blaze, and these are my friends, AJ, Gabby, and Amber.”
- AJ: “Kumusta!”
- Gabby: (tired mumble)
- Amber: “¡Hola!... Gabs, come on. Cheer up.”
- Gabby: “N’eh.”
- Blaze: “This is the Axle City Garage. Right now, we're helping Gabs set up all these Silly Tires.”

(Gabby opens the first box, revealing a set of tires with a disco ball pattern)

- Gabby: “Dancing Tires, ugh…”

(Gabby covers her ears as the Dancing Tires play music and dance around the garage, promptly knocking over oil barrels and splashing oil all over her)

- Blaze, AJ, and Amber: (chuckling)
- Gabby: “Oi! Watch where you're going! (Sighs)”

(Gabby opens the second box, revealing a set of tires that look like buckets)

- Gabby: “The Water Tires?...”

(The Water Tires splash very hot water onto Gabby)

- Gabby: “OWWWWWWAAAAUGH!!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Amber: “Ooooooh…”
- Gabby: “Ugh. At least I'm clean now…”

(Gabby opens the third box, revealing a set of tires that look like chickens, now clucking)

- AJ: “Chicken Tires??”

(The Chicken Tires promptly leave kiss marks all over Gabby’s face)

- Gabby: “At least they like me.”
- Amber: “Lucky dog. I never get that from anyone.”
- Gabby: “Oh, really?” (Gabby coyly smirks and waggles her eyebrows at the camera)

(One tire stops and leaves one more kiss mark on Gabby's face)

- Gabby: “Musta missed a spot.”
- Blaze, AJ, Gabby, and Amber: (chuckling)
- Blaze: “These Silly Tires are… quite interesting. I wonder why they always go out of their way to annoy you?”
- Gabby: “Hidden agenda against me, I'll assume.”
- Zeg: (in distance) “Ow… Zeg… keep… going!”
- AJ: “Is that Zeg?”
- Blaze: “It's gotta be. (to reader) Do you see Zeg?”

(Zeg appears out the door behind them, limping and groaning with 4 broken tires; reader responds)

- Blaze: “Yeah, there he is. Right outside.”
- Zeg: “Ugh… ow… whoa-oh! Oh! Ouch!” (He falls over)
- Amber: “It looks like the big lug’s having trouble driving.”
- Gabby: “Let's try and help him!”

(They all head out where Zeg is)

- Blaze: “Zeg, ol’ buddy! How are ya?”
- Zeg: “Not too good.”
- AJ: “How come you're not moving?”
- Zeg: “Zeg having hard time driving because tires feel hurt.”
- Gabby: “No wonder your tires feel like they're hurting. They're fulla holes and rips… and they're flat.”
- Zeg: “That bad. That very bad.”
- Amber: “Don't you worry ‘bout a thing, Zeg, my man. Let's get you into the garage so we can get you some new tires.”
- Zeg: “New tires? Zeg like that idea!”
- Gabby: “Blaze, AJ, give him a tow, would ya?”

- (Blaze nods as he and AJ hook Zeg up and pull him into the garage)

- Gabby: “Now, a bit of a question. When's the last time you changed these tires?”
- Zeg: (shamefully) “Stone age.”
- Amber: “Heh, no wonder. Don't worry, we'll hook you up with some new ones. Come on, Gabs!”
- Gabby: “We'll return soon. Don't burn the garage down while we're gone.”

(Gabby and Amber exit)

- Zeg: “Hum-dee-hum-hum…”

(The last box of Silly Tires starts to jitter)

- Zeg: “Hmm? What this?”

(The box opens, releasing tires which bounce all over the place)

- Zeg: “Oh! Funny tires go up and down! (Giggles) Zeg like! Zeg want those tires!”
- AJ: “Uhm, Zeg? Knowing how the tires behaved earlier, I wouldn't touch them if I were you.”

(Gabby and Amber return with normal tires)

- Gabby: “Alright, Zeg, we're back. This oughta…”
- Zeg: “No need! Zeg already have perfect tires! Look!”
- Gabby: “Oh, no. Don't tell me you touched the Super Bouncy Tires.”
- Zeg: “Super Bouncy Tires? Zeg like these tires! They make Zeg bounce! Whoa! Whee! Zeg bouncing! Hahaha!”
- Gabby: “This is ‘boutta suck.”
- Amber: “Most definitely.”
- AJ: “What do you mean by that?”
- Gabby: “These tires are straight up disaster warnings. They're called Super Bouncy Tires.”
- AJ and Blaze: “Super Bouncy Tires?”
- Gabby: “Mmhmm.”
- Amber: “Once they start bouncing, they can't stop.”
- Zeg: “CAN'T STOP?! Zeg regretting his life choices again!”

(Zeg is now bouncing to the exit. Gabby and Amber facepalm)

- Zeg: “MOMMYYYYYYYYY!!”
- Gabby: “Zeg, you idiot. Welp, let's go save him.”
- Amber: “I'll get the ATV.”

(Gabby and Amber suit up and get on Gabby's ATV.)

- AJ: “Listen, if we're gonna catch up to him at this rate, we're gonna have to use some Blazing Speed!”

(The speed boosters pop out of Blaze's back, causing a blue aura to surround Gabby's ATV)

- Gabby: “Let's go.”
- Amber: “¡VAMOS!”
- Blaze: “To give us Blazing Speed, we need to say “LEEEEET'S BLAZE”! Ready?”
- All: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!!”

(They zoom out of the garage, the travel song kicking in shortly afterwards)

-Amber: “YAAAAAHOO!”
- Blaze: “🎵Come on, let's hit the road!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Get ready, here we go!🎵”
- Amber: “HERE WE GO!”
- Blaze: “🎵 One!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Two!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Three!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! Come on and follow me!🎵”
- Blaze: “Woohoo!”
- AJ: “🎵 G-g-gimme some speed!🎵”
- Amber: “YEAH!”
- Blaze: “🎵 One!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Two!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Three!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Blaze and AJ: “🎵 One, two, three and four! Kick the pedal to the floor!🎵”
- Gabby and Amber: “🎵 Five, six, seven and eight!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”

(Song ends; crossfade into a shot through binoculars, framing Zeg bouncing up the street before him. Pan back to Gabby, who is using the binoculars. She lowers them as she says this next line)

- Gabby: “There goes that idiot. Shoulda listened to us earlier.”

(Zeg bounces over passing trucks)

- Zeg: “Yiii! Can't… stop… bouncing! Ugh, sorry! Heeeelp!”

(He lands on a fountain and bounces down an alleyway wing a hanging clothesline, which clings to his face)

- Zeg: “Whoa! Underpants on Zeg’s face! Can't see! (he shakes off the clothesline) Much better, but HEEEELP!”
- Blaze: “Poor Zeg. Those Super Bouncy Tires are really going out of control!”
- Amber: “Eh. Can't pity him too much. He really had it coming.”
- AJ: (dismounts from Blaze with his fairy wings sprouting from his back) “This is quite the problem, and problems like this require a big solution!”
- Gabby: “Something like… getting the tires to stick to the road? Y’know, adhesion?”
- Blaze: “Huh?”
- Gabby: “Adhesion happens when two different things stick together. For that to happen, first and foremost, it’d need something sticky…”

(Tape is heard unrolling; Darington is using some to put up some Stuntmania posters)

- Gabby: “Like for example, tape. I doubt this one would work, though. It would just-”

(AJ yanks Gabby's arm and brings her to Darington; she lets out a yelp)

- AJ: “Um, hi, Darington! Really complicated situation here…”

(Note: during this entire explanation, as AJ’s dialogue gets increasingly long-winded, his voice speeds up and everyone else gets exasperated)

- AJ: “You see, Zeg’s tires were all deflated and stuff, so we got him normal tires but he gave himself the Super Bouncy Tires and he's bouncing everywhere so now we're off to stop-”
- Gabby: “Can I borrow that?”
- Darington: “Sure.”

(Gabby rolls up one of AJ’s sleeves and puts a bit of tape on it with a devious look)

- Amber: “As he was saying, we're gonna try to stop Zeg from bouncing everywhere with adhesion, and we thought tape would be perfect for it.”
- Gabby: “Observe.”

(Gabby promptly rips the tape straight off of AJ’s arm, causing him to scream)

- AJ: “YOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW!! What the (*honk*), Gabby?!”
- Gabby: “Simply demonstrating stickiness.”
- Zeg: “ZEG WANT HIS MOTHER!!”

(Zeg is continuing to bounce up the road. A quick, verbless scene ensues: the gang observes the situation, looks at each other, and nods. They quickly unroll the tape until it stretches across the road. They all hide behind a crate and observe how their plan works. Zeg continues bouncing until he hits the tape, which sticks to the tires and stretches out as he bounces off… unfortunately, he breaks away. The gang sighs.)

- Gabby: “Not to be the one to say “I told you so”, but… I told you so!”
- AJ: “Plan B: Try something stickier.”
- Zeg: “STILL BOUNCY!!”
- AJ: “Ohhh, he's headed for the Egg Warehouse!”
- Blaze: “This could get messy!”

(AJ jumps into the air, causing his fairy wings to sprout out of his back. Gabby and Amber get on the ATV, joining AJ and Blaze as they go full speed ahead to the warehouse. Inside the warehouse, trucks are peacefully packing and sorting eggs when Zeg enters)

- Zeg: “YIIIIIIIIIIIIII-HI-HI-HIIIIIIIIII!! (as he knocks over boxes) Yipe! Sorry! (As he knocks over baskets) Zeg beg pardon! Coming through!!”

(He keeps bouncing and knocking things over until he activates a crane)

- Worker Truck 1: “Wuh-oh!”
- Worker Truck 2: “Watch out!”

(The crane picks up an egg)

- Worker Trucks: (screaming)

(Gabby peeks in from the left side)

- Gabby: “You guys seen Zeg?”
- Worker Truck 1: “I don't know who that is, but he turned on the giant egg dropper!”
- Worker Truck 2: “And it'll drop that giant egg!”

(Gabby’s demon wings sprout from her back, and Amber turns into an eagle. They meet up with AJ)

- AJ: “According to the Light Seeker here… the egg dropper’s gonna drop the egg in 10 seconds! Let's make this quick! (To reader) Count down from 10 with us!”

(The countdown starts; Gabby, Amber, and AJ fly through the warehouse, with Blaze following them shortly after)

- Gabby, Amber, AJ, and Blaze: “10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1!!”

(The egg drops; Blaze, Gabby, Amber, and AJ catch the egg just in time)

- AJ: “Look at that, not a single crack!”
- Tan Worker Truck: “Haha! Thanks a lot!”
- Pink Worker Truck: “Alright! Woohoo!”
- Green Worker Truck: “You really saved our eggs!”

(In the distance, Zeg is heard screaming as he bounces down the street outside)

- AJ: “Crap, he's still going!”
- Blaze: “If we hurry, we can catch up to him. (Puts the egg in a basket) Arrivederci a tutti!”
- Tan Worker Truck: “Take care, guys!”
- Pink Worker Truck: “Stay safe!”

(They all leave the warehouse. They spot Zeg and wordlessly chase after him down the streets, with the dinosaur truck appearing down another a la Scooby-Doo. They head down a stretch of road, where Zeg reaches a shoe store and crashes into a shelf of shoes; some of them getting on his nose horn and exhaust pipe. He soon bounces off of several buildings, afterwards passing the music store and bouncing across 3 pianos, making them produce unusual sounds.)

- Zeg: (screaming)
- Gus: “Dude, sweet tune!”
- Joe: “Totally, man!”
- Zeg: “When will this nightmare end?!”
- Blaze: “We've got a second chance for adhesion! (To reader, as the camera pans to shelves of glue and water nearby) Our options are glue and water. Which one would be stickier? (Pause) Glue, right! Glue is godlessly sticky. I should know, it almost caused me to get put out of action once.”
- AJ: (with clapperboard) “Adhesion attempt 2. And action!”

(Another verbless scene. AJ puts the glue bottle on the floor, and he stomps on it, causing a puddle of glue to be released. Zeg bounces until he lands in it, the glue stretching out as he pulls away. Sadly, attempt 2 was a failure, as he breaks free like last time. Cue a group facepalm (or facewheel, in Blaze’s case).)

- Amber: “AW, we were right THERE, man!!”
- AJ: “We're likely gonna need something even stickier.”
- Gabby: “Oi, Zeg! Hang in there, buddy!”

(Gabby, AJ, and Amber fly down the street in a hurry, with Blaze following them soon after. STEM song kicks up)

- Amber: “¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Uno, dos, tres, cuatro!”
- AJ: “🎵 Like gum sticking on a tire, or a web sticking on a spider…🎵 Yikes!”
- Gabby: “Yup!”
- Blaze: “🎵 A bandage sticking on a scratch…🎵”
- Gabby: “So what makes all these things attach? Come on, break it down!”
- AJ: “🎵 Adhesion!🎵”
- Amber: “HEY!”
- AJ: “🎵 That's the reason!🎵”
- Amber: “HO!”
- Gabby: (rapping instead of singing) “Why two different things stick together, that's right!”
- AJ: “🎵 Adhesion!🎵”
- Amber: “HEY!”
- AJ: “🎵 That's the reason!🎵”
- Amber: “HO!”
- Gabby: (rapping instead of singing) “Why two different things work together, come on!”
- Blaze: “🎵 Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Adhesion!🎵”
- Gabby: (rapping instead of singing) “That's the reason!”
- Blaze: “🎵 Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!🎵”
AJ: “🎵 Adhesion!🎵”
- Gabby: (rapping instead of singing) “That's the reason!”
- AJ: “🎵 Adhesion!🎵”
- Amber: “HEY!”
- AJ: “🎵 That's the reason!🎵”
- Amber: “HO!”
- Gabby: (rapping instead of singing) “Why two different things stick together, yup!”
- AJ: “🎵 Adhesion!🎵”
- Amber: “HEY!”
- AJ: “🎵 That's the reason!🎵”
- Amber: “HO!”
- Gabby and AJ: (rapping instead of singing) “Why two different things stick together, yeah!”
- AJ: “Peace, we outta here!”

- (Song ends; fade to Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere stuck in a traffic jam)

- Pickle: “Traffic. Hate it, hate it, hate it.”
- Beldevere: “WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG?!”
- Crusher: “So do I. Especially Belle’s road rage.”
- Zeg: (screaming)
- Pickle: “Whoa! Check out Zeg’s tires; he's bouncing over everybody!”
- Zeg: “Whoa, whoa, WHOA!!”
- Crusher: “Bounciest tires I've ever seen.”
- Beldevere: “Ugh, how come HE gets those tires? If I could get those tires, we could bounce over all this traffic!”
- Crusher: “Aw, man. Why'd you give them the idea?”
- Pickle: “I didn't mean to!”
- Beldevere: “À LA VICTOIRE!”
- Crusher and Pickle: “Here we go again.”

(They push themselves through the jam)

- Pickle: “Out of the way, coming through. Excuse us, sorry.”
- Crusher: “Sorry about that. Excuse us.”
- Beldevere: “Come on, move! We've got places to go!”

(Zeg bounces down another street)

- Zeg: “MOMMY!”

(Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere follow after; the familiar sound of Blaze’s horn rings through, along with “Hells Bells” from Gabby’s ATV)

- Beldevere: “Oh, not Blaze again!”

(Blaze, AJ, Gabby, and Amber come right behind them)

- Gabby: (from distance) “Your color scheme is nice, Belle! Pity ‘bout’cha face, though!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Amber: (snickering)
- Beldevere: “YOU IDIOTS WANT THOSE TIRES TOO?! GO AWAY! THOSE TIRES ARE FOR MOI, MOI, MOI!”
- Gabby: “You don't want these tires, trust me!”
- Amber: “¡Sí! They're nothing but trouble!”
- Beldevere: “Oh, yeah I do! Crusher, do something!”
- Crusher: “Maaaaaaaaan, do I have to?”
- Beldevere: “Oui!”
- Crusher: “Aw, fine. Sorry, guys.”

(Crusher reluctantly opens his bag, letting junk fly from it and assemble into tick-like bots)

- Beldevere: “Byeeeeeee!”

(They drop down on Blaze, Amber and Gabby. Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle drive off)

- Blaze: “Ee-yagh!! Yike, ooh, ah, ugh! Itchy, itchy!”
- Amber: “¡Ay-yi-yi! Son of a-!”
- Gabby: “Ugh, itchy!”

(AJ, with great effort, tries to get the itchy bots off of Gabby, Amber, and Blaze, but to no avail. Suddenly, Starla’s horn sounds off)

- AJ: “Yo, Starla!”
- Starla: “Ho, boy! What's the matter here?”
- AJ: “Belle made Crusher deploy itchy bots onto Blaze, Gabby, and Amber, and I can't seem to get them off!”
- Starla: “Whoo-wee, a case of the itchies, huh? Ah know JUST how ta help ya! To get ridda those little fellers, you gotta buck like a wild bronco! Watch, ah’ll show ya. (Jumps like a horse) Follow by example, fellers!”

(Blaze and Amber (via transforming into a horse) begin jumping like a horse, as if bucking a bronco)

- Starla: “Thatta way, pardners! Shake ‘em off rodeo style!”

(Gabby stares in confusion as the other two shake off all of their itchy bots)

- Starla: “C’mon, pardner, why ain’t’cha buckin’?”
- Gabby: “How AM I supposed to do it? Whoo-ee-AAAAGH!”
- AJ: “Hmmm, maybe if I concentrate my light…”

(AJ’s hands glow with a mystical light. A third verbless scene follows. AJ gets Gabby to sit down while he dispels the itchy bots via quick, harmless bursts. Amber and Blaze get their itchy bots entirely removed)

- Blaze: “AWWWWW, YEAH!”
- Amber: “That's better!”

(In quick time, AJ gets rid of all of Gabby's itchy bots)

- Gabby: “They're gone… they're gone. Interesting. Thanks, AJ.”
- AJ: “Ito ay wala, Gabby, ito ay wala. My dad teaches me this kind of healing skill every week. Now that we've got those over with, we gotta go!”

(Everyone prepares to race off, but Blaze backs up to thank Starla)

- Blaze: “Thanks, Starla. Those itchy bots were driving me nuts!”
- Starla: “Anytime, feller. Come back soon now, ya hear? ¡Adios, amigos!”

(They set off to find Zeg, now bouncing up yet another street.)

- Zeg: “HEEEEELP!!”

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle come up the block)

- Beldevere: “There they are, garçons. The bouncy tires.”
- Crusher: “Belle, don't you want to stop and think for at least one moment? I mean, getting those could be really tricky.”
- Beldevere: “Tricky, shmricky. This should be easy as pie. Now release your hook!”

(Crusher glares at Beldevere and deploys his hook, grabbing Zeg)

- Zeg: “WHERE IN WORLD DID YOU COME FROM?!”
- Beldevere: “We've got you now! Give me those bouncy… (they get pulled along with Zeg) tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiREEEEEEESSSSS!!”
- Crusher, Beldevere, and Zeg: (screaming)

(Pickle deploys his hook, grabbing onto Crusher, pulling him along as well)

- Crusher, Pickle, Beldevere, and Zeg: (screaming)

(Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere crash into paint cans, finally releasing them from Zeg. Beldevere shakes their fist at Zeg in fury. Zeg approaches the flower shop and crashes into some flowers, which get on his face.)

- Zeg: “Wa-CHOO!”

(Now he heads to the restaurant where a plate of spaghetti and meatballs is set up. Zeg jumps onto the table, where spaghetti gets on his head.)

- Zeg: “Zeg never liked spaghetti anyway.”

- (He now heads to the direction of the bakery, where Clive is frosting a cake)

- Clive: “One more pinch of frosting… and, done!”
- Zeg: (screaming)
- Clive: “Oh no, WAIT!”

(The gang comes by)

- Blaze: “Gaskets! Those tires need to be stopped!”
- AJ: “Last chance for adhesion!”
- Gabby: “How about quick-drying cement? When it dries, it gets really hard.”
- Blaze: “That's a great idea! But… to make cement, we'd need a cement mixer! (To reader) Come on, with your help, we can turn me into a cement mixer!”

(The transformation interface begins; Gabby, Amber, and AJ back up)

- Blaze: (to reader “First, we need a spiral mixing blade to stir the cement ingredients. To build one, say ‘spiral mixing blade’. Spiral mixing blade!”
(The spiral mixing blade materializes)
- Blaze: “Great work! Now, we need a rotating drum to hold the ingredients and mix them up even more. Say ‘rotating drum’. Rotating drum!”
(The rotating drum materializes)
- Blaze: “What we need last is a discharge chute… I don't know what that does.”
- Amber: “It helps pour the cement when it's ready.”
- Blaze: “Thanks, Amber! Say ‘discharge chute’. Discharge chute!”
(The discharge chute materializes)
- Blaze: “INTRODUCING THE CEMENT MIXER MONSTER MACHINE!!”

(A fourth verbless scene ensues: The gang hurries as Zeg gets closer to the bakery. Blaze drives under Zeg and stops outside of the bakery. Cement pours out of Blaze’s discharge chute onto the road. Zeg gets closer… and he splashes into the cement, stopping him at last. Everyone cheers.)

- Zeg: “ZEG SAFE!!”
- Clive: “Glory glory hallelujah!”
- AJ: “Lesson learned: the Super Bouncy Tires’ only weakness is cement.”
- Gabby: “I'll remember to keep some in handy next time. Come on, Zeggy-buddy, let's get back to the garage so we can hook you up with newer, safer tires.”
- Zeg: “Zeg like that idea, Zeg like!”

(They head back to the garage, where Gabby and Amber remove the Bouncy Tires and replace them with an entirely new set. Blaze and AJ put the Bouncy Tires in the box they came in, then nail it shut so that they can't open again.)

- AJ: “(grunting) And that's the end of THOSE tires.”
- Gabby: “There ya go, buddy. Try and listen to me next time, okay?”
- Zeg: “Zeg will try… but Zeg not saying he promises.”
- Gabby: “Aw, Zeg.”
- Blaze, AJ, and Amber: (chuckling)
- Gabby: “Amber, could you come with me for a moment?”

(While Amber says this next line, Gabby applies black lipstick to her lips)

- Amber: “Of course, Gabs!”

(Gabby leads Amber into the garage’s bedroom, and a bunch of kissing noises are heard from offscreen. A few seconds later, they come back, Gabby licking her lips and Amber covered in black kiss marks)

- Amber: “Ay-ay-ay-ay…”
- Gabby: “Now you can say you got every single inch of your face covered with kisses.”
- AJ and Blaze: (laughing)
- Gabby: “Now to give these suckers the kiss of death. Yo, Reece!”

(Reece enters)

- Reece: “Yeah?”
- Gabby: “Got something for ya!”
- Reece: “Bring it on!”

(Reece backs up and opens her hatch; Gabby, Amber, and AJ put the box containing the Bouncy Tires inside)

- AJ: “And good riddance! Thanks, Reece!”
- Reece: “Eh, fuhgeddaboudit.”

(Reece drives away; Zeg suddenly dashing off)

- Blaze: “Yo, Zeg! Wait for me!”
- AJ, Gabby, and Amber: (chuckling)

(AJ, Gabby, and Amber follow Blaze and Zeg in their mini-race. Elsewhere, Pickle is cleaning the paint off of Crusher and Beldevere)

- Beldevere: “Good grief! It isn't fair! Those bouncy tires should have been mine!”
- Crusher: “Meh. For what it's worth, I'd say those tires likely would have been too gimmicky anyway. What's so great about (jumps) going up and down and up and down and up and do-oooooWN!!”

(Crusher crashes into another stack of paint cans. Pickle sighs)

- Crusher: (laughing)
- Beldevere: “Ugh!”

(Iris out on Crusher, ending the episode.)

Chapter 18: S1, E5: Epic Sail!

Notes:

Foreign words/sentences and what they mean:
- "Amigo(s)" = "Friend(s)" in Spanish
- "Viento" = "Wind" in Spanish
- "Sí, el viento" = "Yes, the wind" in Spanish
- "Verano" = "Summer" in Spanish
- "Toi et moi" = "You and me" in French
- "On ka na" = "You're on" in Filipino
- "Tres, dos, uno, ir" = "Three, two, one, go" in Spanish
- "Sacre bleu" = "Holy blue" in French
- "Sí" = "Yes" in Spanish
- "Ay-yi-yi" = Spanish exclamation of surprise
- "Buena suerte ahí fuera" = "Good luck out there" in Spanish
- "Vamos" = "Come on" in Spanish
- "Quoi" = "What" in French
- "Crabe" = "Crab" in French
- "Ahí está" = "There it is" in Spanish
- "Aw, hombre" = "Aw, man" in Spanish
- "Okay ka lang ba" = "Are you okay" in Filipino
- "Bueno" = "Well" in Spanish
- "Asombrosa" = "Amazing" in Spanish
- "Lo hicimos" = "We made it" in Spanish
- "Perfecto" = "Perfect" in Spanish
- "Enfin" = "Finally" in French
- "Absurdité" = "Nonsense/absurdity" in French
- "Connard" = "Asshole" in French
- "Fils de pute" = "Son of a b**ch" in French
- "Miren" = "Look" in Spanish
- "Muchas gracias" = "Thank you so much" in Spanish
- "Ay" = "Oh" in spanish
- "Wag kang mag alala" = "Don't worry" in Filipino
- "Munting kaibigan" = "Little friend" in Filipino
- "Salamat" = "Thank you" in Filipino
- "À la victoire" = "To victory" in French (Beldevere's catchphrase, by the way)
- "Excelente" = "Excellent" in Spanish

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

(The episode starts with a view of a lighthouse, panning down to show a sailboat speeding across the water. Blaze, AJ, Gabby, Amber, Lucilia, and Stripes are riding as the wind pushes them. Stripes starts to sing)

 

- Stripes: “🎵 Oh, forty sailors lost at sea; all of ‘em drunk except for me! ‘Twas I alone to face the storm, nothin’ in sight to keep me warm!🎵”

- All (except Gabby, who hums along): “🎵 Yo-ho-ho-ho! Over the raging seas we go! Yo-ho-ho-ho! Over the seas we go!🎵”

- Lucilia: “🎵 Down below, the music played, but faithful to my task I stayed! Above the Jolly Roger flew, ‘cause piratin’ is what we do!🎵”

- All (except Gabby, who hums along): “🎵 Yo-ho-ho-ho! Over the raging seas we go! Yo-ho-ho-ho! Over the seas we go!🎵 (Laughing)”

- Amber: (to reader) “Ahoy there, ¡amigo! The name’s Amber, and these guys are Blaze, AJ, my trusted co-worker Gabby, Stripes, and Lucilia. Right now, we're looking for treasure on the open sea on this sailboat. Speaking of the sailboat… what even gets it to move if we don't even have oars?”

 

(Gabby, who has been silent this whole time, suddenly speaks up)

 

- Gabby: “It's due to the wind.”

- Amber: “¿Eh? ¿El viento?”

- Stripes: “¡Sí, el viento! Wind has the power to push things. You see the sail?”

- Amber: “Yeah?”

- AJ: “When wind blows against the sail, it pushes our boat forward through the water.”

- Gabby: “That's wind power.”

- Lucilia: “Cool, yeah?”

- Amber: “¡Realmente genial!”

 

(They continue on their ride; STEM song kicks up)

 

- Gabby: “🎵 It pushes the sails of a sailboat, and takes you anywhere you wanna go…🎵”

- Stripes: “🎵 A cool breeze on a verano night, lifting up a flying kite…🎵”

- Gabby, Stripes, and Lucilia: “🎵 Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh… it's like a powerful energy, you see!🎵”

- Blaze: “🎵 You know I'm talkin’ ‘bout wind power, a calming breeze taking you across the seas!🎵”

- AJ: “🎵 Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, wind power, you see!🎵”

- Gabby: “🎵 If it ever goes too far, it'll blow you far apart! Oh-oh-oh, wind power!🎵”

- Amber: “🎵 Spinning a turbine’s blades, or a windmill’s vanes…🎵”

- All: “🎵 You know I'm talkin' 'bout wind power, a calming breeze taking you across the seas!🎵”

 

(Song ends; elsewhere, Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are riding their own sailboat. Crusher and Pickle grunt as they try to hoist the sail)

 

- Beldevere: “🎵 My sailboat is the be-est, yeah yeah! It sails so fast, ‘cause I'm the greatest sailor in the…🎵”

 

(Beldevere bumps into Pickle, causing the sail to drop on them)

 

- Pickle: “Um, oops?”

- Beldevere: (glares at Pickle)

 

(The heroes’ sailboat floats by)

 

- Gabby: “Ahoy, Belle. You need some help, scallywag?”

- Beldevere: “For your information, madame, WE are perfectly fine. Besides, our sailboat is faster than yours.”

- Stripes: “Oh, I'm not too sure about that. Ours is pretty fast.”

- Beldevere: “YOU DARE CHALLENGE THE MIGHTY BELDEVERE?! That's it! Toi et moi! We're racing, right now!”

- Blaze: “I like the sound of that!”

- Stripes: (growling at Beldevere)

- AJ: “ON KA NA!”

- Gabby: (cracks her knuckles)

- Amber: (holding flag) “¡Tres! ¡Dos! ¡Uno! (drops flag) ¡IR!”

 

(The wind pushes the heroes’ boat, but not Belle’s.)

 

- Blaze, AJ, Amber, Gabby, Stripes, and Lucilia: “YEEHAW!”

- Beldevere: “Come on, you fools! Raise the sail!”

- Pickle and Crusher: “Aye aye, Belle!”

 

(Pickle and Crusher pull the mainsheet, but Beldevere is still stuck to it and raises with it)

 

- Beldevere: “Sacre bleu! I'm not a sail! Get me down from here!!”

- Crusher: “Consider it done.”

 

(Crusher releases the rope and Beldevere drops)

 

- Beldevere: (shrieking)

 

(The heroes’ boat is far ahead)

 

- Pickle: “Welp, no chance now. We're doomed.”

- Beldevere: “No we're not! Crusher, do something!”

- Crusher: “Fiiiine.”

 

(Crusher’s chassis bag opens, with junk pieces flying out to assemble into a buoy-esque device. A silent sequence ensues; Beldevere activates the Wild Wave Maker by pushing the red button. It begins to make huge waves, shaking the boat a little. The waves reach the heroes, causing them to struggle to retain their balance. Beldevere repeatedly presses the button until it malfunctions, causing their boat to be stuck on a large wave. It eventually heads to the heroes, who cling onto each other and scream)

 

- Blaze, AJ, Amber, Gabby, Lucilia, and Stripes: “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!”

 

(The wave hits the camera, causing it to fade to black. Fade back to AJ waking up on an island, with the boat reduced to nothing but scraps)

 

- AJ: “Ugh… is everyone okay?”

- Blaze: “I'm good.”

- Gabby: “Yup.”

- Stripes: “Sí.”

- Lucilia: “Right as rain.”

 

(One of them, however, is not: Amber is laying down on the beach, almost motionless. She soon wakes up)

 

- Lucilia: “AMBER!! Jesus Christ, somebody save her!”

- Amber: “Lucy, relax! I'm okay!”

- Gabby: (relieved sigh) “Okay, let's see what's missing here… the mast, the mainsheet… the sail. The sail! The sail is missing!!”

- Stripes and Amber: “¡Ay-yi-yi!”

- Lucilia: “Now how are we gonna get home?!”

- AJ: “Everyone! Calm down! We can find the missing pieces!”

- Gabby: “I quite like that idea.”

- Lucilia: “Yeah! Let's go!”

- Stripes: “¡Hagámoslo!”

- Amber: “I'll stay here and keep an eye out. I think I've had enough adventuring for one week.”

- Gabby: “That's fine by me. Take care of yourself, luv. Don't be afraid to attack if anything happens.”

- Amber: “You got it, Gabs! ¡Buena suerte ahí fuera!”

 

(AJ and Gabby’s respective wings sprout from their backs. Gabby whistles for Lucilia, who climbs onto her shoulders. The crew head into the jungle; the travel song starts up)

 

- Blaze: “🎵 Come on! Let's go!🎵”

- AJ: “🎵 Yeah, we're ready to roll!🎵”

- Stripes and Lucilia: “🎵 Full speed ahead! Ready, get set…🎵”

- All: “GO!!”

- Blaze: “🎵 Time for adventure!🎵”

- Stripes: “¡Vamos!”

- Gabby: “🎵 Faster and faster!🎵”

- Lucilia: “Let's go!”

- AJ: “🎵 Pedal to the metal!🎵”

- Stripes: “Let's go!”

- Blaze: “🎵 We can be the heroes!🎵”

- Lucilia: “Let's go!”

- All: “🎵 Come on, let's go!🎵”

 

(Song ends; back at the beach, Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere are now shipwrecked)

 

- Beldevere: (coughing) “GREAT GOING, CRUSHER! WE'RE LOST AND OUR SAILBOAT IS BROKEN!”

- Crusher: “You're the one who made me build the Wild Wave Maker!”

- Pickle: “Guys! Guys! Enough! We can all rebuild it!”

- Beldevere: “Fine. Let's hurry, though. I want to get home before that dumbass does.”

- Crusher: (after looking around) “Oh, there we go! (holds up a chunk of the boat’s hull) I found a piece of our boat!”

- Beldevere: “Gimme that!”

 

- (Beldevere tries to grab the hull, but it somehow moves away from them)

 

- Beldevere: “Quoi? (They try to grab it, but it moves away) Ugh! (They try to grab it again, but it moves away) Who's doing this trickery?”

 

(It lifts up, revealing a crab)

 

- Crusher: “AWWW, it's a little crab! He's so cute!”

- Pickle: “I think he wants the board, Belle.”

- Beldevere: (takes the board) “WELL, it's mine! He can't have it! You hear that, crabe? You'll never have it! (the crab pinches them on the nose) YAAAGH! THAT WAS MY (*honk*)ING NOSE, YOU (*honk*)ING BASTARD!”

 

(He shakes the crab off and goes searching for more pieces; the crab giggles and slips off. Meanwhile, the gang search in the jungle)

 

- Blaze: “Alright, the mast has GOT to be around here somewhere.”

- Stripes: (sniffing around; he suddenly picks up a scent) “Hang on, I might have almost found it.”

 

(Stripes sniffs around until he comes to a cliff)

 

- Stripes: “Aha! ¡Ahí está! Over… that… friggin’... cliff. And goo.”

- Gabby and Lucilia: “Ewwww…”

- AJ: “Activating Firefly Sight…”

 

(AJ’s vision goes straight into pinpoint accuracy; he searches around until he finds it)

 

- AJ: “Got it! It's right between those two trees on the other side!... Wait, crap.”

- Gabby: “Well, NOW how're we gonna get across? I know I can fly but I am not willing to fly allll the way over there and potentially fall into the goo.”

- Stripes: “Me and Lucy can try!”

- Lucilia: “Yeh! We're pretty good at climbing!”

- Stripes: “Ready, Lucy?”

- Lucilia: “Ready, Stripes!”

- Stripes: “Tiger Claws!”

- Lucilia: “Black-Footed Claws!”

 

(The two cats jump; sadly, they barely make it to the rock before them and dangle dangerously over the edge)

 

- Stripes: “¡Aw, hombre! That's what we get for not coming prepared.”

- Lucilia: “Me and my biiiig mouth.”

 

(Blaze hooks up to Stripes and pulls him back, while Gabby swoops in to grab Lucilia)

 

- Blaze: “Gotcha!”

- AJ: “Okay ka lang ba?”

- Stripes: “Of course we are… hmmm.”

- Lucilia: “Whatcha thinking ‘bout, Stripes?”

- Stripes: “I know we both could make it if we had a little more power…”

- Stripes + Lucilia: “Wind power!”

- Blaze: “Great idea, you two! Oh wait, no no… how will we know if the wind’s blowing fast enough for you guys to close the difference?”

 

(Gabby briefly thinks for a moment, then looks down at her toolbox. A lightbulb appears above her head as she starts sifting through the toolbox for something.)

 

- Gabby: “Nope, nope, nope, nope… eureka! An anemometer!”

- Blaze, Stripes, and Lucilia: “Huh?”

- Gabby: “This little device can measure how fast the wind is blowing. Faster the wind goes, the more power it has to push someone.”

 

(The wind starts blowing again; Gabby’s anemometer begins to spin, and the speed counter goes up to 2)

 

- Gabby: “You blokes gettin’ where this is heading? The wind speed is currently two, but for it to push Stripes and Lucilia over to the rock, it needs to be exactly six. If it even goes slightly over that, we'll lose sight of the mast.”

- Blaze: (to reader) “Let's tell Stripes and Lucilia when the wind is at six. Come on, count to six with us! We'll start at two!”

 

(The wind spins the anemometer as its’ counter increases. As they count, Stripes and Lucilia stand at the ready)

 

- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “Two, three, four, five, six!”

- Stripes and Lucilia: “One, two, THREE!”

 

(Stripes and Lucilia jump and successfully land on the rock)

 

- Stripes and Lucilia: (proud cat noises)

- Stripes: “¡Bueno! I really felt the winds pushing me!”

- Lucilia: “Real sad it can't get us to the next one.”

 

(Pan over to the next rock, which is really far away)

 

- Stripes: (worried yowl)

- Gabby: “I have you covered, furball. When the wind speed reaches ten, you'll reach that next rock in no time. (to reader) Mind counting to ten with us? We'll start at six this time.”

 

(As they count, the anemometer goes up to 10)

 

- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “Six, seven, eight, nine, ten!” 

- Stripes: “Raaaaawwwrrr!!”

- Lucilia: “Look out below!”

 

(They jump and make it)

 

- Stripes: “Rawwwr! That was ¡asombrosa!”

- Lucilia: “I don't think I can say the same for this jump. I mean, look at it!”

 

(Pan to the final rock, which is… damn near impossible to get to without an incredibly precise jump)

 

- Stripes and Lucilia: “Uh oh.”

- Gabby: “Your timing needs to be on your game for this last one. The wind speed needs to be at least sixteen to be successful. Also, and this needs to be said, precision. (to reader) Let's make this last one count. We'll start at ten, and work our way up to sixteen. Ready?”

 

(As they count, the anemometer goes up to sixteen)

 

- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen!”

- Stripes: “Ready, Lucy?”

- Lucilia: “Let's go!”

- Stripes and Lucilia: “RAWWWWWWWWRRRRR!!!”

 

(It cuts to the other's reactions as they make the jump; Blaze is covering his eyes, AJ is covering his ears, and Gabby is covering her mouth. Much to their joy, Stripes and Lucilia make it)

 

- Stripes: “¡Lo hicimos! Hahaha!”

- Lucilia: “Woohoo!”

- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: (cheering)

 

(Stripes and Lucilia pole-vault back to land)

 

- Stripes: “INCOMING!”

- Lucilia: “Yes!”

- AJ: “Let's get this back to Amber, guys!”

 

(Cue a montage where they all go through several obstacles through the jungle while transporting the mast to Amber. Fade back to the beach, where Amber is playing skipping stones)

 

- Amber: “¡Sí! A new record! That's gotta be the farthest I've ever thrown it!”

- Gabby: “We're back, luv!”

- Amber: “¡Perfecto! Let's get to work!”

 

(Another montage ensues; Gabby and Amber get the mast back on the boat. Gabby drills it back on… and drills a few more screws in for good measure.)

 

- Gabby: “There. Right as rain.”

- Amber: “Don't you think the extra screws are a little… overkill?”

- Gabby: “Nonsense. There's no harm done in being even a little overprepared.”

- Amber: “What do you-?”

- AJ: “We've still got two more left to go, guys! Come on!”

- Gabby: “Wish I could answer that question, luv, but we gotta go. See ya later!”

 

(The crew takes off. Pan back slightly over to Amber.)

 

- Amber: “...my heart.”

 

(Elsewhere, Beldevere is fitting the broken piece to their own boat back into place)

 

- Beldevere: “Come on, you dumb little hull! Get back in there… (they put it in) YES! (...unfortunately it smacks them away) Oh, son of a-! Whoaaa! (they fall) Oof.”

- Crusher: “Hey, look! Another piece of our boat!”

- Pickle: “Yeh! It's up in this palm tree!”

- Beldevere: “Ooh, enfin! (they shake the tree) I'll get this thing down!”

- Crusher: “Uh, Belle? A sensible person likely wouldn't do that.”

- Pickle: “I don't think that's the safest choice.”

- Beldevere: “Absurdité! I've got this! Here it comes, boys!”

 

(“Here it comes” indeed; the crab from earlier comes down instead and pinches them in the nose)

 

- Beldevere: “CONNARD!! LISTEN HERE, YOU FILS DE PUTE!”

 

(Beldevere gives the crab the middle finger and storms off. The crab laughs and scuttles off. Back in the jungle, the gang are searching for the mainsheet; Lucilia and Stripes sniff around)

 

- Stripes: “Getting closer… closer… closer… ¡Miren! I think it's nearer to us than I thought!”

- Blaze: “What's nearer to us?”

- Stripes: “The rope! (to reader) Come on, help us find it!”

 

(Pan over to a set of trees; the wind knocking some leaves off of one tree, revealing the mainsheet rope)

 

- Stripes: “Now, let's see… where could the rope be?”

 

(Reader responds; the rope lights up)

 

- Stripes: “There it is! It's up in that tree! (to reader) ¡Muchas gracias!”

 

(Suddenly, a monkey swings to the tree and grabs the rope. He then hurries away with it)

 

- Stripes: “¡Ay! There goes the rope!”

- AJ: “Wag kang mag alala, Stripes. I've got an idea.”

 

(AJ gestures toward Blaze, whose rear spoiler flips up; letting his speed boosters pop out and ignite, surrounding Gabby, Stripes, Lucilia, and AJ with a blue aura. They all get into ready positions)

 

- Blaze: “We can catch up to it with Blazing Speed! (to reader) To give us Blazing Speed, say “LEEEEET'S BLAZE”!”

- All: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

 

(A silent sequence ensues: everyone unleashes the speed to catch up to the monkey and chase it until it hurries down a giant vine. The heroes jump onto the vine and continue until they see a split. AJ’s Firefly Sight activates, and he comes to the conclusion that the monkey came down the vine with two loops. He leads everyone down the trail, and the chase continues. The monkey rushes further ahead, and the heroes come across another split. AJ leads everyone down the vine with a loop and a zig-zag. They chase the monkey until they reach the bottom, finding the monkey next to a cliff. The monkey makes a disappointed noise.)

 

- AJ: “What's wrong, munting kaibigan?”

 

(The monkey tries to explain his situation, leaving everyone except Stripes confused. The tiger truck promptly translates)

 

- Stripes: “He's saying he lost his banana down that hole.”

- All except Stripes: “Ohhhh.”

- AJ: “I’ll take it from here.”

 

(AJ hops down the hole and gets the banana, using his wings to go back up)

 

- AJ: “Got it! (he hands it back) There ya go, munting kaibigan. All good.”

 

(The monkey hugs him, chattering a “Thank you!”)

 

- AJ: “D’awww, you're welcome. Is it okay if we take the mainsheet back?”

- Gabby: “Yeah. We're really gonna need it.”

 

(Monkey pauses and thinks for a moment. He promptly nods his head)

 

- AJ: “Salamat, munting kaibigan! I appreciate it!”

 

(The monkey leaves)

 

- AJ: “Come on, guys! Back to Amber we go!”

 

(Everyone gets back to the beach; Amber is there, still fixing the boat)

 

- Gabby: “Yo, Amber! We're back!”

- Amber: “¡Perfecto! Let's get this thing back on!”

 

(Silent montage ensues; Gabby and Amber reapply the mainsheet onto the boat)

 

- Gabby: “Two down, one more to go. I suppose we're saving the most important one for last, eh?”

- AJ: “The sail! That's the thing that'll give the boat wind power!”

 

(Wind starts blowing; the sail flies over their heads)

 

- Stripes: “¡Miren, amigos! There's our sail! And it's blowing away!”

- Blaze: “All hands on deck for this one! That includes you too, Amber!”

- Amber: “...what the heck, sure.”

 

(Amber becomes a seagull, and they all hurry off. Elsewhere, Beldevere’s boat is repaired… magnificently poorly.)

 

- Beldevere: “At last! It's almost fixed!”

- Crusher: (to Pickle) “If by ‘almost fixed’, Belle means ‘about to collapse’, then I would agree with them.”

- Pickle: “Oh, oh!”

 

(Pickle finds the sail down on the sand; the crab from earlier is sleeping under it)

 

- Pickle: “Hey, it's the sail!”

- Crusher: “Awwww, it's the crab again! Let's wait until he's awake…”

 

(5 minutes later)

 

- Beldevere: “THAT'S IT! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! Give me that cursed sail!!”

 

(Belle grabs the sail and pulls it until it gets ripped right down the middle)

 

- Beldevere: “AWWW, COME ON! You have got to be KIDDING me! The sail is ruined! It just can't get any worse…”

 

(The crab glares at Beldevere and attempts to pinch them a third time)

 

- Beldevere: “WOULD YOU (*HONK*) THE HELL OFF, ALREADY?!?”

 

(The crab gets scared and scuttles off)

 

- Beldevere: “I have had it up to here with all of the nonsense going on! How are we going to find another sail?!?”

 

(As if to answer Belle’s question, the sail to Blaze’s boat flies over their head)

 

- Beldevere: “On second thought… Crusher! We HAVE to get that sail!”

- Crusher: “But that's Blaze's sail…”

- Beldevere: “Don't care! That sail is mine! À LA VICTOIRE!”

 

(Crusher and Beldevere take off; Pickle follows them shortly after. In the jungle, our heroes are locating their sail)

 

- AJ: “Aha!”

 

(The sail lands on top of a mountain)

 

- AJ: “There's our sail!... On… the top… of that dang mountain.”

- Blaze: “Oh, no.”

 

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are climbing to the top)

 

- Beldevere: “WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT SAIL!! YOU HEAR ME?! THAT SAIL IS OURS!”

- Stripes: (disapproving growl)

- Gabby and Amber: (glaring at Beldevere)

- Lucilia: “We have to get up there before Belle does!”

- AJ: (thinks for a moment. A lightbulb appears above his head shortly afterwards; he snaps his fingers as he says his next line) “I've got it! We can get to that sail in no time if we use wind power! We can use a kite!”

- All except AJ: (in a flat tone) “Eh?”

- AJ: “Kites use wind power to push them high into the sky!”

 

(Blaze and Stripes look at each other and nod)

 

- Blaze: “Let's do this together, Stripes! You and me!”

- Stripes: “¡Sí! (to reader) You can help us, of course! Come on, let's build a kite so we can fly up and get that sail!”

 

(The transformation interface begins; AJ, Gabby, Amber, and Lucilia back up)

 

- Blaze: “First, we both need a flying line.”

- Stripes: “It's the long string that lets you control where the kite goes. To make the flying line, say ‘flying line’.”

- Blaze and Stripes: “Flying line!”

- (The flying line materializes)

- Stripes: “¡Excelente! Now, we'll both need a reel to control how high the kite flies.”

- Blaze: “To make the reel, say ‘reel’.”

- Blaze and Stripes: “Reel!”

- (The reel materializes)

- Blaze: “Now, as we all know, a good kite needs a good shape.”

- Stripes: “That's where the frame comes in! Say ‘frame’.”

- Blaze and Stripes: “Frame!”

- (The frame materializes)

- Stripes: “A kite can't use wind power without a cover, of course. Say ‘cover’.”

- Blaze and Stripes: “Cover!”

- (The cover materializes)

- Blaze: “Check us out!”

- Blaze and Stripes: “INTRODUCING THE KITE-FLYING MONSTER MACHINES!”

 

(Blaze and Stripes transform. AJ climbs aboard Blaze, and Lucilia climbs aboard Stripes. After Amber and Gabby grab on to Blaze and Stripes reels and start running, a silent sequence ensues: Blaze and Stripes fly towards the mountain, where Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are almost at the top. Blaze and Stripes fly over them, distracting Beldevere to the point they slam into a palm tree, allowing Stripes to grab the sail)

 

- Stripes: “Yoink!”

- Blaze: “Don't mind if we do!”

- Stripes: “Bring us down, ladies!”

 

(Amber and Gabby nod and reel in the flying lines, bringing Stripes and Blaze down)

 

- Stripes: “¡Lo hicimos! We're good at this!”

 

(The monster machines return to normal; cue yet another silent sequence where the heroes finally fix their boat, getting it back onto the water)

 

- Gabby: “Done and over with. That was exhausting.”

- Blaze: “That was great, Gabs! Now, let's sail back to Axle City!”

 

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle sail by on their boat, which is also fixed, but still covered in seaweed and a giant pair of pants used as the sail)

 

- Gabby: (snorts and tries to hold in her laughter)

- Beldevere: “What's so funny? We had our boat fixed first!”

- Blaze: “Not very well, at that.”

- AJ: (snickering)

- Beldevere: “🎵 My sailboat is the best boat! It's number o-o-one!🎵”

- Pickle: “🎵 Uh, it's sinking!🎵”

- Beldevere: “Wait, wha-?”

 

(The boat has holes in it due to the shoddy repairing job; it sinks into the water)

 

- Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle: “Oh (*honk*)!”

- Gabby: (while barely holding in laughter) “We-hee-hee-hee should probably -hehehehe- save the-he-he-hem!”

 

(Stripes turns the sail so the wind pushes them into the direction of Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle)

 

- Blaze: “Yo! Grab on to these!”

 

(He tosses them each a life preserver which they grab onto)

 

- Crusher: “MY HERO!”

 

(Crusher tackles Blaze down into a hug and repeatedly kisses him)

 

- Blaze: “Oh- ah- hey! Uh- thanks- any time!”

- Amber: “Homeward bound, everyone!”

 

(They begin sailing home; they all sing a reprise of the sea shanty they were singing earlier)

 

- All: “🎵 Yo-ho-ho-ho! Over the raging seas we go! Yo-ho-ho-ho! Over the seas we go! Yo-ho-ho-ho! Over the raging seas we go! Yo-ho-ho-ho! Over the seas we go!🎵”

 

(They continue singing until the camera irises out on them, ending the episode)

Notes:

Voice cast:
- Nolan North: Blaze
- Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher
- Nat Faxon: Pickle
- Dusan Brown: AJ
- Angelina Wahler: Gabby
- Sunil Malhotra: Stripes
- Dee Bradley Baker: Crab/Monkey
- Tori Feinstein: Amber
- Sarah Sherman: Lucilia (speaking)
- Frank Welker: Lucilia (cat noises)
- Ciarán Strange: Beldevere

Chapter 19: S1, E6: Stuntmania!

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(The episode starts at the Monster Dome, where a stunt track is set up)

- Crowd: “DARINGTON! DARINGTON! DARINGTON! DARINGTON! DARINGTON!”

(At Darington’s pit, Blaze wheels a trampoline over as Darington practices)

- Darington: “Today is going to be my day! I just know it!”
- Blaze: “Ciao! The name's Blaze.”
- AJ: “And I'm AJ.”
- Darington: “Stay focused, stay focused…”
- Blaze: “This is our friend, Darington; stunt lover extraordinaire!”
- Darington: “Watch this, gentlemen! 🎵 DARINGTOOOOON!🎵”

(Darington leaps off of Blaze's cushion… and into a box of styrofoam)

- Darington: “Whoaaa!”

(He lands inside of it headfirst)

- Darington: (to reader) “Don't try this at home, kids. I'm an animated professional.”
- Darington, Blaze, and AJ: (laughing)

(He jumps out of the styrofoam box himself)

- Darington: “Now that's a perfect landing!”
- AJ: “Darington, this may just be your biggest trick ever. Are you sure you're up to the task?”
- Darington: “You bet your wings I am. All my life, I've been training for this very day. (as he drives over to the track) Stuntmania. It's got the biggest stunt track you've ever seen. No one's ever ridden the super track before… until today. I'll change that. I'm going to be the first Monster Machine in history to race through all those loops and jumps, clumsiness be damned!”

(The lights begin to glow)

- Darington: “I would be lying if I said my heart wasn't beating out of my chest right now. I have to go. Wish me luck!”
- Blaze: “You can do this, Darington!”

(Bump steps up to the stage)

- Bump Bumperman: “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Put your tires together for the bravest daredevil in the land: DARINGTOOOOOOOOON!!”

(Darington makes his entrance)

- Darington: “Thank you, thank you! It's an honor!”
- Joe: “DARINGTON! DARINGTON!”
- Gus: “Yeah, dude!”

(Meanwhile, Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere (jealous as usual) are watching Darington from the side)

- Pickle: “There he goes, the first Monster Machine to ever ride the super track!”
- Crusher: “I can't wait!”
- Beldevere: (grumbling) “It should have been me and you, Crusher.”
- Crusher: “ME? Ha, yeah right. I'm scared of heights, Belle. No way I'd pull that off!”
- Beldevere: “With a little cheating, you can!”

(Pause; Crusher and Pickle deadpanly stare at Beldevere)

- Beldevere: “WELL? Do something!”
- Crusher: (groaning)

(Crusher's chassis bag opens; junk flies out to assemble a Bouncy Boot Machine)

- Beldevere: “Parfaite!”
- Pickle: “Oh boy. I'm afraid to ask what that thing does.”
- Beldevere: “It'll give Darington the boot! Get it?”
- Pickle: (sighs)

(The machine starts bouncing to Darington, who actually notices it)

- Bump Bumperman: “HOLD ON TO YOUR HUBCAPS, FOLKS! STUNTMANIA IS ABOUT TO-”
- Darington: “Hang on, gotta deal with this first.”

(Silent scene ensues; Darington repeatedly dodges the Bouncy Boot Machine until it catches him off-guard until it boots him out, blasting him out of the Monster Dome roof and to somewhere far, far away)

- Darington: (screaming)
- Bump Bumperman: “Hum. Welp, Stuntmania will have to be put on hold for now, folks. Our sincerest apologies. You can get your refunds at the door.”
- Crowd: (disappointed groans)
- Beldevere: “Crusher, now's our chance! Let's go!”
- Crusher: “No! Please! Have mercy!”

(Beldevere and Crusher drive to the super track until someone taps on Beldevere's shoulder. Pan to reveal (a very unamused) AJ and Blaze)

- AJ: “Belle, ano ba naman, tao?”
- Beldevere: “My apologies, I simply just got jealous.”
- Blaze: “I don't believe that.”
- Pickle: “You're not mad at me and Crusher, are ya?...”
- AJ: “Just Belle.”

(Suddenly, the Bouncy Boot Machine sneaks up on Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere. It promptly kicks the villainous trio out of the Monster Dome)

- Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle: (screaming)
- Bump Bumperman: “All of our possible candidates for the super track are gone! How will Stuntmania go on now?”
- AJ: (to reader) “Darington’s been waiting on this day for a long time. He should get to ride the stunt track. (To crowd) We'll get him back! Don't worry!”
- Crowd: (cheering)

(AJ (who is now flying thanks to his wings) and Blaze nod towards each other and prepare to take off)

- Blaze: “Alright, AJ: Operation Find-Darington-and-get-him-back-to-Stuntmania-so-he-can-ride-the-super-track-and-also-think-of-a-shorter-name-for-this-operation has officially… (breathes in) begun!”

(Blaze’s spoilers flip up, revealing the Blazing Speed boosters, which start burning; AJ is surrounded by a blue aura, giving him Blazing Speed too)

- Blaze: (to reader) “To give the both of us some Blazing Speed, say “LEEEEET'S BLAZE”! Are you ready?”
- Blaze and AJ: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(The speed is unleashed as the duo speed out of the Monster Dome; travel song starts up)

- Blaze: “🎵 Come on! Let's hit the road!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Get ready, here we go! Tara na!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 One, two, three!🎵”
- Blaze and AJ: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! Come on and follow me!🎵”
- Blaze: “Woohoo! 🎵 G-g-gimme some speed!🎵”
- AJ: “Yeah!”
- Blaze: “🎵 One, two, three! LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 One, two, three, and four! Kick the pedal to the floor!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Five, six, seven, and eight!🎵”
- Blaze and AJ: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”

(Song ends; they stop. AJ starts searching around)

- AJ: “He's got to have landed out there somewhere, I just know it.”

(Suddenly, a ball of light surfaces from AJ’s chest (note: called The Light Ringer). AJ holds the Light Ringer in his hands; soon after, Darington appears on it as a hologram, looking very cold. AJ calls for Blaze, and the duo take a look)

- Darington: “B-b-b-Blaze? A-A-A-AJ? A-a-a-are you there?”
- AJ: “Nandito na tayo, dude!”
- Blaze: “Where are you?”
- Darington: “T-t-t-the c-c-c-coldest p-p-p-place I-I-I-I’ve e-e-e-ever b-b-b-been! (teeth chattering)”
- Blaze: “Hang in there, man. Me and AJ’ll find you soon!”
- AJ: “Alright, Darington said he's someplace cold. Activating Firefly Sight…”

(AJ’s vision goes straight to pinpoint accuracy; cue a silent scene where he searches around for Darington. He finds the daredevil truck inside of a cave)

- AJ: “There he is! Blaze, let's go!”

(AJ gets on Blaze and sets him into motion, driving through the woodlands)

- Blaze: “How can we get to Darington faster, AJ?”
- AJ: “Simple. It's gonna surprise you, though.”

(AJ slams on the gas pedal, speeding Blaze up)

- Blaze: (yelping in shock)
- AJ: “We call that acceleration! It happens whenever you're going at one speed and start going faster!”
- Blaze: “WHOA-HO-HO-HO-HO!!”

(Meanwhile, Pickle has landed on the mountaintop as well)

- Pickle: “Crusher? Belle? Where'd you go?!”

(The snowpile below him shakes away to reveal Crusher and Beldevere underneath)

- Beldevere: “We're right here, espèce d'idiot! You're sitting on Crusher's head!”
- Pickle: “Um, oopsie. (he jumps off of Crusher's head)”
- Beldevere: “My own boot machine betrayed me! It's not fair!”
- Crusher: “Look on the bright side, Belle. Now you can make a snowman! (he and Pickle make a snowman)”
- Pickle: “Or… or an igloo! (he and Crusher make one)”
- Crusher: “Or… oh, oh! A snow angel!”
- Beldevere: “ENOUGH!! We have to get back to Stuntmania before that clumsy daredevil gets there so I can ride the super track! (stomps on the snow) Me, me, me!”

(They send themselves flying into the air and plowing into Crusher and Pickle, tumbling into a giant snowball as they all roll down the mountain)

- Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle: (screaming)
- Pickle: “MOMMA!!”

(Blaze and AJ arrive at the mountain)

-AJ: “And here we are! Now, if my calculations are correct, this path’s gonna lead us straight to the cave Darington is in.”

(They approach the snowy mountain; demonic baaing is heard)

- Blaze: “Huh… that was certainly spooky.”

(Behind one of the rocks, a baphomet peeks out; as Blaze and AJ pass it, it lets out an inhumanely high screech that distracts the duo so much it sends them spinning to another nearby rock, leaving them in a daze before they stand up)

- AJ: “WHAT THE EVERLOVING (*HONK*) WAS THAT?!”
- Blaze: “Whatever the heck it was, it scared the merda outta me!”

(Another inhumanely high screech sounds from behind them; it's revealed to be another baphomet)

- Blaze and AJ: (cling onto each other while screaming)
- Satan: (telepathically, from a baphomet) “LONG TIME NO SEE, FAIRY BOY.”
- AJ: “OH (*HONK*)!”

(An entire pack of baphomet surround Blaze and AJ)

- Satan: (telepathically, from a baphomet) “DON'T THINK I FORGOT WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME WE MET, FAIRY BOY.”
- AJ: (draws his sword) “Gabby’s dad… no, SATAN. I remember you… what makes you think this will be any different from last time?”
- Satan: “YOU'RE OUTNUMBERED. GIVE UP.”
- AJ: “On ka na, buddy. On ka na.”

(Another silent sequence ensues; AJ deftly brawls with the baphomet, while Blaze goes and finds Darington.)

- Blaze: “Darington? Hello?”

(Darington and Blaze meet up)

- Darington: “Blaze! It's you! I knew you and AJ would come and rescue me!”
- Blaze: “Not quite. AJ’s out there, fighting demons.”
- Darington: “AJ the demon slayer? This I gotta see!”

(Blaze directs Darington outside, where AJ is still battling with the baphomets, with only 4 out of 8 dead. Darington starts cheering AJ on)

- Darington: “GO AJ! GO AJ! GO, GO, GO AJ!”

(AJ looks in Darington's direction and smirks. He proceeds to fly into the air and gather a large ball of light.)

- AJ: “You boys haven't seen the greatest technique a fairy can do. It exhausts them for a little bit, but it's worth it. Watch this… Demonyo… Mamamatay-TAO!”

(AJ throws down the light, instantly vaporizing the remaining baphomets.)

- Satan: (telepathically) “WHAT THE (*HONK*).”

(AJ immediately falls out of sheer exhaustion. Darington catches him)

- Darington: “Daaaaaang! That was absolutely ballin’!”
- Blaze: “Holy (*honk*), my man!”
- AJ: “Worth it.”
- Satan: (telepathically) “I… I'll be back.”

(The fallen baphomet bodies are reduced to nothing but ashes.)

- AJ: “Put Satan to shame. Now that's what I call an achievement.”
- Darington: “Can we get back to the Monster Dome now?”
- Blaze: “Almost. You got something on ya.”

(Darington notices his rear end frozen in an enormous chunk of ice)

- Darington: “Wait, what? Dang it!”
- AJ: “Blaze, do you have any ideas on how we could melt the ice?”
- Blaze: (thinks for a moment) “How about a hair dryer? It can blast out super hot air, and that would result in the ice melting! Win-win!”
- AJ: “Blaze… that's genius! Let's try it!”
- Blaze: (to reader) “Come on, let's try making me a giant hair dryer!”

(Transformation interface begins; AJ and Darington move out of the way (in Darington's case, he tries to move out of the way))

- Blaze: “First off, the heating coil; that's the part that makes the air inside the hair dryer really hot. To make one, say ‘heating coil’. Heating coil!”
- (Heating coil materializes)
- Blaze: “Perfect! Now, we need to blow the hot air out; to do that, we need a fan and a motor that makes it spin. To make them, first, say ‘motor’. Motor!”
- (Motor materializes)
- Blaze: “Now, say ‘fan’. Fan!”
- (Fan materializes)
- Blaze: “INTRODUCING THE HAIR DRYER MONSTER MACHINE!!”

(Blaze transforms. Cue a silent sequence where Blaze and AJ melt the ice off of Darington. Darington shakes himself to make sure it worked. As Darington does this, Blaze detransforms)

- Darington: “It worked! It really worked! I'm free! Thanks, guys!”
- Blaze: “You're most welcome.”

(A loud screech echoes out, trembling the ground below them)

- Darington: (screams)
- Blaze: “Oh crap!”
- AJ: “Aw, no!”

(A gigantic baphomet appears behind them)

- Satan: (telepathically, from the baphomet) “OH YEAH. YOU MISSED ONE, FAIRY BOY.”

(The heroes run as the baphomet chases them down relentlessly. The heroes stop at a cliff with patches of ice. They slide down the hill while AJ fires bullets of light at the baphomet. The baphomet lets out a dying screech of agony as they land)

- Blaze and AJ: “WOOHOO!”
- Blaze: “That was absolutely wild!”
- AJ: “Where's Daringt-?”

(Darington cannonballs off a hill behind them)

- Darington: “🎵 DARINGTOOOOON!🎵 (he lands) Ta-da!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Darington: (laughing)
- Blaze: “Nice one, Darington! High-tire!”

(Blaze and Darington high-tire)

- AJ: “Crusher, Pickle, and Belle! They're up ahead!”

(Pan over to reveal Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle descending the mountain)

- Blaze: “Shoot! They're gonna get to Stuntmania first!”
- Darington: “Maybe they are…and maybe they won't!”
- AJ: “It's time for a little acceleration!”

(The trio speed their way to the Monster Dome; STEM song kicks up)

- AJ: “🎵 Come on, let's accelerate! We'll change our speed from stop to go!🎵”
- Darington: “🎵 Come on, let's accelerate! We'll increase our speed from stop to…🎵”
- Blaze: “WHOAAAAAAAAAA!”
- AJ: “🎵 Acceleration! Speeding up and going faster!🎵”
- Darington: “🎵 Acceleration! From slow to fast, and fast to faster!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 Come on and gimme some speed!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Acceleration! Speeding up and going faster!🎵”
- Blaze and Darington: “🎵 Acceleration! From slow to fast, and fast to faster!🎵”
- All: “🎵 Acceleration!🎵”

(Song ends; back at the Monster Dome, Bump addresses everyone)

- Bump Bumperman: “Now, everyone, I know you're disappointed. But rest assured, someone will make it across the super track today. We just don't know who.”
- Crowd: (disappointed groaning as they realize Beldevere and Crusher could make it across the super track)

(Back in the forest, Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere are driving together)

- Beldevere: “🎵 Stuntmania, Stuntmania, we're gonna ride the super track!🎵”
- Pickle: “Earth to Belle, maybe not.”
- Beldevere: “Quoi? What do you mean by that?”
- Crusher: “Well, uh… people are starting to catch up to us, and their names rhyme with “Shmaze” and “Shmarington”.”
- Beldevere: “Shmaze and Shmarington?! Oh no.”

(Blaze, AJ, and Darington are now right on their tracks)

- Beldevere: “You've got to be kidding me! Crusher, cheat or something!”
- Crusher: “Belle, come on. Can't we let them move peacefully?”
- Beldevere: “Heck no!”
- Crusher: “Aw man.”

(Cue a silent sequence where Crusher's chassis bag opens to build an earthquake maker. Blaze, AJ, and Darington all panic as they try to avoid it. A speed meter appears above them; they decide to accelerate up to 13 in order to go faster than the first crack. As they speed up, the speed meter goes up to 14, making them faster than the first crack. A second crack appears, going faster than the last one. The speed meter shows that in order to go faster than the crack, they need to go to at least 20. The heroes accelerate to 21, letting them go faster than the crack and escape. The earthquake maker falls into a crack and self-destructs. Back at Axle City, Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are getting closer to the Monster Dome.)

- Beldevere: “Stuntmania’s right up ahead, boys. No way anyone's gonna stop us.”

(Blaze and Darington’s horns sound off together; they speed right past Crusher and Belle)

- Beldevere: (shrieking)

(Meanwhile, in the Monster Dome, Bump is reading a newspaper, when suddenly, a red, blue, and white streak appears before him)

- Bump Bumperman: “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DARINGTON IS BACK!”
- Crowd: (various whooping and cheering)
- Gus: “Joe! Joe, wake up, dude! He's back!”
- Joe: (waking up) “Oh, dude, it's Darington! What a trooper!"

(Blaze, AJ, and Darington approach the super track)

- Blaze: “Way to go, Darington! Now it's time for you to make history!”
- Darington: “That's right. Wish me luck, boys. I'm about to show you why they call me the bravest daredevil ever… unless you'd like to join me! You guys did me a huge favor back there, so I'd like it if you guys would join me!”
- AJ: “Let's do it!”
- Blaze: “Oh-ho-ho, yeah!”

(The trio get onto an elevator, which lifts them up to the starting post)

- Bump: “What's this, ladies and gentlemen? Blaze and AJ are joining Darington on the super track!”

(Our heroes reach the top and look down over the big drop)

- Darington: “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! You're about to witness me and my friends making history!”

(AJ, Blaze, and Darington look at each other, nod, and jump down, taking off into the stunt)

- Bump Bumperman: “AND! THEY'RE! OFF!!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Darington: (cheering)
- Bump Bumperman: “There they go, side by side, through the loop-de-loops!”
- Darington: “Woo, yeah!”
- Blaze: “YEE-HA!”
- Bump Bumperman: “This is it, folks, the final turn. The flaming star is where most other Monster Machines fail. Can they make it?”

(They jump the ramp up to the flaming star; cut to the crowd’s reaction. The crowd soon goes wild.)

- Bump Bumperman: “YEEEEESSSS! AND THERE YOU HAVE IT, FOLKS! MONSTER MACHINE HISTORY!”
- Darington: “🎵 DARINGTOOOOOOOOON!!🎵”

(The trio land, with Blaze wiping out and crashing on the floor, AJ sticking the landing but standing slightly wobbly, and Darington sticking the landing perfectly)

- Darington: “And that is how I ROLL!”
- Bump Bumperman: “They've done it! They've successfully completed the Stuntmania super track!”

(The heroes get into a group hug as fireworks go off. Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle arrive at the starting post)

- Pickle: “Holy cow! What a trick! I mean, did you SEE those three?! They were like, “pyzoom” through those loops at the end…”
- Crusher: “A-and the flaming star at the end?! No one's ever cleared that before! Oh, that was incredible!”
- Beldevere: “Ugh, it's not fair. The cheers, the adulation, the fireworks… it should have been me. I could have cleared that in no time flat. Whatever. Let's just get out of here.”

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle leave… before Pickle accidentally sends them backwards into the super track. The trio only make it halfway, flying out of the loop-de-loops and crashing into a popcorn stand)

- Beldevere: “Good going, Pickle. Good going.”
- Crusher: (eats some of the popcorn) “Yum, delicious. Nicely salty.”

(We iris out on Beldevere, thus ending the episode.)

Notes:

Voice cast:
Nolan North: Blaze
Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher/Gus
Nat Faxon: Pickle/Joe
Dusan Brown: AJ
Alexander Polinsky: Darington
Jeff Bennett: Bump Bumperman
Dee Bradley Baker: Baphomets/Bouncy Boot Machine/Earthquake Maker
And Keith David as Satan

Chapter 20: S1, E7/MMS E1: The Jungle Horn!

Summary:

In the first episode of Monster Machine Stories, Stripes and Lucilia have to get the family artifact known as the Jungle Horn back from Beldevere

Notes:

Trivia:
* This is the debut of the Monster Machine Stories sub-series, which are episodes that allow the other Monster Machines to get some spotlight.
* Jungline Speed makes its' debut.

Foreign words and translations:
- "Hola, soy Stripes" = "Hi, I'm Stripes" in Spanish
- "Familia" = "Family" in Spanish
- "Sígueme" = "Follow me" in Spanish
- "Amigo(s)" = "Friend(s)" in Spanish
- "Ay" = "Oh" in Spanish
- "Infierno" = "Hell" in Spanish
- "Esperar" = "Wait" in Spanish
- "Sí" = "Yeah" in Spanish
- "Uno, dos, tres" = "One, two, three" in Spanish
- "Sacre bleu" = "Holy blue" in French
- "À la victoire" = "To victory" in French
- "Que" = "What" in Spanish
- "Rapido" = "Fast" in Spanish
- "Ahí está" = "There it is" in Spanish
- "Por favor" = "Please" in Spanish
- "Muy bien" = "Very good" in Spanish
- "Muchas gracias" = "Thank you so much" in Spanish
- "Lo hicimos" = "We made it" in Spanish
- "Uno, dos, tres, cuatro" = "One, two, three, four" in Spanish
- "Bonjour" = "Hello" in French
- "Vamos, amigo" = "Come on, friend" in Spanish

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

(The episode begins with a shot of Stripes' treehouse. Lucilia and Stripes are training their climbing skills. Lucilia tries to climb up the wall, but she accidentally retracts her claws, resulting in her falling onto Stripes. The two cats laugh and notice the viewer)

- Stripes: “¡Hola, soy Stripes!”
- Lucilia: “And the name’s Lucilia! It's a beautiful day, isn't it?”
- Stripes: “The perfect day to introduce you to my hidden treasure… I just have to climb up and get it! Wait here.”

(Stripes drives over to the big tree in the center. His claws pop out, and he starts climbing the tree. He comes to a platform with a little red door.)

- Stripes: “Wait for it…”

(He knocks on the door, causing it to open and reveal an ancient horn)

- Stripes: “It's the Jungle Horn. My familia gave it to me when I was just a little tiger cub.”
- Lucilia: “Ooooh…”
- Stripes: “Now, watch this.”

(He delicately picks up the horn and blows into it, playing a melodic fanfare and producing a golden contrail as he swings back to the ground)

- Lucilia: “What does it do?”
- Stripes: “If I can recall, it calls over any animal that hears it. ¡Sígueme!”

(Lucilia boards Stripes, and the duo head to the balcony. Stripes blows into the Jungle Horn again, causing the melody to return. The contrail that came from the horn extends outward to a tree where three monkeys hear it and swing over)

- Stripes: “Like that!”
- Lucilia: “That thing is magic!”
- Stripes: “Come on in, monkeys. Bring your instruments.”

(The monkeys reveal their instruments (Monkey 1 has an accordion, Monkey 2 has an acoustic guitar, and Monkey 3 has bongo drums) and head into the treehouse)

- Lucilia: “What do you plan to do with that?”
- Stripes: “You'll see. Let's try it again!”

(Stripes blows the Jungle Horn again; this time the contrail extends to the forest where three parrots fly in its direction)

- Lucilia: “Hey, parrots!”
- Stripes: “Go on in, amigos. You're free to play music whenever you like.”

(The parrots reveal their instruments (Parrot 1 has a violin, Parrot 2 has a trombone, and Parrot 3 has a xylophone) and head into the treehouse)

- Lucilia: “Why do you-?”
- Stripes: “You'll see.”

(Stripes plays the Jungle Horn again; the contrail extends near stalks of bamboo near the balcony. After croaking is heard, a frog hops onto Stripes' hood… then another one hops onto Stripes' hood, and yet another one hops onto Stripes' hood. They begin to dance on Stripes' hood)

- Stripes: “¡Ay! That tickles! Okay, come in!”

(The frogs reveal their instruments (Frog 1 has a trumpet, Frog 2 has castanets, and Frog 3 has maracas) and head into the treehouse. Stripes blows the Jungle Horn one more time; the contrail extends past the bamboo where a panda hears. It promptly slides down to the duo of cats. The panda promptly hugs Stripes)

- Stripes: “Aww, Panda! I'm happy to see you too!”

(The panda reveals its’ tuba, and it heads into the treehouse. Stripes and Lucilia follow it. Stripes guides Lucilia to a special music stand with a baton. Lucilia realizes what they're about to do)

- Lucilia: “And a-one, and a-two, and a-one, two, three, four!”

(Lucilia starts conducting the pseudo-orchestra. Through the window, Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere watch)

- Pickle: “Whoa… so that's the Jungle Horn I've heard about in the myths!”
- Crusher: “They weren't kidding when they said it was powerful.”
- Beldevere: “And THAT is why we're going to steal it: because Stripes doesn't deserve to wield something as powerful as that!”
- Pickle: “Belle… don't you even SEE how easily he's playing it?!”
- Beldevere: “Anything HE can do, I could do better.”
- Crusher and Pickle: (sighing)

(Inside the treehouse, the pseudo-orchestra is continuing to play. Beldevere peeks in)

- Beldevere: “Boys! Gimme a boost!”

(They stand on Crusher and Pickle's heads)

- Crusher: “Ow- GOD, that's my nose!”
- Pickle: “Watch where you're stepping!”

(Beldevere trips and falls into the treehouse. Everyone else stares at them in silence)

- Stripes: “Belle… what the infierno are you trying to do here?”
- Beldevere: “Give me the horn!”
- Stripes: “Absolutely not! This horn is a family artifact. It holds a lot of sentimental-”

(Beldevere suddenly lunges at Stripes; a ball of dust suddenly kicks up as the two wrestle for the horn. Eventually, Stripes is thrown out of the dust cloud as Beldevere escapes with the horn)

- Stripes: “¡Esperar! Come back!... Oi.”
- Beldevere: “HahaHA! I've got it! 🎵 I've got the Jungle Horn, yeah, yeah! And now it belongs to me, me, me!🎵”
- Crusher: “Yeh, that's just splendid. Can we go home now?”
- Beldevere: “Not yet, copain! We're going to have some fun with this.”

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle take off)

- Stripes: “And there it goes. Ugh.”
- Lucilia: “You said it was a family artifact, right?”
- Stripes: “Sí, I did.”
- Lucilia: “In that case… that horn is in the wrong hands.”
- Animals: (worried noises)
- Stripes: “Don't worry, ¡amigos! Me and Lucilia are gonna get the horn back, no doubt about it!”
- Animals: (cheering)
- Stripes: “Come on, Lucy!”

(Lucilia boards Stripes)

- Stripes: “Gimme some speed, ¡amigo!”
- Lucilia: “Right-y o!”

(Stripes and Lucilia slide down the treehouse slide, reach the bottom, and enter the jungle; cue the travel song)

- Stripes: “¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tres!”
- Lucilia: “Let's go! 🎵 Here we go, there's nothing to it! Rev it up!🎵”
- Stripes: “🎵 Yeah, we can do it! Moving at the speed of light, prepare to be amazed!🎵”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “🎵 READY, SET, ROAR!🎵”
- Lucilia: “Come on!”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “🎵 READY, SET, ROAR!🎵”
- Stripes: “It's time!”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “🎵 READY, SET, ROAR!🎵”
- Lucilia: “We're kicking up steam!”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “🎵 READY, SET, ROAR!🎵”
- Stripes: “We make a great team!”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “🎵 READY, SET, ROAR! Gimme some speed! READY, SET, ROAR!🎵”

(Song ends; Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are far ahead)

- Beldevere: “🎵 Oh-oh, yeah yeah! The Jungle Horn is mine, and I'll enslave the animals!🎵”
- Crusher: “🎵 You really shouldn't do that!🎵”
- Pickle: “🎵 Yeah, that's illegal!🎵”
- Stripes and Lucilia: (in the distance) “RAAAAAWWWRRR!!!”
- Beldevere: “Sacre bleu! Not these two again!”
- Pickle: “They're persistent, aren't they?”
- Beldevere: “We can't let them get it! It's mine now!”

(They cross a bridge over a muddy swamp)

- Beldevere: “This’ll trip ‘em up!”

(Beldevere bangs against the bridge post, causing it to fall into the mud and sink. Stripes comes forward)

- Lucilia: “WATCH OUT!!”

(they come to a screeching halt)

- Stripes: “¡Ay! That was close. Beldevere, that sneaky little asshat; they knocked out the bridge!”
- Beldevere: “OOPS. 🎵 The Jungle Horn is mi-ine, the Jungle Horn is mi-ine, the Jungle Horn is mi-iiiiine… hope they have fun being screwed!🎵 À LA VICTOIRE!”

(While Beldevere sings, they don't realize they and Crusher crashed into a tree)

- Beldevere: “Huh? Where'd this tree come from? (a banana falls on them) Yuck!”
- Crusher: (tastes some) “Deeee-licious!”
- Beldevere: “Deeee-sgusting.”

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle drive off)

- Lucilia: “Dude… we need a plan. A good plan.”
- Stripes: “Aha! I've got a plan…”

(Stripes points to a duo of vines which hang over the bog; Lucilia dismounts from him)

- Stripes: “We'll get across these vines. If we jump on them carefully, we can swing to the other side. Observe. (backs up and jumps) Rawr! (he lands) You see? No prob- (the swing leans, causing him to fall over) LEEEEEMMMMM!! Oh boy, I stand corrected.”
- Lucilia: “I see the problem; it ain't balanced! (to reader) To balance, it has to weigh the same on both sides! Stripes is on one side, so I have to get to the other side! Yo, Stripes! I'm coming!”

(Lucilia jumps onto the swing, making it balance)

- Stripes: “Way to go, ¡amigo! You balanced the swing!”
- Lucilia: “Let's go, dude! Let's jump!”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “One, two, THREE!”

(The cats jump, landing successfully)

- Lucilia: “Woo, yeah!”
- Stripes: “We made it! Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.”

(Butterflies fly over them)

- Stripes: “Ooh, butterflies!”

(One of them lands on Stripes' side)

- Stripes: “¿Que? What are you doing here?”

(Cue the swing leaning on Stripes' direction)

- Stripes: “Son of a-”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “AAAAAAARGH!!”
- Lucilia: “Dang it, now we're unbalanced again!”
- Stripes: (to reader) “¡Rápido! We need to find the other butterfly so we can get it on Lucy's side!”

(The butterfly squeaks and looks up; the camera pans to its' direction in the treetops)

- Stripes: “Where do you see the butterfly?”

(The butterfly amongst the flowers squeaks and flaps its' wings; it lights up and the reader responds)

- Stripes: “¡Sí, ahí está! Butterfly, could you help us balance, ¿por favor?”

(The butterfly flies over to them and lands on Lucy's side, balancing the swing.)

- Lucilia: “There ya are!”
- Stripes: “¡Muy bien! Let's hurry and get to the next swing!”

(The cats jump to the next swing, segueing to a silent sequence; more butterflies appear, with one landing on Stripes' side and three landing on Lucy's side. Cue the swing leaning on Lucy's side)

- Stripes and Lucilia: “NOT AGAAAAAAIIIINNN!!”

(Stripes nearly slips, but his claws pop out just in time to keep him from falling)

- Lucilia: “We need to find a way to balance again! (to reader) My side has three butterflies, but Stripes' only has one! Our only way out of this is to find two more butterflies!”

(The camera pans to the treetops)

- Lucilia: “Where do you see two butterflies?”

(The hiding butterflies squeak and flap their wings; they light up as the reader responds)

- Lucilia: “Yes! There they are! Butterflies, we're going to need your help!”

(The butterflies fly over and land on Stripes' side, balancing the swing)

- Stripes: “Rawr! It worked! ¡Muchas gracias, Lucilia!”
- Lucilia: “Any time, man, any time!”
- Stripes: “Hey, there's the end of the swamp.”
- Lucilia: “Ooooooh. Now that's a jump.”
- Stripes: “We'll jump on three… (to reader) Come on, count with us!”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “One, two, THREE!!”

(The two cats jump and make it over the swamp)

- Stripes: “¡Lo hicimos!”
- Lucilia: “Yeah, haha!”
- Stripes: “Come on, Lucy! We need to catch up to Beldevere before they cause chaos with the Jungle Horn!”

(Lucilia and Stripes take off; cue the STEM song)

- Stripes: “¡Uno, dos, tres, cuatro!”
- Lucilia: “🎵 Get ready; we gotta keep it steady!🎵”
- Stripes: “🎵 That's why we call it balance!🎵”
- Lucilia: “🎵 On the count of three; can't keep it too heavy!🎵”
- Stripes: “🎵 That's why we call it balance! Keep it even, keep it level! Otherwise, you're gonna slip! You need the same weight on both sides, ¡sí! You really don't wanna tip!🎵”
- Lucilia: “🎵 If you're on a seesaw, both sides gotta match!🎵”
- Stripes: “MATCH!”
- Lucilia: “🎵 If they don't, watch out; someone's gonna crash!🎵”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “Ouuuuch. 🎵 Balance, balance!🎵”
- Lucilia: “🎵 You need to keep it steady!🎵”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “🎵 Balance, balance!🎵”
- Stripes: “🎵 One side can't be too heavy! Get ready; we gotta keep it steady!🎵 What do we call that?”
- Lucilia: “🎵 We call it balance! On the count of three; can't keep it too heavy!🎵 What do we call that?”
- Stripes: “🎵 We call it balance!🎵”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “🎵 Balance, balance; it keeps everything steady!🎵”

(Song ends; Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are farther ahead)

- Beldevere: “Boys, you are about to witness my greatest moment; blowing the Jungle Horn!”

(Beldevere prepares to blow into the horn, only to stop when they realize Crusher and Pickle are missing)

- Beldevere: “Boys? Bonjour?!”
- Crusher: “Belle, we're up here!”

(Crusher and Pickle are up in a mango tree)

- Pickle: “Mmm… yum! Mmm! We're just getting a little snack to eat while we watch you fail.”
- Beldevere: “Sacre bleu! Get DOWN here already! I want to enslave those animals!”
- Pickle: “As you wish.”

(Pickle and Crusher swing down and let out a Tarzan yell; they accidentally hit Beldevere in the face, smashing mangoes all over them)

- Beldevere: “AGH! GROSS!”
- Pickle: “Whoopsie.”
- Stripes: (roaring)
- Crusher: “That… ain't too good.”
- Beldevere: “STRIPES! WHY IS HE STILL HERE?!”
- Pickle: “That Jungle Horn seems sacred to him. Maybe we should just… I dunno, give it back like a SANE person would?”
- Beldevere: “What, and end the chase? Ha! I like playing hard-to-get! Crusher, do something!”
- Crusher: “If you say so.”

(Crusher's chassis bag opens; letting junk fly out and assemble into a robotic chef with frying pans)

- Beldevere: “YES! That's perfect! You're fantastic at this stuff, Crusher!”
- Crusher: “Oi…”

(The robot chef lands between two rock formations)

- Pickle: “I don't see how this ends well.”
- Beldevere: “This should cook up some trouble for that flea-ridden cat! À LA VICTOIRE!”

(The trio drive off; cue Stripes and Lucilia stopping and seeing the robot chef)

- Robot Chef: “Today's special: YOUR DOOM!”
- Lucilia: “Whoa-ho, jeez!”
- Stripes: “No robot chef's stopping us from getting the horn back…”

(Cue a silent sequence where Stripes tries to pass the robot, but with each attempt failing thanks to the frying pans. Eventually, he gives up and retreats near a bush)

- Stripes: “¡Ay! Alright Lucy, we need a plan. A good plan.”

(Lucilia dismounts from Stripes and silently thinks; then she starts drawing in the dirt below them)

- Lucilia: “Right now, that guy has two frying pans. They should be the same weight, as they look pretty well-balanced.”
- Stripes: “What if we fill one of them with giant waffles?”
- Lucilia: “WAFFLES?! Why waffles, of all things?”
- Stripes: “The giant waffles would end up changing the weight of the frying pan, so that way, he'd be unbalanced, and then he'd tip over.”

(Lucilia draws a hypothetical example of what Stripes explained in the dirt)

- Lucilia: “Now that's a good idea! Let's rock and roll!”
- Stripes: (to reader) “¡Vamos, amigo! Let's turn me into a giant waffles maker, so I can make all those giant waffles!”

(Lucilia gets into Stripes; cue the transformation interface beginning)

- Lucilia: “What we need first are heating elements; they help warm up the waffle maker… and the dang things burned my paws a week ago.”
- Stripes: “Ay, Lucy… to build the heating elements, say “heating elements”.”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “Heating elements!”
- (Heating elements materialize)
- Stripes: “Our next ingredients would be the grid plates; once they heat up, you pour the batter on and it cooks the waffles. To make the grid plates, say “grid plates”.”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “Grid plates!”
- (Grid plates materialize)
- Lucilia: “Our last ingredient before we make the full meal is the hinge; it helps open and close the waffle maker. Say “hinge”.”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “Hinge!”
- (Hinge materializes)
- Stripes: “Rawwwr! INTRODUCING THE WAFFLE MAKER MONSTER MACHINE!!”

(Stripes transforms; Lucilia dismounts and pushes forward a bowl of batter)

- Lucilia: “Banana waffles, coming up!”

(Cue a silent sequence: Lucilia pours the batter onto the grid plates; the waffle maker closes and the three red lights turn green, causing it to open and reveal a waffle. Stripes aims the waffle maker towards the Robot Chef's frying pan, causing him to lean on the left side)

- Robot Chef: “Huh? Whoa!!”

(Stripes lobs 7 more waffles into the Robot Chef's frying pan, causing him to wobble…)

- Robot Chef: “Uh oh.”

(...and fall over, causing him to self-destruct and send the waffles flying)

- Robot Chef: “GOOOOOOONNNNEEE!!”
- Lucilia: “BLAMMO! He shoots, he SCORES!! The Tiger Truck wins the game, 8 to 0!”
- Stripes: (as he detransforms) “I'd like to thank the academy…”

(The waffles fly in the direction of Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle)

- Beldevere: “At last, I can blow this horn and make those animals my slaves! Who can stop me now?!”

(Beldevere starts to blow the Jungle Horn, but they stop and look near the right)

- Beldevere: “Giant waffles? What?”

(The waffles land onto the trio)

- Beldevere: “Ech. Disgusting… wait, the horn!! WHERE IS IT?!”

(The Jungle Horn is now bouncing towards the river)

- Beldevere: “Mother(*honk*)er! We gotta go!”

(Nearby, Stripes is sniffing around)

- Stripes: “I'm picking up a scent… it's the Jungle Horn! It has to be!”

(The camera pans to the river where the Jungle Horn is)

- Stripes: (to reader) “Where's the Jungle Horn?”

(The Jungle Horn lights up; and the reader responds)

- Stripes: “¡Ahí está! There it is!”
- Lucilia: “It's floating away… and fast!”
- Stripes: “No river is stopping us from getting to that horn. Come on, gimme some speed!”

(Stripes' speed boosters make their debut; the tiger truck’s eyes glow orange)

- Stripes: (to reader) “To give me Jungline Speed, say “Ready, set, roar!”!”
- Lucilia: “Ready!”
- Stripes: “SET!”
- Stripes and Lucilia: “ROAR!!”

(Jungline Speed makes its’ debut; Stripes speeds off until he reaches the end of the river where the Jungle Horn is flowing… which also happens to be a waterfall)

- Lucilia: “Stripes, we have to hurry!”
- Stripes: “I'm hurrying the fastest I can!”

- (Lucilia dismounts from Stripes and starts leaping from rock to rock)

- Lucilia: “Hah! Mrow! (she slips) Whoa-oa!”

(Stripes jumps as well)

- Stripes: “Rawr! Hah! (he slips too) ¡Ay!”
- Lucilia: “It's almost at the falls!”

(Lucilia and Stripes jump to a big log hanging over the falls. Lucilia reaches the Jungle Horn)

- Lucilia: “Almost… almost…”

(Stripes clutches onto Lucilia’s back paw, and Lucilia leans forward, grabbing the Jungle Horn just in time)

- Lucilia: “YES!! YEEESSS!”

(The log starts to lean)

- Stripes and Lucilia: “OH NO!!”

(Stripes and Lucilia cling onto each other as they dangle over the end of the log. Suddenly, a trumpet, castanets, and maracas are heard. The three frogs from earlier join Stripes and Lucilia, landing on the other side of the log. The frog with the trumpet whistles to the left, cuing the sounds of a violin, a trombone, a xylophone, an accordion, an acoustic guitar, and bongo drums. The parrots and the monkeys join the frogs on the other side. The parrots squawk, causing a tuba to be heard. Cue the panda from earlier joining the parrots, the frogs, and the monkeys on the other side, balancing the log)

- Stripes: “¡Amigos! ¡Muchas gracias!”
- Lucilia: “Yeah, thanks a bunch!”

(Stripes hops onto land, with the animals following. Everyone resumes the orchestra that was interrupted earlier)

- Lucilia: “And a-one, and a-two!”

(The orchestra resumes playing; elsewhere, Beldevere and Crusher are still stuck under the giant waffles)

- Beldevere: “Ugh! Pickle, help us out here!”
- Pickle: “Absolutely!”

(Pickle grabs some maple syrup and pours it onto the waffles; it drips onto Beldevere)

- Beldevere: “MY HAIR!! PICKLE!!”
- Pickle: “Have no fear, you'll be free as soon as I eat all these delicious waffles!”
- Beldevere: “That's going to take all day!”
- Crusher: “Not if I help!”

(Crusher and Pickle start eating the giant waffles; cue the iris out on Beldevere that ends the episode)

Notes:

Voice cast:
* Sunil Malhotra: Stripes
* Sarah Sherman/Squirm: Lucilia
* Ciarán Strange: Beldevere/Robot Chef
* Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher
* Nat Faxon: Pickle
* Dee Bradley Baker: Animal friends

Chapter 21: S1, E8: The Team Truck Challenge!

Summary:

In this episode, Beldevere insults Pickle SO hard he ends up joining Blaze and AJ in the Team Truck Challenge.

Notes:

Foreign words and translations:
- "Nandito na sila" = "They're here" in Filipino
- "Ciao" = "Hi" in Italian
- "Uy" = "Hey" in Filipino
- "O, jongen" = "Oh boy" in Dutch
- "Bonjour" = "Good morning" in French
- "Ja" = "Yes" in Dutch
- "Bedankt" = "Thanks" in Dutch
- "Quoi" = "What" in French
- "Au" = "Ouch" in Dutch
- "Je hebt het, meneer AJ" = "You got it, Mr. AJ" in Dutch
- "Que diable" = "What the hell" in French
- "Naku tao" = "Oh man" in Filipino
- "Tama" = "Correct/Right" in Filipino
- "Maganda ang ginawa mo" = "You did a good job" in Filipino
- "Ottimo lavoro" = "Great job" in Italian
- "Pare, halika" = "Dude, come on" in Filipino
- "Laten we gaan" = "Let's go" in Dutch
- "Tama yan" = "That's right" in Filipino
- "Sacre bleu" = "Holy blue" in French
- "Tu ne peux pas être sérieux" = "You can't be serious" in French
- "Ga weg" = "Go away" in Dutch
- "N'as-tu pas honte" = "Aren't you ashamed" in French
- "Arrivederci" = "Goodbye" in Italian
- "Huminahon ka" = "Calm down" in Filipino
- "O, nee" = "Oh, no" in Dutch
- "Laten we het doen" = "Let's do it" in Dutch
- "Ben fatto" = "Well done" in Italian

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

(The episode starts with Blaze and AJ racing through the desert)

- AJ: “Hey Blaze; try catching up to THIS!”

(AJ’s wings start glowing a pale green; AJ suddenly speeds over to a faraway cactus. He lands, tapping his foot with a smirk as Blaze catches up a few seconds later)

- AJ: “What took you so long?”
- Blaze: “(panting) …please don't do that again.”

(AJ notices the reader)

- AJ: “Oh! Blaze, nandito na sila!”
- Blaze: “Ciao! I'm Blaze, and that's my man, AJ!”
- AJ: “Uy!”
- Blaze: “Me and AJ love to race, and today, we'll be participating in one of the most awesome races ever…”

(pan to a race nearby)

- Blaze and AJ: “The Team Truck Challenge!”
- AJ: “It's a special race where you have to work as a team with another truck!”
- Blaze: “Here comes the yellow team; I've heard they've got a reputation for being really smart.”
- AJ: “And there's the green team; they're really fast. Almost as fast as you are, Blaze!”
- Blaze: “And look at that, the purple team… I think they got into hot water last year for using steroids.”

(Meanwhile, a starstruck Pickle is watching and drinking soda over at the drink stand)

- Pickle: “O, jongen, the Team Truck Challenge! I can't wait to race with Crusher again! (drives around; singing to himself) 🎵 Oh, Crusher!🎵 (to reader) I love these races; almost as much as I love pickles! (singing to himself; jumping around) 🎵 Crusher, oh, Crusher!🎵”

- (He finds Beldevere cleaning Crusher off; Beldevere glares at Pickle)

- Pickle: “Crusher, Crusher! Ready to race together again?”
- Crusher: “...believe me, Pickle. I'd love to race with you again-”
- Beldevere: “BUT we've already got someone far better than you!”
- Pickle: “...huh?”

(Cue an ugly, slobbish truck wearing a blue flag entering while eating a banana. Pickle’s jaw drops)

- Beldevere: “Say bonjour to Rudy!”
- Rudy: “Hi.”
- Pickle: (sputtering in shock) “But… but Belle!”
- Beldevere: “But nothing. You hinder just about everything we do. Why even call yourself a friend when you're just a failure?”
- Pickle: “...okay. I… I guess I'll just watch.”

(Pickle dejectedly drives away. Crusher stares at Beldevere in anger. Pickle soon bumps into Blaze and AJ)

- AJ: “What's wrong, Pickle? Did something happen?”
- Pickle: “Me and Crusher were planning on racing together, like always, but Belle forced me to leave so that they could race with someone that “didn't hinder them”. They called me a failure.”
- Blaze and AJ: “Belle WHAT?!”
- AJ: “Dude… no. You shouldn't consider yourself that. Remember when I came to your magic show last week?”
- Pickle: “...yeah?”
- AJ: “I think you aced it.”
- Blaze: “You're stronger than you think, Pickle! We're a truck short of a full team. How'd you like to race with us?”
- Pickle: “Me? Race with you? JA!! I'll do it, I'll do it, I'll do it!! (Does a donut around Blaze; everyone laughs)”
- AJ: “It's official: welcome in, Pickle! (he gives Pickle an orange team flag)”
- Pickle: “JA! Bedankt, bedankt, bedankt!”
- Bump Bumperman: “ALL TEAMS TO THE STARTING LINE!! THE RACE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!”
- AJ: “Follow me, guys!”

(The teams line up)

- Pickle: “Belle, Crusher, look! I'm racing with Blaze!”
- Crusher: “Niiiice!”
- Beldevere: “QUOI?!”
- Pickle: “Good luck, guys! May the best team win!”
- Crusher: “Same with you, Pickle!”
- Rudy: “We'll win this…”
- Bump Bumperman: “RrrrrrrrrRACERS! START! YOUR! ENGINES!!”

(The racers rev up)

- Bump Bumperman: “ON YOUR MARKS! GET SET!! GOOOOOO!!”

(The race begins; cue travel song)

- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “One, two, three! Let's go!”
- AJ: “🎵 Here we go, there's nothing to it! Rev it up!🎵”
- Pickle: “🎵 Yeah, we can do it! We're moving at the speed of light, prepare to be amazed!🎵”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- AJ: “Come on!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Blaze: “It's time!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Pickle: “We're picking up steam!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Blaze and AJ: “We make a great team!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! Gimme some speed! LET'S BLAZE!🎵”

(Song ends; Pickle is now zooming far ahead)

- Pickle: “Blaze, AJ! Try and catch me now!”

(The yellow team suddenly zooms past Pickle, causing him to spin out)

- Pickle: “Whoa-oa-oa-oa-oaaaa!!”
- (CRAAAASH!)
- Pickle: “Au.”

(AJ and Blaze suddenly skid to a halt near Pickle)

- Blaze: “PICKLE!! ARE YOU OKAY?! DO YOU NEED ME TO CALL THE DOCTOR?!”
- AJ: “Blaze, chill!
- Pickle: “Yeah, Blaze! I’m a-okay! I just got a little carried away.”
- Blaze: “Phew!”
- AJ: “Pickle, try to remember that since we're a team, we gotta stick together. Teammates always help each other, no matter the cost!”
- Pickle: “Je hebt het, meneer AJ! From now on, it's teamwork all the way!”
- AJ: “Ready to catch up to the others?”
- Blaze: “We can use Blazing Speed to go super fast!”

(Cue the Blazing Speed engine being deployed; it fires up and causes a blue aura to surround AJ and Pickle)

- Pickle: “Yaaaaay!”
- AJ: “Let's rock and roll!”
- Blaze: (to reader) “To give us Blazing Speed, we need to say “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE”! Are you ready?”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(They take off; up the road, Beldevere, Crusher, and Rudy are in the lead)

- Beldevere: (while slurping from a slushie) “Ahhh, this is the life. Being first place, with no Pickle to distract us.”
- Crusher: “I can't believe you sometimes…”

(Rudy drives over a mud puddle, splashing mud in Beldevere's face (and ruining their slushie))

- Beldevere: “Que diable, Rudy?! You're supposed to be helping us, not hindering us!”
- Rudy: “Meh. Screw you.”

(Rudy splashes more mud in Beldevere's face)

- Beldevere: “RUDY!!”

(Crusher and Beldevere smash into some rocks near a mineshaft entrance; cue the sound of Blaze's horn, signalling him, AJ, and Pickle catching up)

- Beldevere: “Ugh! They're catching up! Crusher, cheat or something!”
- Crusher: “Aw, maaaan.”

(Crusher hesitantly slams his tires on the rocks. Beldevere and Crusher enter the tunnel just as the rocks fall, blocking it. Blaze, Pickle, and AJ come to a screeching halt)

- AJ: “Naku tao, giant rocks? No problem, I think we can just push them…”

(Blaze and AJ try to push the rocks, to no avail)

- AJ: “I stand corrected…”
- Blaze: “Gaskets, they won't budge! We need to find a way outta here, or else our time in the race is kaputski!”
- Pickle: “Never fear, teammates! (he is holding a vine from a tree, prepared to swing down) I can help us!”
- AJ: “Are you sure you know what you're doing?!”
- Pickle: “When have I not?”
- AJ: “Well…”

(Too late; Pickle lets out a Tarzan yell and swings down, banging into the rocks.)

- Pickle: “Au!”
- AJ: (to readers) “Whatever you do, do not try this at home, ever.”
- Pickle: “I-I don't get it. Why didn't that work?”
- Blaze: “Judging by the size of those rocks, to knock them down, you would need a lot of mass.”
- Pickle: “Uh, mass? Is it like, the stuff that makes you heavy?”
- AJ: “Tama! (he opens Pickle’s trunk) Right now, you have nothing inside of you; it's just air. You can't put air in a trunk, now can ya?”
- Pickle: “Of course not!”
- Blaze: “What we can do is put bricks inside of you!”

(Blaze points towards a wheelbarrow of bricks nearby. AJ wheels the bricks over to Pickle and stuffs them into his trunk. Pickle slumps to the ground briefly)

- Pickle: “Ooh, yeah! Check me out! I've got mass up the wazoo!”
- AJ: “Alright Pickle, try bashing those rocks now that you're full of mass.”

(Pickle drives over to the vine and once again lets out a Tarzan yell as he swings down. This time, he knocks the rocks over)

- Blaze: “YAHOO!!”
- AJ: “Maganda ang ginawa mo, Pickle! You did it!”
- Pickle: (groaning as he stands up) “I did it… I mean, JA!! I DID IT!”
- AJ: “Okay, Pickle, remember this: more mass results in an easier time knocking things down.”
- Blaze: “Ottimo lavoro, Pickle!”

(Blaze hugs Pickle)

- Pickle: “Aw, shucks; I was just trying to do what teammates do, ya know? Teammates always help each other. Let's go, go, GO! We need to catch up!”

(Pickle empties his trunk and speeds off)

- Blaze: “Right behind ya, Pickle!”

(Blaze speeds off too)

- AJ: “Uy, wait for me!”

(AJ jokingly rolls his eyes and speeds off. The STEM song plays while they zoom through the mine (note that AJ is the only one who doesn't sing here; he instead raps))

- Blaze: “🎵 Heavy or light, that's a fact; this is why we call it mass!🎵”
- AJ: “It's the matter inside everything! If you got a lot, it's a heavy thing!”
- Blaze and Pickle: “🎵 That's mass!🎵”
- AJ: “That's mass!”
- Blaze and Pickle: “🎵 That's mass! Got just a little, and you're feeling light! Lift off the ground, you're taking flight! That's mass!🎵”
- AJ: “Heavy or light?”
- Blaze and Pickle: “🎵 That's mass!🎵”
- AJ: “Y’all got that right!”
- Blaze and Pickle: “🎵 That's mass!🎵”
- AJ: “Doesn't matter if it's solid or gas!”
- Blaze and Pickle: “🎵 That's mass!🎵”
- AJ: “It all has mass!”
- Blaze and Pickle: “🎵 That's mass!🎵”
- AJ: “We all got mass!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “THAT'S MASS!”

(Song ends; Blaze, AJ, and Pickle are back on track. As the purple team and the yellow team pass them, Pickle skids to a halt, panting in exhaustion)

- Pickle: “Hoo, jeez… never realized how exhilarating racing is…”
- AJ: “Pickle, pare, halika! We've got this!”
- Pickle: “But… they're so far away…”
- Blaze: “If we work together, we can speed right past them!”
- Pickle: “Right… teammates always help each other! Laten we gaan!”
- AJ: “We'll take this one step at a time! We'll start with the purple team…”

(AJ turns on a speedometer interface)

- AJ: (to reader) “The purple team’s going at a speed of 3. Which of these numbers is bigger, 2 or 5?”

(The 5 on the speedometer glows; reader responds)

- AJ: “5, tama yan!”
- Blaze: “You heard him, Pickle! We're going up to 5!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Pickle go up to 5, passing the purple team)

- Pickle: “YEEHAW!! Now this, THIS is fun!”
- Blaze: “Ben fatto, Pickle! Way to go! All we have left is the yellow team! AJ, how fast is the yellow team going?”

(AJ makes a “just a second!” gesture and reactivates the speedometer interface)

- AJ: “Looks like they're going at a speed of 6. (To reader) Which of these numbers is bigger, 4 or 9?”

(The 9 on the speedometer glows; reader responds)

- AJ: “9, yeah!”
- Blaze: “Hang on to your hat, Pickle! We're going 9!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Pickle go up to 9, passing the yellow team)

- Pickle: “JA! JA!! Oh, thank you for helping me race so fast!”
- Blaze: “It's like we've been saying this whole episode…”
- Blaze and Pickle: “Teammates always help each other!”

(Everyone laughs. Blaze high-tires Pickle and they get back into the race. Meanwhile, Beldevere, Crusher, and Rudy are far in the lead)

- Beldevere: “You guys hungry?”
- Crusher: “I'm hungry.”
- Rudy: “I'm super hungry.”

(Beldevere spots a banana tree)

- Beldevere: “Wanna ditch this race for a banana break?”
- Crusher and Rudy: “Sure, why not?”

(They pull over by the banana tree. Rudy knocks 3 bananas over)

- Beldevere: “Perfect! Alright, let's see here…. 1 banana for Rudy…”

(Rudy immediately eats the banana)

- Beldevere: “1 banana for Crusher, and 1 banana for me.”

(Unfortunately for Crusher and Beldevere, Rudy eats both of their bananas.)

- Crusher: (unhappy sigh)
- Beldevere: “RUDY!! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SHARE THE BANANAS, YOU SINGLE-BRAIN-CELLED IDIOT!!”
- Rudy: “Meh, whatever.”
- Beldevere: “GAAAAHH!! (sighs) Okay, let's try this again. 1 banana for you, 1 banana for Crusher, and 1 banana for me.”

(Rudy eats all three of the bananas and honks)

- Beldevere: “RUDY!!”
- Rudy: (burps)
- Crusher: (tired sigh)

(And cue the sounds of Blaze's horn)

- Beldevere: “Sacre bleu! You're kidding!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Pickle are right behind them)

- Beldevere: “Tu ne peux pas être sérieux! They SHOULD NOT be catching up! We need to cheat or something! Anything to get them away from us!”

(Beldevere spots Daemonae hunters searching for something around a trio of rocks)

- Beldevere: “Oh, hunters! Mind chasing down Blaze and Pickle for moi? Thank youuuu!”

(The first Daemonae Hunter nods)

- Daemonae Hunter #1: “FAIRY BOY!! The Fairy Boy is coming!”
- Daemonae Hunter #2: “FAIRY BOY?!”
- Daemonae Hunter #3: “The Fairy Boy!”
- Daemonae Hunter #4: “Fairy Boy incoming!”

(Cut to Blaze, AJ, and Pickle making their way through the race, screeching to a halt when they get crossbows pointed at their heads from the hunters)

- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGH!!”
- AJ: “...Run for it!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Pickle run for their lives as the Daemonae Hunters chase them down, shooting their crossbows)

- Daemonae Hunter #1: “YOU AREN'T GETTING AWAY, FAIRY BOY!!”
- Daemonae Hunter #4: “GET BACK HERE!”

(The heroes zoom up a palm tree next to a nearby pond)

- Pickle: “Shoo, hunters! Ga weg!”
- Daemonae Hunters: “Ehhhh?”

(The Daemonae Hunters shrug and shoot their crossbows)

- AJ: “I've encountered these guys before, and let me tell ya, they're persistent! The only way we can get them to stop is by distracting them so someone can deal the finishing blow!”
- Blaze: “Let's try distracting them with a humongous splash of water!”

(Cue a montage where everyone tries to make a huge splash in the water: Pickle tries a banana, Blaze tries a big branch, and AJ tries a stone. None of their attempts work. Pickle realizes he's still got a brick in his trunk and throws it in. It successfully distracts the Daemonae Hunters, allowing AJ to call the Fairy Swarm and deal the finishing blow, vaporizing the Daemonae Hunters until they're nothing but ashes)

- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: (cheering)
- Blaze: “Smart thinking, Pickle!”
- Pickle: “It's like we've been saying this whole episode…”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “Teammates always help each other!”
- AJ: “Guys, we should get going! We need to catch up to the other teams and win the race!”
- Blaze: “Right! 1, 2, 3!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(The heroes take off, passing the green team, the red team, and the white team. Meanwhile, Beldevere, Crusher, and Rudy are going up a hill.)

- Beldevere: “🎵 Our team’s gonna wiii-iiin! We're totally gonna wiii-iiin! Our team is the bee-eest! Yeah, yeah, yeaaah!🎵”

(Rudy grumbles and farts exhaust into Beldevere and Crusher's faces)

- Crusher: “Eyaagh! Gross!”
- Beldevere: “RUDY! We're supposed to help each other, not fart on each other!”
- Rudy: “I'm aware. I just don't like y’all very much.”

(Rudy farts out more exhaust from his tailpipe)

- Crusher: (coughing and gagging)
- Beldevere: “RUDY!!!! N’as-tu pas honte?!”

(Cue the sounds of Blaze's horn as they make it to the top)

- Beldevere: “OH, COME ON! HOW HAVE THEY NOT DIED YET?! (sigh) Crusher… do me a favor and try your biggest cheat you've got.”

(Crusher rolls his eyes and opens his chassis bag, deploying junk that transforms into a gigantic cheese ball cannon)

- Beldevere: “Perfect! Get it going and that's our ticket to victory!”

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Rudy speed off while the cannon launches a giant cheese ball that hurls towards Blaze, AJ, and Pickle)

- Blaze: “GASKETS!! HIT THE DECK!!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Pickle dive into a small opening)

- Pickle: “Whoa, man! That was close! I-I mean, those giant cheese balls?! I bet they've got so much mass it isn't even funny!”
- Blaze: “You're right, Pickle! If we're not careful, we're gonna kiss our short lives arrivederci!”
- AJ: “Guys, huminahon ka! I've got an idea: we can make you two roadrollers. Roadrollers have big rolling drums that are really, REALLY heavy. Those cheese balls may SEEM like they've got a lot of mass, but roadrollers trump them in just about every aspect. With more mass, those cheese balls are going KABLOOEY!”
- Pickle: “Oh my gosh! JA!! Let's do this!”
- Blaze: (to readers) “Come on! Let's build all the parts to turn me and Pickle into roadrollers!”

(The transformation interface begins; AJ takes a few steps back)

- Blaze: “First, we need a swing arm.”
- Pickle: “Are those the ones that hold the drums in place?”
- Blaze: “Right! To make a swing arm, say “swing arm”.”
- Blaze and Pickle: “Swing arm!”
- (Swing arms materialize)
- Blaze: “Next, we need axles to help the rolling drum spin around. Say “axle”.”
- Blaze and Pickle: “Axle!”
- (Axles materialize)
- Pickle: “Ooh, ooh! I know this last piece! The rolling drum! That's the part that helps squish things flat! Say “rolling drum”!”
- Blaze and Pickle: “Rolling drum!”
- (Rolling drums materializes)
- Blaze: “Check us out!”
- Pickle: “I've always wanted to say this part!”
- Blaze and Pickle: “INTRODUCING THE ROADROLLING MONSTER MACHINES!!”

(Blaze and Pickle transform)

- AJ: “Ooh, dang! Wouldn't wanna be the cheese balls in your way!”
- Blaze: “Come on, Pickle! Let's get rollin’!”
- Pickle: “YAAAAY!”

(in a montage set to polka music, Blaze and Pickle squish cheese balls together, with Blaze taking the left side and Pickle taking the right side. In the middle of the montage, Blaze, and Pickle take a moment to dance to the background music before resuming the squishfest. They reach the top, and Blaze squishes the cheese ball cannon flat, causing it to explode. Blaze and Pickle detransform, but Pickle goes back down the hill for a moment)

- Blaze: “Oh-ho-ho, yeah!”
- AJ: “No more cheese balls for us!”
- Blaze: “Wait, where's Pickle?”
- Pickle: (driving back up the hill, eating squished cheese balls) “Right here! Just cleaning up what we destroyed, that's all.”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: (laughing)
- Blaze: “Way to be a good teammate, Pickle!”

(Blaze and Pickle high-tire; AJ spots something)

- AJ: “Uh, guys?”

(AJ points somewhere; the camera pans over to Beldevere, Crusher, and Rudy, nearly crossing the finish line)

- AJ: “Belle, Crusher, and Rudy are almost at the finish line!”
- Pickle: “O, nee! We need to hurry!”
- Blaze: “Don't worry, Pickle! We can catch them! We're teammates, and like I've been saying this whole episode, teammates always help each other!”
- Pickle: “Alright, Blaze! Laten we het doen!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Pickle: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Pickle take off, with Blaze sounding his horn to alert Beldevere and Crusher)

- Beldevere: “QUOI?! Aw, no! Faster, Rudy!! FASTER, FASTER!!”
- Rudy: “Oh (*honk*)!”

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Rudy speed up)

- Blaze: “AJ, how fast are they going?”

(AJ reactivates the speedometer interface)

- AJ: “Belle and crew are going at a speed of 16! (to reader) Quick, which number is bigger, 14 or 20?”

(The 20 on the speedometer glows; reader responds)

- AJ: “20!”
- Blaze: “Hang on to everything you got, Pickle! Here… we… GOOOO!!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Pickle go up to 20)

- Pickle: “WOOOOOOHOOHOOHOO!!”

(They flip over Beldevere, Crusher, and Rudy (AJ gives Beldevere the middle finger) and take the lead, crossing the finish line first)

- Bump Bumperman: “WHAT A RACE, FOLKS! BLAZE, AJ, AND PICKLE WIN!!”
- Pickle: “We won! We won! We really, really won! YAAAHOOHOOHOO!!”
- Joe: “Oh, bro, they did it!”
- Gus: “They totally crushed it!”

(The crowd goes wild and gathers around our heroes; meanwhile, Beldevere is ranting to themselves)

- Beldevere: “Thanks a lot, Rudy! We were the ones that should have won! It's all your fault, you hear me! ALL! YOUR! FAULT!”

(Beldevere stomps on the ground, causing them and Crusher to fall into a hole)

- Crusher: “NOW do you think Pickle could have done better?”
- Beldevere: “Oh, shut up! RUDY! GET US OUTTA HERE!!”
- Rudy: “Nah bro, I can only take so much verbal abuse. (*Honk*) you.”

(Rudy leaves)

- Beldevere: “RUDY, COME BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!! HELLOOOOO?! (sigh) Great. Now we're never gonna get outta here.”
- Pickle: (drives over) “PICKLE TO THE RESCUE!!”
- Crusher: “PICKLE!”
- Beldevere: “What are you doing here??”
- Pickle: “I'm gonna pull you guys out of there! (he deploys his tow hook and grabs Crusher; straining noises) Uh… gee, this is harder than I thought. Crusher, you've certainly got a lot of mass!”
- Beldevere: “Whaaaa??”
- Pickle: “I think I need some help.”
- Blaze: (driving over; bombastically) “HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAAAY!”
- Pickle: “Blaze, AJ! Thank goodness!”
- Crusher: (blushing) “Blaze!”
- Beldevere: “Oh, brother.”

(Blaze hooks up to Crusher; he, AJ, and Pickle pull Crusher and Beldevere out of the hole)

- Blaze: “Woohoo!”
- Pickle: “Yay!”
- AJ: “Yes!”
- Beldevere: “Whateverrrr.”
- Crusher: “Blaze, Pickle, you saved me! How can I ever thank you??”
- Pickle: “Really, it's nothing. You're my best friend, after all! If you ever need me or Blaze's help again, just ask!”

(Crusher drives over to Blaze and plants a kiss on his cheek; Blaze blushes and grins. Later on, Pickle is talking to Beldevere and Crusher on a street. Crusher is listening with a lovestruck expression while Beldevere is rolling their eyes)

- Pickle: “And Blaze says good teammates work together and help each other and it's so true; I'd help him and he'd help me and I'd help him…”
- Beldevere: “CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN BLAZE??”
- Pickle: “Oh, of course! We can talk about… how fast Blaze is! Sometimes we'd say “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE” and then we'd both go really fast, like “weeewww, weeewww, weeewww”!”

(Beldevere slams their head on Crusher's driving wheel with a loud groan; then Crusher slips on banana peels Rudy left nearby and hits the ground. Cue the iris out on Beldevere and Crusher that ends the episode)

Notes:

Voice cast:
- Nolan North: Blaze
- Dusan Brown: AJ
- Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher/Gus
- Nat Faxon: Pickle/Joe
- Jeff Bennett: Bump Bumperman/Rudy
- Kate Higgins: Daemonae Hunter #1
- James Patrick Stuart: Daemonae Hunter #2
- Alexander Polinsky: Daemonae Hunter #3
- Dee Bradley Baker: Daemonae Hunter #4
- Ciarán Strange: Beldevere

Chapter 22: New theme song (as of Cake-tastrophe!)

Summary:

A new theme song will be sung starting in Cake-tastrophe.

Notes:

Song: UUUUUS!
Original performer: Hiroshi Kitadani
DOTD, SOTFK version performed by: Oh, Hush! (Christopher Sernel), Jacquez Swanigan (only "All of us, dream save us" vocals)

Chapter Text

Lyrics:
Jacquez Swanigan: All of us, dream save us...
Oh, Hush!: 🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit, from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travelers, "are your dreams still unobstructed?" My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We're still in the midst of an adventure! All of us! We'll tell the travelers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven... With us, the world continues to change...!🎵
Jacquez Swanigan: All of us, dream save us...
Oh, Hush!: 🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵

Chapter 23: S1, E9: Cake-tastrophe!

Summary:

In this episode, Baker Bots run wild and it's all Belle's fault.

Notes:

Trivia:
* This episode debuts a new opening theme; namely, an English cover of "UUUUUS!", performed by Oh, Hush!.
* Lucilia only meows in this episode.
* This episode marks the first time AJ has a singing double (Jacquez Swanigan)

Voice cast:
* Nolan North: Blaze
* Dusan Brown: Speaking AJ
* Jacquez Swanigan: Singing AJ
* Angelina Wahler: Gabby
* Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher/Gus/Clive
* Nat Faxon: Pickle/Joe
* James Patrick Stuart: Debris
* Alexander Polinsky: Darington
* Ciarán Strange: Beldevere/Baker Bots
* Frank Welker: Lucilia

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

(theme song time!)

- Jacquez Swanigan: "All of us, dream save us..."
- Oh, Hush!: "🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the Sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit, from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travellers, "are your dreams still unobstructed?" My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We'll tell the travellers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven... With us, the world continues to change...!🎵"
- Jacquez Swanigan: "All of us, dream save us..."
- Oh, Hush!: "🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵"

(The episode starts with Blaze, AJ, and Gabby making their way over to Clive’s bakery)

- Gabby: “Alright, Blaze. Remember the rules this time: look, don't eat. Last time we came here, you ate absolutely EVERYTHING. I know it's tempting, but do us all a favor and restrain yourself.”
- Blaze: “Awwww…”
- AJ: “I know it's disappointing, but we're only coming here to check on Clive's Baker Bots.”

(As they arrive at the bakery, AJ and Gabby make “stay right here” gestures. Blaze gives them the puppy dog eyes, causing them to reluctantly relent and let Blaze come in with them)

- Gabby: (to reader; exasperated) “Whoever invented the ‘please face’ trick should be dragged into the street and shot.”

(They enter the bakery, which is loaded with different treats. Blaze starts to drool, causing AJ to fly right up to him)

- AJ: “Blaze! Control yourself! We don't want another incident like last time!”
- Blaze: “It's hard to control myself when there are treats like this!”

(Clive comes out of the kitchen with a cake on cart; Blaze starts drooling even more)

- Clive: “Ah, you're here! Wonderful seeing you, AJ, Gabby, and Blaze… BLAZE?! Oh, what are you doing here?!”
- Gabby: “Blaze promised he'd behave himself this time, okay? It's not like he gave us the ‘please face' trick to make us let him come in with us…”

(Gabby exaggeratedly clears her throat towards Blaze with an unamused expression, with the red truck only grinning sheepishly)

- Clive: “Well, if he promised… alright, come on in.”

(They enter the kitchen, with the camera panning over to reveal the Baker Bots)

- Blaze: “Ooooooh…”
- Clive: “Impressive, no? These bots are just about miracle workers! They're smart and can make just about anything in the blink of an eye! But you're not here for me to gush about them. You're here to give them their monthly check-up. Excuse me one moment… (now shouting) BAKER BOTS! GABBY’S HERE FOR YOUR CHECK-UP!”
- Baker Bots: “Gabby? Gabby?”
- Gabby: “Aloha.”

(The Baker Bots promptly swarm Gabby, and in a montage set to an instrumental rendition of “Hit The Road”, she quickly checks them for any sort of malware, tightens their bolts, finds loose screws, and welds on any missing arms. After the montage is done, it fades to Gabby turning all of the bots off)

- Gabby: “There, that should do it.”
- Clive: “Thank you, once again, Gabby!”
- Gabby: “Mmm, it was nothing.”
- Blaze: “Mr. Clive? I have a question…”
- Clive: “Ask away!”
- Gabby: “Shoot.”
- Blaze: “What's the purple button for? Can I press it?”

(Blaze points to a small, purple button near the side of a Baker Bot’s head. Clive and Gabby get “Oh shit” expressions)

- Gabby: “Ooooh, I wouldn't touch that if I were you!”
- Clive: “That's the Crazy Cooking Button!”
- Blaze: “The Crazy Cooking Button??”
- AJ: “Huh?”
- Gabby: “Press that button and all hell breaks loose!”
- Clive: “The Baker Bots start going super fast and start cooking like crazy!”
- Gabby: “Things would start getting real messy real fast. That's why we never, ever, ever press the purple button.”

(Clive starts wheeling the dessert carts out while the others follow him; cue the entrance of Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle through the back door)

- Beldevere: “Oi, I'm hungry! I need something to eat!”
- Crusher: “Belle, stay calm. More food is likely coming; you just have to be patient.”

(Jump to 5 minutes later, and Beldevere has dismounted from Crusher, tapping their foot on the ground)

- Beldevere: “Okay, that's enough waiting! I need to eat!”

(Beldevere spots the purple button on one of the Baker Bots)

- Beldevere: “Aha! This might speed things up!”
- Crusher: “NO NO, DUDE!”
- Pickle: “NO NO, DON'T!!”
- Beldevere: “Why? What's the worst that can happen?”
- Pickle: “That's the-”

(Beldevere presses ALL of the purple buttons)

- Pickle: “...Crazy Cooking Button.”
- Beldevere: “The what now?”

(Desserts start flying everywhere. One lands on Beldevere's face)

- Beldevere: “YUCK!!”
- Pickle: “INKOMEND!!”

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle start dodging the desserts repeatedly while screaming; Blaze, AJ, Gabby, and Clive return and witness the chaos)

- Gabby: “WHAAAAAAA?!?!”
- AJ: “Duck!”

(Blaze, AJ, Gabby, and Clive all duck for cover; the Baker Bots escape soon afterwards)

- Clive: “Okay, who's the one who caused this?”
- Beldevere: “Uh… heheh. You know, you can never tell with robots.”
- Crusher: “Belle…”
- Pickle: (sternly) “Come on, Belle. Tell them what you did.”
- Beldevere: “Alright, fine! I pressed all the purple buttons on the Baker Bots!”
- Gabby: “You pressed EVERY SINGLE CRAZY COOKING BUTTON?!”
- Clive: “What is wrong with you?!”
- Beldevere: “Plenty, I fear.”

(Gabby facepalms while AJ says this next line)

- AJ: “We need to get out there and turn those Baker Bots off, and fast!”
- Blaze: “Come on, let's go, let's go!!”
- Gabby: “Wait for me!”

(Gabby enters her chimera form and runs off behind Blaze and AJ)

- Clive: “Well, you three, I suppose you'll have to stay here and help clean up.”
- Beldevere: “Do I have to?”

(Crusher and Pickle give Beldevere the puppy dog eyes, causing Beldevere to grab a mop and start cleaning up with them. Smash cut to Chimera Gabby’s paws hitting the floor as she runs while the travel song starts)

- Blaze: “🎵 Come on, let's hit the road!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Get ready, here we go, here we go!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 One, two, three!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Come on and follow me!🎵”
- Blaze: “WOOHOO! 🎵 G-g-gimme some speed!🎵”
- AJ: “Yeah! 🎵 One, two, three!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Blaze and AJ: “🎵 One, two, three and four! Kick the pedal to the floor!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Five, six, seven and eight!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”

(The song ends; the heroic trio stop their rush and find somewhere safe to plan their next move. Gabby returns to her human form)

- Gabby: “Okay, gentlemen; our first course of action is to figure out how many of those Baker Bots we're going to need to stop.”
- AJ: “Step aside, little missy! Let me handle this!”

(AJ brings up the Baker Bots on Blaze’s control panel)

- AJ: “Clive had about this many Baker Bots. (to reader) Count them with me!”

(One by one, the bots light up)

- AJ: “One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!”
- Blaze: “Okay, that's not too bad. The real question is, where ARE they??”

(A cat yowl sounds off; cue the camera zooming to the Axle City Garage)

- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “LUCY?!?!”
- Gabby: “Is she okay??”

(The heroes hustle over to the garage, now covered in dessert, where Lucilia is being pelted with cakes and pies)

- Gabby: “Lucy, are you okay in here??”
- Lucilia: (meowing, translated: “Yeah, I'm good, but things are going nuts in here!”)
- AJ: “Food, food, EVERYWHERE!”
- Blaze: “The Baker Bots!”

(Three Baker Bots are on the other side, shooting food all over the place)

- Baker Bots: “INTRUDERS!”
- Lucilia: (meowing, translated: “DUCK AND COVER!!”)

(The heroes find a safe place to hide while dodging food)

- Blaze, AJ, Gabby, and Lucilia: (indistinct screaming and shrieking)

(Blaze, Lucilia, and AJ get behind a box of ball bearings)

- Blaze: “Phew! Okay, okay… we need to find a way to press the big, red off buttons.”
- AJ: “But wait… where's Gabby?”
- Gabby: (offscreen) “Over here, gang!”

(Whip pan over to Gabby, now wearing her goggles as she fits one end of a rubber strap against a slingshot frame. Gabby makes a “come here” gesture, causing Blaze, AJ, and Lucilia come right over)

- Lucilia: (meowing, translated: “Huh?”)
- Gabby: “Watch and learn, Lucy. This slingshot’s one of the best ways to handle something without getting yourself messy. Observe.”

(Gabby grabs a ball bearing and pulls back on the slingshot. She loads the ball into it)

- Gabby: “AJ, check the trajectory!”

(AJ gives a thumbs up and pushes a button on the slingshot, cutting to an interface showing a line shooting from the slingshot to the floor near the platform the Baker Bot is standing on)

- AJ: (to reader) “Check this out! This line is the ball’s trajectory! When we launch the ball, it'll follow this path and land right about… there.”
- Blaze: “Yeah, but… the trajectory is too low! If we manage to launch the ball now, there's zero chance it’ll hit the off button!”
- Baker Bot: “TARGET ACQUIRED. LAUNCHING…”

(The Baker Bot launches more desserts; Gabby dodges)

- Gabby: “Alrighty then… let's change the trajectory!”

(Gabby pulls harder; the line moves up and hits the off button)

- AJ: (to reader) “Now will the ball hit the off button?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

- AJ: “Bingo! The line goes right to it!”
- Gabby: (jokingly imitating the Baker Bot) “Target acquired. Launching…”

(Gabby launches the ball; it hits the off button, deactivating the Baker Bot)

- AJ: “Nailed ‘em!”
- Gabby: (chuckles while dusting off her hands)
- Blaze: “Bel tiro, Gabby!”
- Baker Bot: “FIRE, FIRE! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!”

(The second Baker Bot launches more food at them)

- Gabby: “Agh, Jesus! Let's turn this sucker off!”

(Blaze and Gabby look at each other and nod. Gabby promptly loads Blaze into the slingshot)

- AJ: “Uh, Gabs? Blaze? Are you two sure you know what you're doing?”
- Gabby: “Trust me on this one.”

(Gabby and Blaze deviously smirk as AJ gives a shrug as if to say “If you say so”. Cut to the interface; the line from Blaze only ends up near the row of boxes the Baker Bot is on)

- Gabby: (to reader) “Here's our trajectory. You think Blaze could hit the off button from here?”

(Reader responds “no”)

- Gabby: “Nah, too low.”

(The Baker Bot cackles maniacally and launches a pie. Gabby stretches it harder, and Blaze's line goes right to the off button)

- Gabby: “Now do you think Blaze could hit the off button?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

- Gabby: “Yup, Blaze's now in the clear. Ready, Blaze-o?”
- Blaze: “Ready, Gabs!”
- Gabby: “Ready!”
- Blaze: “AIM!”
- Blaze and Gabby: “FIRE!!”

(Gabby launches Blaze; he uses his tire to hit the off button)

- Baker Bot: “Guess I'll diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeee…..! Farewell, farewell beautiful world!”

(The Baker Bot deactivates)

- Blaze: (as he drives back) “STEEEEEEERIKE!”
- All except Baker Bot #3: (cheering)
- Baker Bot #3: “Insolent…! Fire in the hole!”

(The final Baker Bot starts shooting food.)

- AJ: “Yikes! Look out!”
- Gabby: “Bring it on!”

(Gabby loads Blaze into the slingshot and stretches; cut to the interface, where the line from Blaze goes right over the Baker Bot)

- Gabby: (to reader) “Alright, here's our trajectory. Could Blaze hit the off button?”

(Reader responds “no”)

- Gabby: “Nope, too high!”

(The Baker Bot launches more food, specifically at AJ. The fairy boy rolls out of the way and puts an “L” on his forehead and sticks his tongue out to taunt the Baker Bot. Gabby reduces the stretch, and the line stops at the stack of tires the Baker Bot is on)

- Gabby: “Now what? Can Blaze hit the off button from this angle?”

(Reader responds “no”)

- Gabby: “Nah, too low!”

(More food launches, again aimed at AJ. This time, the launching doesn't stop until the off button is turned off. During all this, AJ is dancing while dodging the food. Gabby pulls harder, and finally, the line reaches the off button)

- Gabby: “NOW can Blaze hit the off button?”

(Reader responds “Yes”)

- Gabby: “Indeed, now the angle’s just right! Ready!”
- Blaze: “AIM!”
- Gabby and Blaze: “FIRE!!”

(Gabby launches Blaze again; he uses his tire to push the off button, ending the Baker Bots’ reign of terror in the garage)

- Gabby: “Gaaaaaame over!”
- AJ: “Ganyan mo gawin, Gabby!”
- Blaze: “Yeah!”
- Lucilia: (meowing; translated “Slam dunk!”)

(They gather together for a four-way high-five)

- Gabby: “Now then… what are we gonna do about this big-arse mess?”

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby shoot knowing smirks at each other and get out mops)

- Blaze: “No big deal, we can just use Blazing Speed to get this done faster than you can say “she sells seashells by the seashore”!”

(The boosters pop out of his back, surrounding AJ and Gabby with a blue aura. AJ and Gabby fist-bump before getting into readied positions)

- Blaze: “To give us Blazing Speed, say “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE”! Ready, set…”
- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby mop up the whole garage at warp speed (Gabby also uses the speed to give Lucilia a quick bath). Lucilia shoots Gabby a dirty look as the latter says her next line)

- Gabby: “Ahhhh. Much better. Nice and clean, as all things should be.”
- AJ: “Okay now, how many more bots do we need to shut down?”

(AJ boards Blaze; cue a cut over to the control panel)

- AJ: “There were 7 Baker Bots to start with, and we just turned off 3. Let's see how many we got left. (to reader) Count with me!”

(One by one, the remaining Baker Bots light up)

- AJ: “One, two, three, four! Four Baker Bots still causing havoc!”
- Blaze: “Hey, that's not too bad! We could handle this in the next 10 minutes!”
- Gabby: (while petting Lucilia) “Maybe… alright, Lu, I gotta go. Be good for me.”
- Lucilia: (disappointed meow)
- Gabby: “Alright… what if I throw in an extended cuddle session if I come out alive?”
- Lucilia: (excited meow)

(Gabby silently grins towards Lucilia as she joins Blaze and AJ; cue the STEM song)

- AJ: “🎵 Trajectory!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 That's the path something follows…🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Trajectory!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 When it's flying through the air!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 Will it go to the left, or will it go to the right?🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Trajectory! Will it go super low, or will it go really high?🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Or could it go just right?🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Trajectory!🎵”
- All: “🎵 That's the path something follows…🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Trajectory!🎵”
- All: “🎵 When it's flying through the air!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Trajectory!🎵”
- All: “🎵 That's the path something follows…🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Trajectory!🎵”
- All: “🎵 When it's flying through the air! Trajectory!🎵”

(The song ends; back at the bakery, Crusher, Beldevere, and Pickle have gotten jack-diddly-squat cleaned in the kitchen)

- Beldevere: “How am I supposed to clean this place? I simply cannot touch this sticky mess!”
- Pickle: “Hey, we can help you!”

(Crusher and Pickle start picking up desserts, trying to make sure Beldevere doesn't get food on them, but Crusher stumbles, causing the desserts to drop all over Beldevere)

- Beldevere: “CRUSHER!!”
- Crusher: “Oopsie.”

(Crusher nervously grins and eats a donut. Cut back to our heroes, who are going down a street. Gabby looks back and forth as they reach the construction site. They all start searching around, looking for any clues)

- Blaze: “Baker Booooots! Oh, Baker Booooooooots!”
- AJ: “They've GOT to be around here somewhere!”
- Darington: “EEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!”
- Gabby: “Is that-?”

(Darington stumbles towards them with pie in his face)

- Darington: (weakly) “🎵 Daringtoooon….🎵 Ugh.”

(Darington collapses onto the floor)

- Blaze: “Darington?!”
- Darington: “Blaze, AJ, Gabby? I can't see anything…”

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby come right over)

- AJ: “Are you okay? (flies towards Darington) You have pie covering your eyes.”
- Darington: (shakes the pie out of his eyes) “Okay! That's better. You need to believe me when I say this: something really weird happened. I was driving over to the Monster Dome for a Stunt-Show-Off, but all of a sudden, these weird-o machines start throwing food, and BLAMMO! Got pie right in the face!”
- AJ: “It had to be the Baker Bots!”
- Blaze: “Which way were they heading?”
- Darington: (pointing to a gate, where the Baker Bots arrive) “That-a-way!”
- Gabby: “And there they go! Thanks, Darington!”
- Darington: “See ya!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby enter the gate, and they're immediately barraged with food)

- AJ: “Ay-yi-yi! Dodge!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: (indistinct screaming as they rabidly dodge the food)

(The Baker Bots have launched SO much food that they've formed giant walls before them. Gabby and AJ desperately try to move a wall of donuts, but it fails because they get bounced back. Gabby and AJ are thrown back at Blaze)

- Gabby: (rubbing her head in pain) “Holy hell… that's just way too many donuts.”
- AJ: (whose eyes are now spirals) “You don't suppose…”
- Blaze: “Hey, wait! I got an idea! I could turn into a frontloader!”
- AJ: “A what now?”
- Gabby: “Ah, frontloaders? Those are fantastic for getting heavy things moved out of the way thanks to the huge bucket they have in front.”
- AJ: “Ohhhhh. Hey, yeah! That could work!”
- Blaze: (to reader) “Hey, we gotta build those parts and turn me into a frontloader!”

(Transformation interface begins; AJ and Gabby back up)

- Blaze: “First, I'll need the big bucket to scoop up the food. To make the bucket, say “bucket”. Bucket!”
- (The bucket materializes)
- Blaze: “Grande! Next, we need the two lifting arms that attach to the bucket. Say “lifting arms”. Lifting arms!”
- (The lifting arms materialize)
- Blaze: “Last thing we need, the hydraulic cylinder. That gives the frontloader enough force to lift up heavy things. Say “hydraulic cylinder”. Hydraulic cylinder!”
- (The hydraulic cylinder materializes)
- Blaze: “INTRODUCING THE FRONTLOADED MONSTER MACHINE!”

(Blaze transforms; AJ and Gabby get aboard)

- Blaze: “Alright donut wall…”
- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “THIS TIME YOU DIE!”

(Cue a montage where Blaze scoops up the donut wall, one-by-one. Midway through, Joe and Gus appear, cheering him on while eating donuts)

- Gus: “Yeah-yuh, Blaze! You go, man!”
- Joe: “You da truck!”

(Blaze scoops away the wall of cupcakes, coming across the wall of pies. Unfortunately, despite Gabby and AJ dismounting from him to lend a helping hand, all 3 couldn't do it)

- Gabby: (panting in exhaustion after having given it all her might)
- Blaze: “Cripes, they're too heavy!”
- AJ: “I think I know what we need to do: give Frontloader Blaze more force!”

(Zoom in on the hydraulic cylinder’s gauge)

- AJ: (to reader) “The frontloader gets its’ force from the hydraulic cylinder. If we're gonna lift all those pies, it needs a force of 10. Come on, count to 10 with me!”

(The needle begins to count up)

- AJ: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!”

(AJ rejoins Blaze and Gabby, with all of them working together to scoop up the pies. With all of their effort, it's game over for the pie wall)

- Gabby: (triumphant laughter)
- Blaze: “We did it! Good thing we had all that extra-”

(Suddenly, a pie hits him in the face as he turns back to normal)

- Blaze: “...force…?”

(Blaze, Gabby, and AJ all turn around slowly and realize they forgot something)

- AJ: “The Baker Bots! I can't believe we forgot about them!”
- Gabby: “Ah, bugger. Welp, we know what we need to do.”

(Blaze and AJ look at each other and nod. AJ does the same with Gabby. The trio split up and press the three Baker Bots’ off buttons, dodging cakes and pies along the way. A few minutes later, they return to where they came from)

- AJ: “Baker Bots, done and dealt with. Now how are we gonna clean this mess up?”

(Debris the Garbage Truck pokes his head in)

- Debris: “Perhaps I can help.”
- AJ: “Debris! Perfect timing, uh, as you can see here…”

(AJ grins nervously and gestures to the mess)

- Debris: “Ay, now ZAT’S a big mess! But I have been through worse. Zat’s NOTHING compared to zee mess I had to clean up yesterday. You should have seen it! Ah, forget what I just said. It's clean-up time!”

(In a second montage set to an instrumental rendition of “Hit The Road”, Debris, AJ, Gabby, and Blaze clean up the mess left by the Baker Bots.)

- Debris: “And ZAT is how you clean up. Nice working with you, amies!”
- Blaze: “Bye, Debris! Thank you!”

(Debris drives off, kicking up enough dust to cover the screen and transition to Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle still cleaning the kitchen)

- Beldevere: “Agh, gross! (they toss their mop away) That's it! You idiotes can deal with this mess yourself! I'm far too good for this mess!”

(Beldevere stomps out on a huff, but something is heard falling)

- Beldevere: “Quoi?”

(A pie from Debris falls on Beldevere, hitting him on the head)

- Beldevere: “Great. Just great.”

(Crusher grabs Beldevere and takes him back to the kitchen. Meanwhile, Blaze, AJ, and Gabby are back on the road. AJ checks the number of Baker Bots left on Blaze's control panel)

- AJ: “We've got 6 out of 7 Baker Bots down, meaning… uh oh.”
- Gabby: “Oh God.”
- Blaze: “Gaskets, now we have to face the giant Baker Bot!”

(The trio stop and split up. Cut to AJ searching around the flower shop)

- AJ: “It's not here!”

(Cut to Gabby searching around the restaurant)

- Gabby: “Ain't here either…”

(A scream is heard from offscreen; cut to Blaze in the park getting assaulted by cakes)

- Blaze: “FOUND IT! HEEEELP!!”

(Gabby and AJ pull Blaze into a safe spot as cakes fly everywhere, messing up everyone's picnics)

- Truck voice: “Gyaah! Whoa! Yikes! Hey! Look out!”
- AJ: “We need to shut that Baker Bot down, and fast!”
- Blaze: “How are we supposed to pull that off without getting hit by cakes?!”
- AJ: “We'll check their trajectories! Gabby, would you do the honors?”
- Gabby: “Happily.”

(Gabby boards Blaze; cut to an interface with a set of blankets as lines are shown to point to each one as Gabby names them)

- Gabby: (to reader) “One cake will land on the pink blanket, one on the purple blanket, and one on the blue blanket. We'll be safe as long as we're on the red blanket.”

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby run to the red blanket as cakes are tossed)

- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: (relieved sighs)

(The Baker Bot growls and launches more cakes)

- AJ: “(*honk*)! QUICK!”

(Cut to the blankets again; the lines point to the blue, red, and turquoise blankets)

- Gabby: (to reader) “Make this quick; which blanket won't be hit by the cakes?”

(Reader responds “the purple blanket”)

- Gabby: “The purple one, right!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby run to the purple blanket as cakes are tossed. The Baker Bot is furious)

- Baker Bot: “WHY WON'T YOU DIIIIIIE?!”
- Blaze: “HURRY! HURRY!!”

(Cut to a final set of blankets; lines point to the pink, red, and purple blankets)

- Gabby: (to reader) “Which blanket won't be hit by the cakes?”

(Reader responds “the blue blanket”)

- Gabby: “The blue one!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby run to to the blue blanket as cakes are tossed; they jump off a hill and seize the opportunity to shut the Baker Bot down, ending their reign of terror for good)

- AJ: “HE'S DEAD!”
- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “HOORAY!!”

(Various honking noises are heard; Clive and the other trucks gather round)

- Trucks: “YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY!”
- Clive: “Marvelous work, you three! Ah, how can I ever thank you?”
- Blaze: “Well… for starters, after we clean up this mess, maybe you could let me have a snack break at the buffet?”

(Blaze starts drooling again. AJ and Gabby shake their heads)

- AJ: “Here we go again.”

(Gabby, AJ, and Blaze grab brooms. Blaze deploys his speed boosters, surrounding AJ and Gabby with a blue aura)

- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(They sweep up all the cakes at warp speed. Now the whole park is clean)

- Blaze: “Now can we have a snack break at the bakery? Pleaaaaase??”

(AJ and Gabby sigh as if to say “Okay, fine”. Back at the bakery, Pickle and Crusher are cleaning the kitchen themselves while Beldevere naps)

- Crusher and Pickle: “🎵 Honkin’ 9-to-5! BA-DA! What a way to make a living! Barely gettin’ by! BA-DA!🎵”
- Crusher: “And we're done!”
- Beldevere: (wakes up and gasps) “The kitchen is clean? Finally! We did it!”
- Crusher and Pickle: “We?!”

(Beldevere starts to leave)

- Pickle: “Should we tell them that the floor is still wet?”
- Crusher: “Nah.”

(Beldevere slips on the water and lands in a dumpster full of desserts right outside. A pie falls on their head as the usual iris-out on Beldevere ends the episode)

Notes:

Foreign words and translations:
* "Inkomend" = "Incoming" in Dutch
* "Bel tiro" = "Nice shot" in Italian
* "Ganyan mo gawin" = "That's how you do it" in Filipino
* "Grande" = "Great" in Italian
* "Amies" = "Friends" in French
* "Quoi" = "What" in French
* "Idiotes" = "Idiots" in French

Chapter 24: S1, E10: 🎵 Truck Rangers!🎵 (Or: Beldevere is a bitch: the episode)

Summary:

Well that was fucking quick, wasn't it? Anyway, Blaze, Gabby, and Amber prove their worth to Beldevere after they take their meanness a little TOO far.

Notes:

Trivia: Beldevere is at their WORST in this episode.

Voice cast:
- Nolan North: Blaze
- Angelina Wahler: Gabby
- Tori Feinstein: Amber
- James Patrick Stuart: Zeg
- Alexander Polinsky: Darington
- Kate Higgins: Starla
- Sunil Malhotra: Stripes
- Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher/Gus
- Nat Faxon: Pickle/Joe
- Ciarán Strange: Beldevere
- Dee Bradley Baker: Skunk/Croaking Cave Frog

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

(Heads up everyone: If your favorite character is Gabby then maybe you won't like this one. Poor girl...

Theme song:
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the Sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit, from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travellers, “are your dreams still unobstructed?” My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We'll tell the travellers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven… With us, the world continues to change…!🎵”
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵”

(The episode begins on a view of a campsite. Various Axle City resident are hanging out wearing ranger hats. Gus and another truck ride a canoe. Joe and Stripes go fishing.)

- Stripes: “Rawwwr! Haha!”

(Darington and Ferris haul a canoe. Zeg (with Amber's help) picks up a log)

- Amber: “There we go, Zeg, ol’ buddy!”
- Zeg: “Zeg! Hehehehe!”

(Joe and Gus share a kiss by the fire (yes they're gay in this AU; just roll with it). Starla and Darington play tug-o-war)

- Gus: “I love you, Joe.”
- Joe: “Same for you, Gus.”

(Pan up to Gabby, taking a nap up in the trees. A sudden shout wakes her up)

- Blaze: (offscreen) “WOOOOOOHOOO!!”

(Blaze comes out of nowhere, racing towards the camp. He swirls around the flagpole, raising the flag as he lands (while all of this is happening, Gabby falls off the tree and lands squarely on a nearby canoe))

- Blaze: (saluting) “🎵 Truck Rangers!🎵 (to reader) Ciao! Blaze here! (he shows the reader his hat) Check it out; I'm a Truck Ranger! When you're a Truck Ranger, you get to wear special hats and do cool stuff in the woods. (he leaps over the canoe Gabby landed on) Like row boats…”
- Gabby: (weakly) “Ow.”
- Blaze: “Wanna ride, Gabs?”
- Gabby: “Eeyeah.”

(Gabby boards Blaze while trying to tend to her injury)

- Blaze: “And roast marshmallows!”

(He hands out marshmallows to Joe and Gus at the fire)

- Gus: “Now that's s’more like it! Ha! (Hugs Joe)”
- Blaze: “We even get to sleep in tents!”
- Yellow Truck Ranger: (grunting as he tries to hoist a tent)
- Blaze: “Mind if I help you? (He hoists the tent)”
- Yellow Truck Ranger: “Thanks, Blaze!”

(The “Reveille” call suddenly blares out, jumpscaring Gabby as she frantically looks around)

- Gabby: “Lieutenant Inferno?! God, no!!”
- Blaze: “Who now?”
- Gabby: “You don't know? (sighs) Lieutenant Inferno was my “teacher” when I was training to become a soldier in Hell's Army. Oh, GOD, he was brutal. I still have several whip marks on my arms. That “Reveille” call? All of my classmates dreaded it. It meant the Lieutenant was about to arrive. If we didn't listen to him, he'd… forget it. You don't want to know.”

(Blaze shoots Gabby a horrified look)

- Gabby: “Yep. I know…”
- Beldevere: “GATHER ROUND, YOU INCOMPETENT CAMPERS!”
- Blaze and Gabby: “BELDEVERE'S THE TROOP LEADER TODAY?!”
- Gabby: “Today just won't be my day. I can tell.”

(Gabby and Blaze join the other trucks. Amber notices Gabby shivering and puts a hand on her shoulder.)

- Beldevere: “Alright you idiots, today's the day you get to prove you're not entirely worthless!”
- Stripes: “Not entirely worthless? Come on, there's no way we're worthless!”
- Beldevere: “Today, you'll earn your Super Ranger Badges!... If you're not totally incompetent like GABBY here!”

(As Beldevere reveals the Super Ranger Badges, Amber and Blaze glare at him while Gabby growls)

- Amber: (offscreen) “Go bleach your roots, jerk!”
- Beldevere: “Excusez-moi?”
- Amber: “I SAID GO BLEACH YOUR ROOTS, JERK!!”
- Beldevere: “I said what I said, bitch. Now, if you're willing to just shut up and listen, I shall explain how you get your badges. (they walk to the first badge) The first badge is the Super Frog Finder badge. If you want to earn it, you need to search through a deep, dark cave and find a croaking cave frog.”
- Truck Rangers: (intrigued murmurs)
- Beldevere: (shows the second badge) “Next, the Super Mountain Climbing badge. You can only get it if you're tough enough to climb the tallest mountain in the forest.”
- Truck Rangers: “Wow…”
- Beldevere: (shows the final badge) “And finally, the best badge of them all. The Super Bravery Badge. It shall be kept with me until one of you manages to best me at something… which, considering how stupid all of you are, will be extremely difficult. Good luck, campers. May the best camper get the glory… which of course, would be me.”

(Beldevere smugly walks off, leaving the others to their own devices)

Starla: “If y'all will excuse me, I’ma gonna shoot for that Mountain Climbin’ badge.”
Stripes: “I'll try getting that Frog Finder badge!”

(Stripes and Starla head off, leaving just Blaze, Gabby, and Amber.)

- Amber: “Is it just me, or… was Beldevere worse than usual?”
- Gabby: (sadly) “...am I really that worthless?”
- Blaze and Amber: “NO!!”
- Blaze: “Come on, Gabs! We're gonna show Belle we're WAY more than worthless!”
- Amber: “¡Sí!”
- Blaze: “We'll get ALL of the badges, together!”
- Gabby: (unsurely) “Really?”
- Blaze and Amber: “HELL YEAH!”
- Gabby: (weakly smiling) “Okay… I like the sound of that.”

(Beldevere approaches Crusher and Pickle)

- Beldevere: “Okay, Junior Rangers! We're going to keep the others from getting those badges!”
- Pickle: “How are we gonna do that? By working hard and earning them?”
- Beldevere: “Nope! We'll cheat!”

(Beldevere cackles maniacally; fade to Blaze, Gabby, and Amber zooming through the forest as the travel song starts up)

- Blaze: “🎵 Come on, let's go! We're ready to roll!🎵”
- Amber: “🎵 Full speed ahead! Ready, set…🎵”
- All: “GO!!”
- Blaze: “🎵 Time for adventure!🎵”
- Gabby: “Let's go!”
- Amber: “🎵 Faster and faster!🎵”
- Gabby: “Let's go! 🎵 Pedal to the metal!🎵”
- All: “Let's go! 🎵 We can be the heroes!🎵 Let's go! 🎵 Come on, let's go!🎵”

(Song ends; they continue on)

- Blaze: “Guys, come on! We need to show Belle that us Truck Rangers aren't worthless!”

(Blaze's control panel shows the badges)

- Blaze: “First up, the Super Frog Finder badge; we earn it by finding the croaking cave frog! I've heard that thing’s a REAL hard catch!”
- Stripes: (offscreen) “Ribbit? Ribbit-ribbit?”
- Amber: “Hold on, I'm hearing something…”

(Pan over to a rustling bush; Stripes’ tail is poking out of it, swishing back and forth)

- Stripes: “Ribbit-ribbit? ¿Dónde estás?”
- Amber: (snickering) “I know for a fact croaking cave frogs don't speak Spanish…”
- Stripes: (pops out of the bush) “Ribbit?”
- Blaze: (chuckling) “It's Stripes!”
- Stripes: “¡Hola, chicos! I've been looking everywhere for that croaking cave frog, but so far, I've found jack-diddly-squat! Nothing! ¡Nada!”
- Gabby: “We can help you look, if you want.”
- Amber: “¡Sí! We're pretty good at this sort of thing!”
- Stripes: “¡Está bien!”

(Croaking is heard; the gang looks around)

- Blaze: “I hear his croaking!”
- Stripes: “Me too!”

(More croaking)

- Stripes: “I think we need a way to figure out where the sound is coming from…”

(Amber thinks for a moment, then she snaps her fingers as she gets an idea)

- Amber: “¡Amigos! Follow me!”

(Amber turns into a bat and leads the others into the cave. Yet more croaking is heard; a green soundwave ripples over to Amber)

- Amber: (to the gang and the reader) “Do you guys see those wavy lines? Those are soundwaves! When something makes a sound, it sends out an invisible wave, and when that wave touches your ear… that's when you hear the sound! Bats use these soundwaves for something called echolocation! Watch this…”

(The gang comes across two tunnels; one yellow and one blue)

- Amber: “Bats like me can use soundwaves to navigate their surroundings. Let me demonstrate!”

(Cut to the tunnels; Amber flies over to the middle of them)

- Amber: “Make sure to look for a soundwave if you hear his croaking!”

(The croaking comes from the blue tunnel)

- Stripes: (to reader) “Which tunnel did the soundwave come from?”

(The blue tunnel glows briefly; reader responds “the blue tunnel”. Amber flies over to the blue tunnel)

- Stripes: “The azul tunnel!”
- Amber: “Follow me, ¡damas y caballeros!”

(They go through; Gabby and Amber high-five)

- Blaze: “Aw, yeah!”
- Gabby: “Nice…”
- Stripes: “Ahaha, ¡sí!”

(Three more tunnels lie ahead; one green, one white, and one purple. Amber flies to the middle of the screen)

- Amber: “Hey look, more tunnels!”
- Blaze: (to reader) “Help us figure out which way to go! Look for the soundwave.”

(The croaking comes from the green tunnel)

- Blaze: “Which tunnel did the soundwave come from?”

(The green tunnel glows briefly; reader responds “the green tunnel”. Amber flies over to the green tunnel)

- Blaze: “The green tunnel!”

(Amber makes a “follow me” gesture with her wings; they go through)

- Gabby: “Way to go, Amber!”
- Blaze: “Oh-ho-ho, YEAH!!”
- Stripes: “Rawwwr! Woohoo!”

(They approach one final set of tunnels; one white, one yellow, one purple, and one blue)

- Amber: “We're getting closer! (to reader) Watch for the frog’s soundwave!”

(The croaking comes from the purple tunnel)

- Gabby: (to reader) “So, which tunnel did it come from?”

(The purple tunnel glows briefly; reader responds “the purple tunnel”. Amber flies over to the purple tunnel)

- Gabby: “The purple tunnel, right.”
- Amber: “This way!”

(They go through and enter a pond)

- Stripes: “A pond? (gasps in realization) Wait! This must be the croaking cave frog’s home!”

(Zoom in on the pond)

- Stripes: (to reader) “Where's the croaking cave frog?”

(The croaking cave frog pops out of the water and lands on a rock; reader responds)

- Stripes: “¡Sí, ahí el esta!”

(The frog croaks and hops, landing on Gabby's arm)

- Gabby: “There you are, little guy. I was hoping we would find you.”

(The frog nuzzles up to Gabby and hops on Stripes' head)

- Blaze, Amber, and Stripes: (laughing)
- Stripes: “Guys, I think the croaking cave frog wants us to play with him!”
- Blaze: (chuckling) “Alright, little froggy, lead the way!”

(The gang follows after the frog; STEM song begins)

- Amber: “🎵 There's an invisible wave…🎵”
- Blaze, Gabby, and Stripes: “SOUNDWAVES!”
- Amber: “🎵 When something makes a sound! And when that wave touches your ear…🎵”
- Blaze, Gabby, and Stripes: “SOUNDWAVES!”
- Amber: “🎵 Well, that's when you hear the sound!🎵”
- Blaze, Gabby, and Stripes: “SOUNDWAVES!”
- Amber: “¡Vamos, chicos! Sing it loud!”
- Gabby: “🎵 A soft sound has an amplitude that's small…🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 And a loud sound has an amplitude that's tall!🎵”
- Stripes: “🎵 Yeah, yeah, yeah!🎵”
- Amber: “🎵 There's an invisible wave…🎵”
- Blaze, Gabby, and Stripes: “SOUNDWAVES!”
- Amber: “🎵 When something makes a sound! And when that wave touches your ear…🎵”
- Blaze, Gabby, and Stripes: “SOUNDWAVES!”
- Amber: “🎵 Well, that's when you hear the sound!🎵”
- All: “🎵 So-ound wa-a-aves!🎵”

(The song ends; Amber is back to human form and the frog croaks; cue the “Reveille” call sounding off again as Beldevere comes in on Crusher. Gabby leaps into Amber's arms)

- Gabby: (yelping)
- Amber: “Está bien, cariño.”
- Crusher: “Hey, Truck Rangers!”
- All except Beldevere and Crusher: (in an exasperated tone while glaring at Beldevere) “🎵 Truck Rangers…🎵”

(The frog glares at Beldevere and croaks the same melody)

- Beldevere: “Hmmph. Perhaps you do have some slight competence after all. I shall reward you four with the Super Frog Finder badge. (Gives all of them a badge) One for Blaze…”
- Blaze: “Awesome!”
- Beldevere: “One for Stripes…”
- Stripes: “Rawwwr!”
- Beldevere: “One for Amber…”
- Amber: “Sweet!”
- Beldevere: (in an annoyed tone while glaring at Gabby) “And one for you, bastard.”
- Gabby: “Don't push it, Belle.”

(The frog croaks “byeeeee”)

- Amber: “¡Adios, rana de las cavernas croando! We need to go so we can earn more ranger badges and show Belle that we're the boss!”

(The frog hugs Amber; she laughs)

- Beldevere: “I hope you all die out there.”
- Stripes: “Shut up, Belle!”

(Everyone leaves as the frog leaps back into the cave; Beldevere and Crusher drive up to Pickle. Beldevere dismounts from Crusher)

- Beldevere: “Alright boys, it's time you earn your Super Frog Finder badges!”
- Crusher: “Hooray! Come on, Pick-”
- Beldevere: “BUUUT you need to cheat.”

(Beldevere reveals a cheating gadget)

- Beldevere: “Use this. I'll leave you to it.”

(Beldevere hands Crusher the Animal Grabber and leaves. Crusher lets the machine reach into the cave and manages to snatch an animal… a skunk, that is. It sprays him and Pickle, causing them to retreat. It squeaks slyly and leaves. Now, the gang is continuing on)

- Blaze: “One down, two to go! (his control panel opens) Next is the Super Mountain Climbing badge. To earn it, we have to climb the tallest mountain in the forest.”

(Pan up to a variety of different mountains)

- Blaze: (to reader) “Which mountain is the tallest?”

(The tallest mountain lights up as the reader responds)

- Blaze: “Yup, that's the one we're looking for! Follow me, guys!”

(They head up the mountain; Starla is climbing it)

- Starla: “🎵 One, two, three, four! Gotta climb up some more! Five, six, seven, eight! I'll show Beldevere I'm great!🎵”
- Blaze: “Come on, Starlaaa!”
- Amber: “¡Puedes hacer esto!”
- Gabby: (nods in approval)
- Starla: “Thanks, fellas! I'm almost at the top! (she jumps to the next rock) Hah! (she stumbles) Well, bust ma' buffers! This rock’s REAL small!”

(Starla dangles over the edge)

- Blaze: “Uh-oh, Starla's in trouble!”
- Gabby: “I think I see the problem here: that rock was just too small for her. If we're gonna climb up and save her, we need to be careful and avoid the rocks that are smaller.”

(Gabby grabs her toolbox and looks around, eventually getting her tablet (which makes its’ debut in this AU) out. Gabby shows the others something; cut to an interface)

- Gabby: “This rock is 8 meters long…”
- Blaze: “And I'm 4 meters!”
- Gabby: (to reader) “Would Blaze happen to fit on that rock?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

- Gabby: “Right, 8 meters is bigger than 4.”

(Amber transforms into a mountain goat; the gang all find their own ways to jump onto the rock)

- Blaze: “Look at that, PLENTY of room!”
- Starla: “Whoaaaa! (grunting) I ain't sure I can hang on much longer, y’all!”

(Gabby gulps and quickly shows the others another interface; cut over to the interface)

- Gabby: “That rock up there is 2 meters, and Blaze is 4 meters…”

(Cut back to the gang, who shake their heads)

- Gabby: “I thought so. Let's try another rock…”

(Cut back to the interface)

- Gabby: “How about this rock? It's 6 meters.”
- Blaze: (to reader) “Could I fit on this rock?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

- Blaze: “Yeah!”

(The gang jump to the next rock)

- Gabby: “Heh.” (Dusts hands off)
- Amber and Blaze: (cheering)
- Starla: “Hurry, y'all! I'm slippin’!”

(Gabby frantically pulls another interface up on her tablet and shows it to the others; cut to the interface)

- Gabby: “How’s this rock? It's 3 me… y’know what, I think we know the answer to this one.”
- Gabby, Blaze, and Amber: (various forms of “no”)
- Gabby: “Then how about this rock? It's 5 meters.”
- Blaze: (to reader) “Could I fit on this rock?”

(Viewer responds “yes”; the gang jumps to the next rock. Starla screams as she falls off the rock she was dangling off of, and Blaze catches her with his tow hook, flinging her safely to the top)

- Starla: “YEEHAW! You saved me! Ah think it's time I helped you!”

(Starla lowers her lasso down to Blaze. As Gabby and Amber climb to the top themselves, he hold the lasso and Starla pulls him up)

- Blaze: “Woo!”
- Gabby: “Haha!”
- Amber: “¡Sí!”
- Starla: “Check it out, y’all: we're at the top of the mountain!”

(They give each other a 4-way high-tire)

- Blaze: “É stato fantastico!”

(Gabby and Amber (who is back to human form) hug; the “Reveille” call blares out; causing the two to fall over as Beldevere arrives on Crusher)

- Beldevere: “You could have been a little faster than that, Crusher!”
- Crusher: “Whatever. Ahem… hey, Truck Rangers!”
- All except Beldevere and Crusher: (in an exasperated tone while glaring at Beldevere) “🎵 Truck Rangers…🎵”
- Beldevere: “I suppose your climbing skills were alright. I have no choice but to give you the Super Mountain Climbing badges. (gives one to Starla) (sarcastically) Congratulations. (gives one to Gabby, Blaze, and Amber)”
- Starla: “Yeehaw! We did it, y’all!”
- Blaze and Amber: (cheering)
- Gabby: (nod of approval)
- Blaze: “Soooo… how are we supposed to get down?”
- Starla: “Shoo-wee, that's easy. Just do what I do. (she lassos a rock and tosses a rope down) This-a way, y'all!”
- Blaze: “Here we go!”
- Gabby: (gulps)

(They climb down the mountain safely on the rope. As soon as Belle and Crusher come down, they drive over to Pickle, who is coming up the road.)

- Beldevere: “Are you boys ready to climb up the tallest mountain?”
- Crusher and Pickle: “YEAH!!”

(Beldevere simply tosses them a mechanical trampoline)

- Beldevere: “You two will simply use this to launch up to the top.”

(Beldevere walks back to the campsite with the Super Bravery Badge in tow. Crusher and Pickle use the machine to spring themselves upwards; cue the return of the skunk from earlier. The skunk’s smell causes them to drop off the ledge and land into a bush.)

- Beldevere: “Disappointing. I expected better from you two. Now, here's what I want you to do. You two will steal the Super Bravery Badges from the stage, using this mechanical bear.”

(On cue, the mechanical bear steps into view, cracking his knuckles)

- Beldevere: “He'll do anything you'd want him to do… as long as you say it with music.”

(Beldevere takes out an accordion and starts to sing)

- Beldevere: “🎵 Robo Bear, Robo Bear, one, two, three! Steal those badges and give them to me!🎵”

(The bear begins to march in the direction of the stage, scaring the Truck Rangers)

- Truck Ranger: “HOLY CRAP, A BEAR!”
- Various Truck Rangers: “YEAAAAAUGH!!”
- Zeg: “Wait… did Belle say the Robo Bear only follows orders with music?”
- Starla: “Shoot, looks like it!”

(Zeg takes out a drum set, while Starla reveals a lap steel guitar)

- Starla: “C’mon, y’all!”

(Blaze grabs an electric guitar and hooks it up to an amplifier. Gabby shifts through her toolbox and finds her fiddle. Amber reveals her acoustic guitar. Darington and Stripes find three microphones, handing one over to Gabby.)

- Gabby: “Alright, Belle… let's rumble.”

(Cue the starting of the heroes’ counter-song: Cowboy Casanova!)

- Gabby, Blaze, Amber, Stripes, Zeg, Starla, and Darington: “🎵 Whoa-OH! Whoa-OH! Whoa-OH!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 You better take it from me; that guy's just like a disease! You're running and trying and trying to hide, and you're wondering why you can't get free!🎵”
- Beldevere: “QUOI?!”

(The Robo Bear is stunned by the heroes' volume)

- Gabby: “🎵 They're like a curse, they're like a drug! You get addicted to their love! You wanna get out but they're holding you down ‘cause you can't live without one more touch!🎵”

(The Robo Bear slowly walks over to the heroes)

- Beldevere: “NO!”
- Gabby: “🎵 They're a, a good time cowboy Casanova…🎵”
- Gabby, Starla, and Amber: “🎵 Leaning up against the record machine!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 They look like a cool drink of water, but they're…🎵”
- Gabby, Starla, and Amber: “🎵 Candy-coated misery!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 They're a devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes, and they only come out at night! Get your feelings that you don't wanna fight, you better run for your life!🎵”
- Gabby, Blaze, Amber, Zeg, Starla, Stripes, and Darington: “🎵 Whoa-OH! Whoa-OH! Whoa-OH!🎵”

(As they continue playing, the Robo Bear lays the Super Bravery Badges by Gabby.)

- Beldevere: “No! No! 🎵 D-don’t listen, bear! My music’s… louder?🎵”
- Crusher: “GO TEAM BLAZE GO!”
- Pickle: “YOU GOT THIS!”
- Blaze: “🎵 I see that look on your face; you ain't hearing what we say! So we'll say it again ‘cause we've been where you've been, and we know how it ends, you can't get away-ay-ay!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Don't even look in their eyes!🎵”
- Darington and Stripes: “🎵 Oh-oh!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 They'll tell you nothing but lies!🎵”
- Darington and Stripes: “🎵 Oh-oh!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 And you wanna believe that you won't be deceived…🎵”
- Blaze and Gabby: “🎵 If you listen to us and take our advi-i-i-ice…!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 They're a, a good time cowboy Casanova…🎵”
- Gabby, Starla, and Amber: “🎵 Leaning up against the record machine!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 They look like a cool drink of water, but they're…🎵”
- Gabby, Starla, and Amber: “🎵 Candy-coated misery!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 They're a devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes, and they only come out at night! Get your feelings that you don't wanna fight, you better run for your life!🎵”

(Gabby looks towards Blaze and grins; he promptly turns the amplifier up to eleven, with the resulting soundwave destroying the Robo Bear)

- Beldevere: “NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO!!”
- Gabby: “🎵 Run run away, don't let them mess with your mind… they'll tell you anything you wanna hear! They'll break your heart, it's just a matter of time… but just remember; they're a, a good time…🎵”
- Gabby, Blaze, Amber, Zeg, Starla, Stripes, and Darington: “🎵 COWBOY CASANOVA, leaning up against the record machine! They look like a cool drink of water, but they're candy-coated misery! They're the devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes, and they only come out at night! Get your feelings that you don't wanna fight, you better run for your life!🎵”
- Darington and Stripes: “🎵 Whoa-OH!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Oh, you better run for your life!🎵”
- Darington and Stripes: “🎵 Whoa-OH!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Yeah-ah, you better run for your life!🎵”

(The song ends; the Truck Rangers go wild while Beldevere is in awe)

- Beldevere: “...you win. Just… take the badges and go. I've literally got no other words.”

(Gabby smirks and removes her microphone from its' stand. She promptly drops it.)

- Gabby: “Truck Rangers… I think we won.”
- Truck Rangers: (cheering)
- Gabby: “Blaze, mind starting up another song? I'm on a roll here.”

(Blaze, Amber, Gabby, Zeg, Stripes, Starla, and Darington start up another song, causing an impromptu dance party among the Truck Rangers. Fade over to Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle walking away)

- Pickle: “Well… at least you tried.”
- Crusher: “A for effort, I think?”
- Beldevere: (grumbles) “I need a nap.”

(Beldevere lies against a log, causing the skunk from earlier to spray Beldevere)

- Beldevere: “GAH! GET AWAY FROM ME! GO! SHOO! GO AWAY! AAAAAUGH!”

(Beldevere runs away while the skunk snickers; the camera irises out on the skunk as the episode ends)

Notes:

Foreign words and translations:
- "Excusez-moi" = "excuse me" in French
- "Sí" = "Yes" in Spanish
- "Dónde estás" = "where are you" in Spanish
- "Nada" = "nothing" in spanish
- "Está bien" = "Okay" in Spanish
- "Amigos" = "friends" in Spanish
- "Azul" = "blue" in Spanish
- "Damas y caballeros" = "ladies and gentlemen" in Spanish
- "Sí, ahí el esta" = "yes, there he is" in Spanish
- "Vamos, chicos" = "come on, guys" in Spanish
- "Está bien, cariño" = "it's okay, sweetie" in Spanish
- "Adios" = "goodbye" in Spanish
- "Rana de las cavernas croando" = Croaking Cave Frog in Spanish
- "Puedes hacer esto" = "you can do this" in Spanish
- "É stato fantastico" = "it was fantastic" in Italian
- "Quoi" = "What" in French
- "Ciao" = "Hello" in Italian

Chapter 25: Songs of season 1 and their genres

Summary:

Did you know that most of the songs in DOTD, SOTFK are re-arranged from their original versions? Here's what I think they'd sound like.

Chapter Text

Blaze of Glory:
1. Let's Blaze!: Punk-pop
2. Buoyancy: Techno
3. Monster Machine Friends: Punk-pop
4. Ending theme: Hard rock

The Driving Force:
1. Let's Blaze!: Punk-pop
2. Force: Alt-rock

Tool Duel:
1. Hit the Road: Jazz fusion
2. Friction: Soft-rock/Hip-hop

The Bouncy Tires:
1. Hit the Road: Jazz fusion
2. Adhesion: Rap

Epic Sail:
1. Wind Power: Lo-fi
2. Let's Go: Freestyle

Stuntmania:
1. Hit the Road: Jazz fusion
2. Acceleration: Dubstep

The Jungle Horn:
1. Let's Blaze! (Stripes remix): Cumbia
2. Balance: Salsa

The Team Truck Challenge:
1. Let's Blaze!: Punk-pop
2. That's Mass!: Rap-rock

Cake-tastrophe:
1. UUUUUS!: Punk-rock
2. Hit the Road: Jazz fusion
3. Trajectory: Techno (first STEM song to reuse a music genre)

Truck Rangers:
1. Let's Go: Freestyle
2. Soundwaves: Cumbia + Call-and-response
3. Cowboy Casanova: Country

Truckball Team-Up:
1. Hit the Road: Jazz fusion
2. Lever: Rap

The Mystery Bandit:
1. Hit the Road: Jazz fusion
2. Magnets: Electro rock

Gasquatch!:
1. Hit the Road: Jazz fusion
2. Inertia: Elvis-style rockabilly

Trouble at the Truck Wash:
1. Burn Rubber! (which makes an early debut in this episode): Metal
2. Angles: Punk-pop

A Zeg and his Egg:
1. Let's Go: Freestyle
2. Wedge!: Rap

Belle and the Runaway Rocket:
1. Burn Rubber!: Metal
2. Springs: Arena rock
3. Monster Machine Friends: Pop-punk

Starla's Cattle Drive:
1. Let's Go (Starla remix): Country
2. Current: Country rap  CUT FROM THE SEASON; I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE

Dragon Island Duel:
1. Let's Blaze! (AJ remix): Pinoy rock
2. Let's Investigate!: Pop-punk
3. I Just Wanna Shine: Indie pop

The Sneezles are Contagious:
1. Go! Go! GO! (which makes an early debut in this episode): Rap-rock
2. Freezing!: Punk-rap

Chapter 26: S1, E11: Truckball Team-Up!

Summary:

In this episode, Blaze gathers a team of his friends to play against Beldevere in Truckball, and something major happens to Gabby...

Notes:

Trivia: From this episode and onwards, Gabby has an altered appearance, with red skin and horns, making her look more like a traditional demon.

Voice cast:
* Nolan North: Blaze
* Dusan Brown: AJ
* Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher/Gus
* Nat Faxon: Pickle/Joe
* Angelina Wahler: Gabby
* Kate Higgins: Starla
* Alexander Polinsky: Darington
* James Patrick Stuart: Zeg
* Jeff Bennett: Bump Bumperman/Rudy
* Tori Feinstein: Amber
* Ciarán Strange: Beldevere
* Amanda Celine Miller/Bennett Abara: Zippy

Chapter Text

Theme song:
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! All of us! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the Sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit, from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travellers, “are your dreams still unobstructed?” My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We'll tell the travellers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven… With us, the world continues to change…!🎵”
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵”

(The episode starts with Blaze playing Truckball. Gabby and Amber are acting as announcers.)

- Amber: “Blaze takes the ball! He bounces it, he bumps it, he hits it…”
- Gabby: “And it's in the goal!”

(The ball goes through a diamond-shaped hole)

- Blaze: “Yes!!”
- Amber: “GOOOAL!”
- Gabby: “Not bad, Blaze. Bet’cha ain't as good as me, though.”
- Blaze: (to reader) “Ciao! It's Blaze! Me, Gabby, and Amber are playing Truckball; it's one of Axle City’s signature sports!”
- Gabby: “To score a point, you have to hit the ball through that hole. As I'm about to demonstrate, I'm far better at Truckball than ol’ Blaze-o here.”

(Gabby takes the ball and starts juggling it with her feet. She gives Blaze a smirk as if to say “check this out”. She kicks the ball up and immediately transitions to a basketball-style dunk, getting it through the hole successfully. AJ enters, catching the ball and spinning it on his finger)

- Blaze: “Ciao, AJ!”
- AJ: “Guys, come on! I need to show you something!”
- Blaze: “Then lead the way!”

(Gabby’s wings spread out as she, Amber (who became a cheetah) and Blaze follow AJ to the Monster Dome, where a sports court is set up)

- Blaze: “Whoa… a giant Truckball court?”
- Bump Bumperman: “GRRRREEEETINGS MONSTER MACHINES! WELCOME ONE AND WELCOME ALL TO THE TRRRRRUCKBALL GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!!”
- Joe and Gus: (cheering and whooping)
- Bump Bumperman: “The big game is about to begin, and all we need are two teams rrrready to rrrrumble!”
- Blaze: “Ooh, me! I wanna play!”

(He drives onto the field, but a referee stops him)

- Referee: “Whoa, whoawhoa. Hang on there, lil’ buddy. How many people are on your team?”
- Blaze: “My team? Well… it's just me, AJ, Gabby, and Amber.”
- Referee: “Ooh, sorry bud, but you can't play without a team. To even be considered a team, you need to have 8 players.”

(Crusher's horn sounds; he and Beldevere enter the field with 6 other trucks, one in particular being Rudy)

- Beldevere: “Well, lookee here. Too bad, so sad, Blaze. Guess ya can't play in the Grand Championship like me and my team!”
- Blaze: “Beldevere?! You have a Truckball team?!”
- Beldevere: “Damn right I do! Check it; eight players: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and moi!”
- Rudy: (snickering)
- Beldevere: “🎵 Catch you on the flip side, looooooseeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr-🎵 WHOA!”

(Beldevere slips on the ball and lands flat on their face. Blaze sadly returns to the pits)

- Blaze: “Awww… I can't believe I'm not able to play Truckball.”
- Gabby: “No big deal, dude. After all, you're only 4 members short.”
- AJ: “How about we go find your friends and see if they want to play?”
- Blaze: “Hey, yeah! That's an awesome idea! Alright guys, Operation Find-Our-Friends-and-Ask-Them-to-Be-On-Our-Team-So-We-Can-Play-Truckball-and-Also-Think-Of-a-Shorter-Name-for-This-Operation is… (breathes in) GO!”

(Blaze rushes off; Gabby, AJ, and Amber look at the camera and shrug. Gabby and AJ start flying behind Blaze while Amber becomes a cheetah and dashes off with them; cue the travel song)

- Blaze: “🎵 Come on, let's hit the road!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Get ready, here we go!🎵”
- Amber: “HERE WE GO!”
- AJ: “🎵 One!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Two!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 Three!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Come on and follow me!🎵”
- Amber: “WOOHOO!”
- Blaze: “🎵 G-g-gimme some speed!🎵”
- AJ: “Yeah! 🎵 One!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Two!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 Three!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Blaze and AJ: “🎵 One, two, three, and four! Kick the pedal to the floor!🎵”
- Gabby and Amber: “🎵 Five, six, seven, and eight!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”

(The song ends; on a nearby ranch, Starla is feeding a group of pigs (one of them being Zippy) at a trough)

- Starla: (humming the theme song)
- Zippy: “Thanks, Starla!”

(The gang comes by)

- Blaze: “Starla!”
- Starla: “Well, I'll be. Howdy, y’all! What’cha doin’ here?”
- AJ: “Trying to put together a Truckball team! It's just us right now, though.”
- Starla: “I'm sorry, did you say “Truckball”? Shoo-wee, I love Truckball!”

(Starla gets out a ball and shows her skills)

- AJ: “Holy-!”
- Starla: “I ain't too bad, ya see?”
- Blaze: “Yeah… you're really good at this. Would you like to join our Truckball team?”
- Starla: “Would I? Would I?! Hell yeah I would! Count me in!”
- Blaze: “Urrà!”

(Blaze and Starla high-tire)

- Starla: “Didja hear that, piggies? I'm gonna play Truck…”

(Cut to a wide shot of the barn; the pigs are missing)

- Starla: “...ball? Piggies? Where'd y'all go?”

(The pigs are running away into the cornfield)

- AJ: (sighs)
- Starla: “Silly me, I left the fence open! Piggies! Get back here!”

(Starla chases after the pigs, carrying her lasso. Soon, Blaze, Gabby, Amber, and AJ catch up, carrying lassos of their own)

- Starla: “Alrighty now, we got 8 pigs to catch. You ready?”
- Blaze: “Ready!”
- AJ: “Yeah!”
- Starla: “YEEHAW!”

(They all speed forward until they catch up to the pigs; they launch their lassos at them)

- Starla: “Lessee here: I got two…”
- Blaze: “I got two…”
- AJ: “I got one…”
- Gabby: “I got one…”
- Amber: “And I got one.”

(They all pause as they realize something)

- AJ: (while making the “8-7=1” equation) “Eight… minus seven… equals… I think we missed one.”
- Gabby: “Well thank you, Captain Obvious.”
- Starla: “Gabs! Be nice.”
- Blaze: “Welp! Let's go find it.”

(The gang searches around the farm)

- Starla: (in the foreground) “ZIPPY!”
- Blaze: (in the background) “Come on, Zippy!”
- Gabby: (popping in from the left side) “Zippy! Here, piggy!”
- AJ: (popping in from the right side) “Where are ya, Zippy?”
- Amber: (popping out from the top of the screen, thus coming out upside down) “Zippy? ¿Dónde estás?”
- Starla: “Bust ma' buffers, Zippy’s real good at hidin’ today!”
- Blaze: (to reader) “Where do you see Zippy?”

(Zippy snickers as she comes out of a scarecrow's hat; reader responds)

- Blaze: “There she is! In the scarecrow!”

(Zippy jumps off and hops onto Blaze's head)

- Zippy: “Ha! Ya found me!”
- Blaze: “C’mon, lil’ guy! Let's get you back where you belong!”

(Blaze tries to lead Zippy into the pigpen, but she leaps into Starla instead.)

- Starla: “Ready fer some Truckball, Zippy?”
- Zippy: “Ooh, Truckball! Heck yeah I am!”
- Starla: “That's the spirit! Hang on just a moment, fellers…”

(Starla and Zippy go inside the barn, returning with a Truckball racket and the ball from earlier)

- Starla: “PLAY BALL!”

(The gang practices for a little bit, set to an instrumental of “Lever” with a tiny difference; there's a short breakdown with prominent record scratching from the turntables where the final part of the song should be. As the montage ends, it fades to Gabby keeping track of how many teammates the supposed Truckball team has)

- Gabby: “Let's see here… there's me, AJ, Amber, Blaze-o, Starla, and Zippy. 6 down, with 2 more to go.”
- Blaze: “So, who should we look for next?”
- Amber: “Oh, that's easy! Zeg’s an enorme Truckball fan! If there's anyone we should be looking for, it's him.”
- All except Amber: (varying forms of “alright” or “yeah”)
- Blaze: “Truckball Grand Championship…”
- All: “HERE WE COME!”

(The gang drive off; back at the Monster Dome, Beldevere's team is practicing as Pickle, dressed as a cheerleader, wildly cheers for them while flailing pom-poms around)

- Pickle: “GO, TEAM! GO, TEAM! HIT IT, WHACK IT! PASS THE BALL! YAAAAY, TEAM! WAAAAY TO PRACTICE! WAAAAY… TO PRACTICE! WAY, WAAAAY… TO PRACTICE!!”

(However, as Pickle discovers, Beldevere isn't practicing at all. Instead, they're admiring their looks in the mirror)

- Pickle: “Really, Belle? Everyone's practicing except for you, so… GET… TO PRACTICE! GET, GET… TO PRACTICE!!”
- Beldevere: “Puh-lease. I'm the best Truckball player I know. Watch, I can play it with my eyes closed.”

(Beldevere takes the ball, closes their eyes, and practices. Unfortunately, they slip up and send the ball bouncing everywhere)

- Crusher: “OH MY GOD!”
- Beldevere's team: “RUUUUUUUUN!!”
- Pickle: “INKOMEND!!”

(The ball knocks over a rack of balls, which crash on top of Beldevere)

- Beldevere: “Ouch.”
- Pickle: “‘I can play it with my eyes closed’, my bumper.”

(Meanwhile, Zeg is about to enjoy a giant sandwich)

- Zeg: “As far as Zeg concerned, there no better way to spend a Saturday than chowing down. Bon appetit!”

(Zeg stomps on the ground, sending all of the sandwich flying until they land in his mouth)

- Zeg: “Perfection. (Burps)”

(Blaze's horn sounds, cuing the gang's entrance)

- Blaze: “Ciao, Zeg!”
- Starla: “Howdy, Zeg-man!”
- Gabby, Zippy, Amber, and AJ: (varying forms of “hi”)
- Zeg: “Friends! Zeg so happy to see you!”

(The gang is pulled into a group hug)

- Amber: “Aw, Zeg! Great seeing you, big guy! We came to ask if you could join our Truckball team!”
- Zeg: “Did you say… TRUCKBALL?! ZEG LOVE TRUCKBALL! (jumps) ZEG PLAY TRUCKBALL! (jumps again)”

(Zeg's celebration causes the ground to shake and rocks to fall off the shelves. On the last shelf, a big rock begins to fall)

- AJ: “EARTHQUAKE! HIT THE DECK!”
- All: (screaming)

(The rock falls; dust briefly covers the screen)

- Zeg: “That was close one. Friends okay?”
- Blaze: “I'm good!”
- AJ: “A-okay.”
- Gabby and Amber: “Yeah.”
- Starla: “Eeyup.”
- Zippy: “Mah tail hurts, but ah’m okay.”
- Zeg: “Zeg relieved! Now Zeg and friends can play Truckball! (he tries to move but he can't) Whuh-?”

(His tail is stuck under the big rock, which fell there)

- Zeg: “No wonder tail felt funny. Zeg stuck!”
- Amber: “¡No te preocupes, Zeg! ¡Te salvaremos!”

(The gang tries to move the rock, to little avail)

- Zippy: “I'll be darned. This rock is WAAAAY too heavy!”
- Gabby: “Hum. Well, if we're going to move this rock, we'd need something like… a lever.”
- Zeg: “Lever? Is lever modern-day invention Zeg not know about?”
- Gabby: “A lever, Zeg, ol’ buddy, is a little contraption that makes it easier to lift things you can't. Just a little push on this side… and the object on the other side is lifted.”
- Zeg: “Zeg like the sound of that!”
- Gabby: “Come on, everyone, we've got a dino-truck to free!”

(A dust cloud forms as the gang builds a lever, using a pole as the lever arm and a block as the fulcrum. The dust cloud disappears when they're done)

- Gabby: “On the count of three… one, two, three!”
- All: “PUSH!”

(The gang push the lever, successfully lifting the rock and freeing Zeg)

- Blaze: “Aw, yeah!”
- AJ: “Alright!”
- Amber: “Freedom for the Zeg-man!”
- Zeg: “Zeg free thanks to lever! Thank you, lever! (kisses the lever) Can friends play Truckball now?”
- Amber: “Hell yeah!”

(Zeg grabs his racket and joins his friends in practicing Truckball. When they're done, like in the last Truckball practice montage, it fades to Gabby keeping track of how many teammates the supposed Truckball team has)

- Gabby: “Alright now… one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.”
- Blaze: “7 down, one more to go! Come on, guys! Let's go find our last teammate!”
- All: (varying forms of agreement)
- Blaze: “Truckball Grand Championship…”
- All: “HERE WE COME!”

(They leave the cave and return to town; cue the STEM song (or, in this case, STEM rap))

- AJ: “🎵 L-l-lever! L-l-lever!🎵”
- Gabby: (rapping) “If you can't get something off the ground…”
- AJ: “HEY!”
- Gabby: (rapping) “Levers, yeah, they don't…”
- AJ and Gabby: (rapping) “Mess around!”
- Gabby: (rapping) “With a fulcrum and a lever arm…”
- AJ: “HO!”
- Gabby: (rapping) “Lifting things…”
- AJ and Gabby: (rapping) “Won't be so hard!”
- AJ: “🎵 A lever, a lever! It's so clever!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Lifts things like they're light as a feather!🎵”
- AJ and Gabby: “🎵 Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh! A lever, yeah, it's clever!🎵”
- Gabby: (rapping) “When you push one side down, the other side goes up!”
- AJ: “🎵 A lever, a lever! It's so clever!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Lifts things like they're light as a feather!🎵”
- AJ and Gabby: “🎵 Whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh! A lever, yeah, it's clever!🎵 YEAH!”

(The song/rap ends; at the park, Darington is practicing his Truckball skills with the diamond-shaped hole from earlier)

- Darington: “Alright Darington. Noooo sweat. You got this. (he starts juggling the ball around with his racket) He juggles the ball. He shoots… (the ball goes through the hole) HE SCORES! DARINGTON! DARINGTON! (imitates crowd cheering noises)”

(the gang approaches him)

- Blaze: “Ciao, Darington!”
- Darington: “‘Sup, gang? What’cha up to?”
- Starla: “We're wondering if… you'd wanna join our Truckball team!”
- Darington: “YES!! Absolutely! No doubt! Positively! Count me IN!”
- Gabby: (chuckles) “I like your enthusiasm, Dar-bud.”

(The gang practices Truckball yet again; this time, when the montage ends, it fades to a huddle shot (counter-clockwise order: Blaze, AJ, Starla, Gabby, Zeg, Amber, Zippy, and Darington))

- Blaze: “Alright team! How’re we gonna play?”
- All: “HARD!”
- Blaze: “Are we gonna work together?”
- All: “YEAH!”
- Blaze: “Are we gonna kick some ass?!”
- All: “HELL YEAH!”

(the gang moves out of huddle position and enter an 8-way fist/tire-bump)

- Blaze: “ONE! TWO! THREE!”
- All: “TRUCKBALL GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP, HERE WE COME!!”
- Blaze: “Let's get ‘em!”

(Blaze leads the charge back to the Monster Dome; meanwhile, Beldevere is trying to keep up with their teammates)

- Beldevere: “(panting) Timeout… timeout… (groans) I need some water.”

(Beldevere goes over to a drinking fountain and turns it on)

- Pickle: “HEYYYYYY, BEEEEELLLLE!!”

(The water sprays Beldevere in the face)

- Pickle: “Awesome news! Blaze got a bunch of his friends to be on his team, and now he can play Truckball against us!”
- Beldevere: “QUOI?! (they spit out the water they were drinking) You've got to be kidding! No way! THAT GUY ALWAYS WINS!”
- Pickle: “That's because he's the main protagonist! Duh! At least you can-”
- Beldevere: “CHEAT! Crusher, you know what to do!”
- Crusher: “Oh boy.”

(Crusher sighs and opens his chassis bag; the junk that flies outside of the Monster Dome assemble into strange sproutlings)

- Beldevere: “Robo-beanstalks! Perfect!”

(The bulbs start sprouting just as Team Blaze comes forward)

- Darington: “Ooh, what's this? (it grows underneath him) YIKES!!”

(The sproutlings grow underneath Zeg, Amber, and Blaze)

- Zeg: “MOMMYYYYYYYY!!”
- Amber: “¡Ay-yi-yi!”
- Blaze: “Whoa-ho!”

(The ones still on the ground dodge the sproutlings that have yet to grow)

- Gabby: “Whoa! Oh, son of a-!”
- Starla: “Hoppin’ hubcaps!”
- Zippy: “Yikes! Whoa!”
- AJ: “This was Belle’s doing, I just know it!”
- Blaze: “AJ, tizio! I can't get down!”
- Zeg: “Zeg terrified of heights!”
- Amber: “¡AYÚDANOOOOOS!!”
- Gabby: “AMBER!! Don't worry, we'll find a way to save you!”

(AJ and Gabby work together to draw a diagram of a feller buncher made out of fire and light)

- AJ: “Starla, Zippy, we got a plan! By the looks of it, those giant beanstalks are gonna need something equally huge to cut them down!”
- Gabby: “So… we're going to use a feller buncher. It has a giant saw, perfect for cutting down huge trees.”
- Starla: “Bust ma' buffers! That's a great idea! What’cha say, Zippy?”
- Zippy: “Awww, yeah!”
- Starla: (to reader) “C’mon, let's turn me into a feller buncher!”

(Transformation interface begins)

- Starla: “First, we need a boom arm that's strong enough to lift the beanstalks. Ta’ make a boom arm, say “boom arm”.”
- Starla and Zippy: “Boom arm!”
- (Boom arm materializes)
- Zippy: “Great work! Now we need a grapple arm that can grab onto the beanstalks. Ta’ make one, say “grapple”.”
- Starla and Zippy: “Grapple!”
- (Grapple materializes)
- Starla: “Yeah-ha! Last up, the pièce de résistance, the circular saw! Say “circular saw”.”
- Starla and Zippy: “Circular saw!”
- (Circular saw materializes)
- Starla: “Introducin’...”
- Starla and Zippy: “THE FELLER BUNCHER MONSTER MACHINE!!”

(Starla transforms and turns towards Gabby and AJ)

- Starla: “Y’all go practice your Truckballin’ skills an’ let me an’ Zippy handle the hard work, ‘kay?”
- Gabby: “Sounds like a plan, Stars.”
- Zippy: “Starla, let's get choppin’!”

(Gabby and AJ go practice Truckball. In a montage, Starla and Zippy work together and cut down the beanstalks trapping Blaze, Zeg, and Amber. After it's over, Starla detransforms and the team regroups.)

- Blaze: “Starla! Thanks a bunch, pal!”
- Amber: “¡Sí! ¡Muchas gracias!”
- Zeg: “Zeg grateful for your help!”

(A whistle is heard all the way from the Monster Dome)

- Gabby: “There's the whistle! We need to get there, fast!”
- Blaze: “I've got an idea!”

(The Blazing Speed engine deploys, surrounding everyone else with a blue aura)

- Amber: (while transforming into a cheetah) “Ooh, yeah-heh!”
- Blaze: (to reader) “To give us Blazing Speed, say “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE”!”
- All: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(They set off at top speed; at the Monster Dome, the Grand Championship is about to begin. Joe and Gus are eating hot dogs)

- Joe: “Dude! I am sooo pumped! This is gonna be awesome!”
- Gus: “Haha, yeah! Super awesome! (he takes a bite out of his hot dog and high-tires Joe)”
- Bump Bumperman: “LLLLLLLADIEEEES AND GENNNTLEMEEEN! ARE! YOU! READY! FOR SOME TRRRRRUCKBALL?!”

(The crowd goes wild, abruptly quieting when Beldevere grabs the mic)

- Beldevere: “I'd like to apologize, folks, but the game is cancelled. Since there is no one else here, we win.”

(The sound of Blaze, Zeg, Starla, and Darington's horns are heard, along with a roar from Amber)

- Blaze: “Oh no you don't, Belle!”
- Bump Bumperman: “BLAZE AND HIS TEAM MADE IT! UNBELIEVABLE!”
- Beldevere: “Blaze and his team made it?! Unbelievable!”

(Team Blaze huddle around again before the game starts; Blaze starts an encouraging chant)

- Blaze: “🎵 We will, we will ROCK THEM!🎵 Come on!”
- All: “🎵 We will, we will ROCK THEM!🎵”
- Blaze: “Ready, team?”
- All: “Yeah!”
- Blaze: “Let's go!”

(The grand championship begins; both teams go into their starting positions. The referee holds the ball)

- Referee: “3! 2! 1! PLAY BALL!”

(He blows the whistle and throws the ball up high; Amber takes it and passes it to AJ)

- Beldevere: “Hey! Give it!”

(AJ dribbles the ball past Beldevere's teammates)

- Bump Bumperman: “LOOK AT AJ GO! CHECK OUT THOSE MOVES!”

(AJ dunks the ball through the goal, scoring a point for Team Blaze)

- Bump Bumperman: “GOAAAAAL!! One point for Team Blaze!”
- AJ: “Woo, yeah!”
- Gabby: “Ha! Not bad, Fairy Boy.”

(Crusher dribbles the ball; he passes it to Rudy, who whacks it into the goal)

- Bump: “ANOTHER GOAL! One point for Team Beldevere!”
- Rudy: (chuckles slyly)
- Pickle: “Hey, come on! You got this today! Don't give up and lose your way! YAAAAY!”

(AJ dribbles the ball and passes it to Zippy, who passes it to Zeg, who passes it to Blaze)

- Blaze: “BURN RUBBER!!”

(He scores another goal)

- Bump Bumperman: “GRAAAAAND SLAAAAM!”
- Joe and Gus: (whooping and cheering)

(Beldevere has the ball now; he passes it to one of his teammates. The teammate fakes Starla out by initially passing her the ball, but he throws it into the goal before she can grab it)

- Starla: “DAYUM!”
- Beldevere's Teammate: “Whoop, there it went!”
- Bump Bumperman: “GOAL!”

(Starla rushes in with her lasso, grabbing the ball and passing it to Zeg, who dunks it in, granting Team Blaze another goal)

- Zeg: “ZEEEEEEEEEGGG!!”
- Bump Bumperman: “WHAT A GAME! Everytime one team scores, the other team scores right back!”

(Rudy scores for Beldevere's team again; the referee blows his whistle)

- Referee: “TIMEOUT!”

(the teams regroup)

- Bump Bumperman: “IT'S A TIIIIE GAME! THE TEAM THAT SCORES THE NEXT POINT WINS! IT! ALLLLL!!”

(Team Blaze exchange glances and nod before initiating another 8-way fist/tire-bump)

- All: “One! Two! Three! LEEEEET'S GO!!”

(Beldevere grumbles and grabs a super slippery oil can. They snicker maliciously. The teams get back into their positions)

- Referee: “PLAY BALL!!”

(The referee throws the ball upwards; Gabby jumps up to catch it. Beldevere spills the oil and makes her slip up)

- Gabby: “WHOAAAA-HO-HO-HO!!”
- Joe and Gus: (gasp; groan)

(Now all of Team Blaze is slipping)

- All: (indistinct screaming and yelping)

(Gabby drops the ball)

- Gabby: “Ah, bugger! The ball slipped away!”
- Beldevere: “Thank you very much, Gabby! (they grab the ball) Now, if you'll excuse me…”

(Beldevere starts dribbling the ball across the court)

- Joe: “Aw, no! Bummer!”
- Gus: “Major bummer!”

(Just when all hope seems lost… Gabby’s eyes glow red. A third eye opens briefly, with just enough time for her horns to finally show, with her skin turning red and her wings sprouting out. Gabby lets out a visceral scream and charges for the ball, taking it from Beldevere)

- Beldevere: “WHAT THE (*honk*)?!”

(Gabby laughs, with it sounding deeper than her normal voice. Gabby summons infernal boulders and leaps from one boulder to another before finally slamming it into the goal with an evil hiss. Gabby lands with all but one of her limbs hitting the ground. The third eye closes while she breathes heavily and takes a moment to realize what happened)

- Gabby: “Whoa… Holy shit. Did I just…?”

(She turns around and notices the remainder of Team Blaze jaw-dropping)

- Bump Bumperman: “...GOAAAAALLLL!! GABBY SECURES THE WIN FOR TEAM BLAZE WITH A HAIL MARY!”
- AJ: “WAY TO GO, GABBAY!”
- Blaze: “Holy craperoo! Holy SHIT!”
- Starla: “WowwwZA!”

(Cut to a frontal shot of Gabby, giving a closer look at her new, half-awakened demon form, now with red skin, horns, and claws)

- Amber: “Gabby… you've changed. Here, take a look!”

(Amber gives Gabby a mirror, and she uses it to observe her new look)

- Gabby: “Christ… I… oh my God. Amber… you're not gonna cut ties with me over this, are you?”
- Amber: “¡Ay, no! You're looking even more espléndida than before!”

(While Amber pulls Gabby in for a kiss, it pans over to Beldevere's reaction)

- Beldevere: “WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD?! SHE CHEATED!!”
- Pickle: “Gabby… she just… Whoa!”
- Crusher: “Gabby- d-demon- I- wha- ugh!”

(Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere faint, cuing the iris out that ends the episode)

Chapter 27: S1, E12: The Mystery Bandit! (Dun dun DUUUUN)

Summary:

In this episode, Blaze, AJ, Gabby, Zeg, Amber, Crusher, Pickle, and Beldevere are on the hunt for the Mystery Bandit, and by the end of it, a CERTAIN demon in love finally confesses.

Notes:

Trivia: AT LONG LAST, Gamber is official. Let's goooo!

Voice cast:
* Nolan North: Blaze
* Dusan Brown: Speaking AJ
* Jacquez Swanigan: Singing AJ
* Angelina Wahler: Gabby
* James Patrick Stuart: Zeg
* Jeff Bennett: Bump Bumperman
* Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher/Gus
* Nat Faxon: Pickle/Joe
* Tori Feinstein: Amber
* Ciarán Strange: Beldevere
* And special guest Phil LaMarr as Ferris

Chapter Text

Theme song:
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the Sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit, from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travellers, “are your dreams still unobstructed?” My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We'll tell the travellers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven… With us, the world continues to change…!🎵”
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵”

(The episode starts with a race in the Monster Dome between Gabby, Blaze, and AJ)

- AJ: “Come on, Gabby! Show us you still got some power in ya with your new form!”
- Gabby: “Bring it, Fairy Boy!”
- Blaze: “WOOOOOOHOOO!! (he manages to speed away from the other two just long enough to face the reader) Ciao! It's Blaze! You're just in time to watch me, AJ, and Gabby duke it out for…”

(Pan over to reveal a silver tire trophy on the winner's podium)

- Blaze: “The Steel Wheel Trophy! You can bet I'm not gonna let those guys win it, though.”

(Gabby and AJ start to catch up)

- Bump Bumperman: “WHAT A RRRRACE, FOLKS! GABBY’S PULLING AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION… BUT AJ OVERTAKES HER! NOW BLAZE IS IN THE LEAD! It's a close race, and our racers are approaching the finish line…”

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby all hit the finish line together)

- Bump Bumperman: “IIIIIIIIIIIT'S A TIE!! An incredibly close call for all three of our racers!”

(The audience goes wild as fireworks go off. AJ and Gabby chuckle as they fist-bump, joining Blaze on the winner's platform)

- AJ: “Hey, not bad for a first shot!”
- Gabby: “Thanks, J. Just between you and me, I think Dad's gonna go into fits when he sees me like this, and he’ll hate me for it.”

(Gabby sighs and shakes her head. Blaze calls out to her and AJ)

- Blaze: “Guys, come on! We've got a victory to celebrate!”

(Gabby smirks slightly and joins Blaze along with AJ; pan up to Joe and Gus)

- Joe: “Holy crap, Gus! Did you see that?!”
- Gus: “I saw it, I saw it! It-it was incredible, they tied!”

(A fan of Blaze's (named Ferris) enters the scene)

- Ferris: “Excuse me! S-sir Blaze! My name is Ferris, and, um… I'm a huge fan!”
- Blaze: “Ciao, Ferris! It's nice to meet you!”
- Ferris: “I-if it ain't too much, could I take a picture of you with the other racers and the trophy?”
- Blaze: “Of course! C’mon!”

(Ferris lines up in front of the trophy with Blaze, AJ, and Gabby, but he doesn't do anything. Blaze's eyes shift back and forth while AJ shrugs; Gabby throws her hands up in exasperation with a “what the hell man” expression)

- Ferris: (sputters) “Whoops, haha! Silly me! I-I forgot my camera over there…”

(Ferris’ camera is on a stack of tires)

- Ferris: “Don't worry, it's a metal camera that I can grab with this; my magnet! (he shows a magnet on his crane)”
- AJ: “Fascinating…”
- Blaze: “Um… what's a magnet?”
- AJ and Gabby: (o_O)
- Blaze: “...sorry.”
- Gabby: “Nah, it's okay. A magnet is a u-shaped piece of metal that sends out a magnetic field. If the magnetic field touches the right kind of metal, it pulls the metal right back to the magnet.”
- Blaze: “I-I knew that!”

(The magnet’s field pulls the camera past the surprised trucks into the magnet)

- Ferris: “Okay, okay! Let's try this again!”

(Ferris gets back into position)

- Ferris: “Okay, uh, ready? Say “hubcaps”!”
- All except Gabby: “Hubcaps!”

(The picture is taken)

- Ferris: “Thank you so much, Blaze! E-you’re the best! (hugs Blaze)”
- Blaze: “D’awww, you're welcome, Ferris! Hey, maybe we'll see ya ‘round sometime!”
- Ferris: “Yeah, yeah! That'd be great! (attracts his camera back) See ya!”
- AJ: “Bye, Ferris!”
- Bump Bumperman: “WHAT A RRRRACE, you three! You were neck-and-neck until you crossed the finish line together! Tell the fans, HOW’D YOU DO IT?!”
- Blaze: “Well, Bump, we just tried our best to win and didn't give up, right?”
- AJ: “Yeah!”
- Gabby: “Ehhhh…”
- Bump Bumperman: “AND THERE YOU HAVE IT, FOLKS! Great friends, a great race, and a great trophy!...”

(Zoom out to reveal the trophy has somehow disappeared; everyone gasps)

- AJ: “ANO BA?!”
- Gabby: “What the hell?! Where'd it-?!”
- Blaze: “Our trophy's gone!”
- Bump Bumperman: “LADIES AND GENTLETRUCKS, SOMEONE MUST HAVE TAKEN THE TROPHY WHEN WE WEREN'T LOOKING! Could it be… a Mystery Bandit?”
- Blaze, AJ, and Gabby: “A Mystery Bandit?!”

(A suspenseful music sting plays as the trio shift their eyes back and forth nervously; Gabby comments on something else entirely)

- Gabby: “Where is that music coming from?”
- AJ: “Guys, look!”

(They find muddy tire tracks on the ground nearby)

- AJ: “These muddy tracks are going right past where the trophy was!”
- Blaze: “Those have GOT to be the tracks of the Mystery Bandit! Looks like he took our trophy, drove over that way, and…”

(Tires are shown slipping away through a nearly-closed door)

- Blaze: “He just went out the door!”
- AJ: “We've got a mystery to solve, guys! Operation Catch-the-Mystery-Bandit-and-Get-Our-Trophy-Back-and-Also-Think-of-a-Shorter-Name-for-This-Operation is… (inhales) GO!”

(AJ leads the charge to catch the Mystery Bandit; the travel song starts)

- Blaze: “🎵 Come on, let's hit the road!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Get ready, here we go! Here we go!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 One, two, three!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Come on and follow me!🎵”
- Gabby: “Woohoo!”
- Blaze: “🎵 G-g-gimme some speed!🎵 Yeah!”
- AJ: “🎵 One, two, three!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Blaze and AJ: “🎵 One, two, three, and four! Kick the pedal to the floor!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Five, six, seven, and eight!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”

(The song ends; at the park, Beldevere is grumbling as they work on a new cheating machine; Pickle and Crusher drive up to them)

- Pickle: “Hey, Belle! What’cha doin'?”
- Beldevere: “Don't frickin’ ask. I am tired of losing to Blaze and his comrades ALL the time. I simply don't want to be bothered.”
- Crusher: “Can you at least tell us what it is?”
- Beldevere: “FINE. It's a new device I'm gonna use to cheat. Here, check it out.”

(Beldevere takes out a remote and pushes a button on it; the machine instantly starts spilling oil everywhere. Crusher and Pickle start slipping on it and crash into a wall)

- Pickle: (mumbling gibberish)
- Crusher: “Belle, are you nuts?! This sort of thing could KILL someone!”
- Beldevere: “Precisely why I built it.”

(Beldevere pushes another button on the remote, causing the invention to become small enough to fit inside Beldevere's pockets. Beldevere places it and he remote near the fire hydrant)

- Beldevere: “Boys, I'll be right back. Do not touch ANYTHING while I'm gone.”

(Time jump to a few minutes later; the remote and the invention are now missing)

- Beldevere: “Alright you two, I’m- QUOI?! The hell just happened?! They were just here a second ago!”
- Crusher: “I didn't lay a tire on your invention, I swear! Honest!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby approach them)

- Blaze: “What's up, guys?”
- Crusher: “You're never gonna believe it; Belle set down an invention by the fire hydrant, and-and when they came back, it was gone!”
- Gabby: “Hmmm…”

(Gabby investigates the muddy tire tracks that went right past the hydrant)

- Gabby: “It's the muddy tire tracks from earlier! They're going right past where Belle left their invention…”
- Pickle: “So what's it all mean?”
- Blaze: “It means Belle's invention was taken by… the Mystery Bandit!”
- Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle: “A Mystery Bandit?”

(The suspenseful music sting plays again; Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle look around the area nervously. Beldevere comments on the music sting, like Gabby did)

- Beldevere: “Does ANYONE know where that music’s coming from?”
- AJ: “Don't worry about the music, okay? We've got a mystery to solve!”
- Blaze: “Yeah! Once we find him, we’ll get all our stuff back! What’cha say?”
- Pickle: “JA!”
- Crusher: (while blushing) “Absolutely!”
- Beldevere: “Hell no.”
- Crusher: “Don't you want to get your invention back?”
- Beldevere: “Not with HIM, I don't.”

(Cue Blaze, Crusher, and Pickle giving him the puppy dog eyes. Beldevere futilely tries to resist)

- Beldevere: “Nope! Noooo…. Nuh-uh! I-I won't! No way! I… I… I… give up. Okay, I'm comin’.”
- Blaze: “Follow us!”

(The gang follow the trail to the recycling plant)

- Gabby: “Curious. They're leading into the recycling plant. He's around here somewhere.”

(The gang enters; inside are magnets picking up junk)

- Pickle: “Wat? Why are there magnets in here?”
- AJ: “The recycling plant uses these magnets to pull out things made out of certain metals.”
- Beldevere: “Where the HELL is the Mystery Bandit? He should be here!”

(On the other end, the Bandit’s tires are seen slipping away from the door before it closes)

- Gabby: “And there he goes! After him!”
- Blaze: “Ready or not, here we come!”

(Suddenly, a magnet starts to attract Crusher and Pickle)

- Crusher: “Huh?”
- Pickle: “Hé, ik kan niet bewegen!”
- Gabby: “That's the danger of bringing Monster Machines into recycling places; magnets can be dangerous sometimes.”
- Crusher and Pickle: “HELP!!”
- Beldevere: “What can I do to help them…?”

(Beldevere tries pulling Crusher and Pickle off the magnet, to no avail)

- Beldevere: (grunting and straining) “Agh! It's no use. Guess they're stuck there forever.”
- Blaze: “BELLE.”
- Beldevere: “Well? What the hell am I gonna do, huh?”
- Gabby: “Guys, I've got an idea. I've been here enough times to know that these magnets don't go away until they've picked up something metal. Here's the plan: we give it something metal and NOT Crusher and Pickle.”

(Pan over to a conveyor belt; a frying pan and a rubber duck come by)

- Blaze: “Oh, I see! That's smart! (to reader) Which one of these two is metal?”

(Reader responds “the frying pan”)

- Blaze: “The frying pan!”

(Blaze grabs the frying pan and throws it at the magnet, releasing both Crusher and Pickle as it goes away)

- Pickle: “Yay-hey! You did it, Blaze!”
- Crusher: (lovestruck) “My hero…”
- Beldevere: “Can we just GET OUT OF HERE ALREADY?!”
- Blaze: “Okay, jeez! Be patient!”

(The gang reaches the exit. Gabby presses the button that opens the door)

- Gabby: “After you, I insist.”

(Beldevere, Crusher, Pickle, and Gabby exit; AJ is about to join them when another magnet picks Blaze up)

- Blaze: “GASKETS! Help…”
- AJ: “I gotcha!”

(A conveyor belt nearby has a baseball, a birdhouse, a bottle, and a shovel)

- AJ: (to reader) “Which one of these is made of metal?”

(Reader responds “the shovel”)

- AJ: “Right, the shovel! (grabs the shovel) One, two, three! HEEEEAVE HOOO! (he tosses it to the magnet)”

(The magnet releases Blaze)

- Blaze: “Way to go, AJ!”

(Blaze grabs AJ and hugs him. Blaze tosses him into the driver's seat, and they exit)

- Pickle: “Hooray! We made it past those big, strong magnets!”
- Beldevere: “Wonderful. Now can we find the Mystery Bandit so we can get my invention back?”

(Pause; Gabby, Blaze, and AJ look at Beldevere, which exasperates them)

- Beldevere: (bitterly) “And your trophy, too? (sighs)”

(They hurry off; meanwhile, Zeg is sitting on a picnic table with cereal and spoon in tires)

- Zeg: “Zeg and breakfast; great combo if me say so myself. Zeg have bowl, Zeg have cereal, and Zeg have Zeg’s favorite spoon in the world! (kisses the spoon) Ah, spoon, you Zeg's friend.”

(He puts down the bowl, but he stops abruptly)

- Zeg: “Whoopsie, silly Zeg! Zeg forget milk! Zeg will be right back.”

(He goes over to a picnic basket and gets out a carton of milk)

- Zeg: “Now Zeg breakfast is complete. (humming theme song)”

(He goes back to the table and puts the milk down; but his spoon isn't there anymore)

- Zeg: “Oh! Spoon not here! (gasps and looks under the table) Is spoon okay? Where you go, spoon?”

(Cue the gang arriving)

- Zeg: “Friends! Oh, Zeg need help!”
- Blaze: “What's the matter, Zeg-man? What happened?”
- Zeg: “One moment Zeg spoon was here, and then the minute Zeg look away, POOF! Spoon gone!”
- Gabby: “Yikes, poor Zeg.”

(Crusher scans the ground and finds the tire tracks going right past Zeg's table)

- Crusher: “Hang on, I'm onto something. The muddy tire tracks go right past the picnic table!”
- Pickle: “Muddy tire tracks?! Then that means Zeg's spoon was taken by…”
- All except Zeg: “The Mystery Bandit!!”

(The suspenseful music sting plays yet again; everyone trades worried looks)

- Blaze: “There he goes now!”

(Up ahead, the Mystery Bandit’s tires are seen slipping away from behind a bush)

- Zeg: “Mystery Bandit take Zeg spoon! THIS UNACCEPTABLE!”
- AJ: “Come on, Zeg! We can catch him! Follow me, guys!”

(They follow the tracks back to Axle City)

- Blaze: “Stay with me, guys. The Mystery Bandit's tracks go right around that corner…”
- Beldevere: “MOVE IT! (takes the lead) My invention was stolen, so it should be MOI, MOI, MOI catching the Mystery Bandit!”

(They unintentionally cause Crusher to spin out of control and crash into a pile of boxes near the alleyway where the tracks go, spilling a giant pile of nails onto the street)

- Crusher and Beldevere: (groaning in pain)
- Pickle: “Belle, now look what you've done! Now there are nails all over the road!”
- Zeg: “Oh boy! Zeg can't drive over nails, they pop Zeg tires!”
- Beldevere: “Wonderful. Now we'll never get my invention back.”
- Blaze: “Hold on! I found something that could help us out…”

(Blaze holds up a battery device with a metal rod connected to it)

- Blaze: “We can use this!”
- Zeg: “Oooh! What that?”
- Gabby: “That's an electromagnet. It's a kind of magnet that gets its power from the electricity in its battery. If you will demonstrate for us, Blaze?”

(Blaze goes over to the mound of nails and uses the electromagnet on them, picking up a few)

- Gabby: “You see?”

(The electromagnet picks up a few at a time)

- Crusher: “Ooooh…”
- Pickle: “Do ya see that, Belle? Blaze's plan is working!”
- Beldevere: “So the magnet can pick up a few nails. Big whoop. There's got to be, like, a MILLION nails still on the road!”
- Gabby: (to reader) “That means the electromagnet needs more electricity. AJ?”
- AJ: “Alright, switching over to Firefly Sight!”

(Cut to an interface where the electromagnet’s power is displayed over Blaze)

- Gabby: “Alright, the electromagnet's EP - that means electro power - is at 3. If we want to pick up all of the nails, we'd need an EP of 10. Count to ten with us; we'll start at 3.”

(The number increases as more nails are gathered up)

- All: “3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!”

(All of the nails are collected; the street is clear)

- Pickle: “Yaaay!”
- Zeg: “Blaze did it!”
- Gabby: “And that's the end of that.”

(Blaze empties the nails into a box and puts the electromagnet down)

- Blaze: “We nailed it! Get it? Nails on the road? Nailed it?”
- All except Blaze: “Uuuuugh.”
- Blaze: “Okay, I'll see myself out. Now, come on! We got a Mystery Bandit to catch!”

(The gang follows Blaze to the construction site; cue the STEM song)

- AJ: “🎵 Magnets pick up some kinds of metal!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Every magnet has a magnetic field! If something metal’s in its range, the magnet will attract it, yeah, no, no, no going ba-a-a-ck!🎵”
- Crusher: “🎵 Magnets pick up some kinds of metal! Some are big, and some are little, but they all have a…🎵”
- AJ, Gabby, and Crusher: “🎵 Pull, pull, pu-u-ull!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Magnets pick up some kinds of metal!🎵 Iron!”
- Gabby: “Cobalt!”
- Crusher: “Or nickle!”
- AJ: “🎵 They don't ever let…🎵”
- Gabby, Crusher, and AJ: “🎵 Go, go, go-o-o! They pull, pull, pu-u-ull! They're magnets!🎵”

(Song ends; elsewhere, Amber is fixing a truck’s tire)

- Amber: “Bueno, I'll just give this one more turn, and… there! (Amber puts the wrench down on a stool) That oughta do it! What'cha think, ¿amigo?”

(The truck spins his fixed tire)

- Truck: “Hey, I'm fixed! Thanks, Amber!”
- Amber: “De nada. Stay safe out there!”

(The truck drives away; Amber turns around and sees that the wrench has suddenly vanished)

- Amber: (gasps) “¡Ay, no! The trust wrench! It's gone!”

(And cue the entrance of the gang, who are following the tracks.)

- Amber: “¡Amigos! You gotta see this!”

(They stop before her)

- Blaze: “Ciao, Amber! What's goin’ on?”
- Amber: “The trust wrench just disappeared! I put it right over here, and when I turned back to get it… it was gone!”

(Gabby investigates the street; the tracks go right past where Amber is)

- Gabby: “Hmm… well, my love… his tracks’re going right by here.”
- Amber: “Whose tracks?”
- Gabby: “The Mystery Bandit! He took our wrench!”
- Amber: “The Mystery Bandit?!”

(The suspenseful music sting plays for the final time; like Beldevere and Gabby, Amber comments on the music)

- Amber: “Does ANYONE know where this music’s coming from?!”
- Gabby: “No clue. Anyway, the Mystery Bandit's been taking all kinds of stuff. He stole the Steel Wheel Trophy, Belle’s invention, and Zeg’s spoon.”
- Beldevere: “Can we-”
- Amber: “HOLD ON! DID YOU JUST SAY HE STOLE MY BFF’S SPOON?!”
- Gabby: “Well, yeah.”
- Amber: “UNACCEPTABLE! (Shakes Gabby by the shoulders) I'M COMING WITH YOU!!”
- Gabby: “Okay, okay! Jeez!”

(Amber boards Zeg for the first time in the series; the gang heads off.)

- Amber: “Looks like the tracks are going into that elevator!”
- Beldevere: “MOVE IT, MOOOOVE IT! (they make Crusher speed ahead) I'm finally gonna catch him!”

(The elevator doors start to close)

- Beldevere: “Aaaand… GOTCHYAAAAAAAAA!!”

(Beldevere and Crusher slam right into the doors as they close completely; they reopen to let the others in)

- Pickle: “In here, Belle! Come on! (goes in)”
- Beldevere: “Uh… wha-?”

(The whole gang is now inside the elevator; the doors close as it starts to go up. Everyone is squeezed together tightly (with Amber in particular accidentally embracing Gabby))

- Pickle: “‘Scuse me… I'm sorry if my tire just…”
- Zeg: (groaning)
- Blaze: “Sorry, whew… little tight in here!”
- Amber: (offscreen while the elevator is obscured) “You and me, stuck in an elevator… isn't that romantic, Gabs?”
- Gabby: (offscreen while the elevator is obscured) “Ow.”

(The elevator reaches the top after a short moment where it is obscured; the gang gets out)

- AJ: “There he is, guys!”

(The bandit is on the train before them)

- AJ: “The Mystery Bandit!”
- Blaze: “After him!”

(The train somehow floats right off the ground)

- All except Amber: “What the (*honk*)?!”
- Zeg: “He getting away!”
- Beldevere: “De-fricking-lightful. My invention may as well be history at this point.”
- Pickle: “That train's so fast, it looks like it's floating! …Uh, that can't be right. Trains can't float… can they?”
- Amber: “I know this one can, ¡amigo! It's called a maglev train. Trains like these use magnets to help them float above the tracks and go ¡muy rápido! See? There are magnets on the bottom of the train AND magnets on the tracks! Instead of pulling together, these magnets push away from each other, and that makes the train float.”
- AJ: “So you're saying that the only way to catch the Mystery Bandit is to build a maglev train of our own?”
- Amber: “¡Sí, sí!”
- AJ: “You know what to do here, Blaze-o!”
- Blaze: “Right! (to reader) C’mon, let's build the parts to turn me into a maglev train!”

(Transformation interface begins)

- Blaze: “First, I need an undercarriage; that's the bottom of the train that holds the magnets. To make the undercarriage, say “undercarriage”. Undercarriage!”
- (Undercarriage materializes)
- Blaze: “Next, the support magnets, for helping the train float over the track. To make them, say “support magnets”. Support magnets!”
- (Support magnets materialize)
- Blaze: “Alright! Now for the last part, the train cars so everyone can ride on me. Say “train cars”. Train cars!”
- (Train cars materialize)
- Blaze: “Bravo! INTRODUCING THE MAGLEV TRAIN MONSTER MACHINE!!”

(Blaze transforms; he is now floating above the tracks. Everyone hops aboard (from first train car to last; AJ and Beldevere, Gabby and Amber, Zeg, Crusher, and Pickle))

- Blaze: “CHOO CHOO, BITCHES! HERE WE COME!”

(Blaze takes off)

- AJ: “YAHOO!”
- Crusher: “Whoa-ho-ho!”
- Pickle: “Yaaay!”
- Beldevere: (screaming)
- Amber: “YEEHAW!”
- Gabby: (screaming while holding onto Amber)

(They ride the rails for several seconds; they pass Joe and Gus nearby.)

- Joe: “WAY TO GO, Y’ALL!”
- Gus: “You da peeps!”

(More rail riding)

- Blaze, AJ, Zeg, Crusher, Amber, and Pickle: (Cheering)
- Gabby and Beldevere: (yelping and screaming in terror)
- AJ: “WOOOHOOHOO!!”
- Pickle: “Wahoo!”
- Amber: “¡¡Sí!!”
- Zeg: “Zeg love where this is going!”
- Blaze, AJ, Crusher, Pickle, Zeg, and Amber: (various whooping and cheering)
- Gabby and Beldevere: (screaming in terror)
- Blaze: “Guys, look!”

(Up ahead is the other train)

- Blaze: “There's the Mystery Bandit's train!”
- Amber: “Ay, he's getting closer to the next train station!”
- Blaze: (to reader) “We need to get to that station before the Mystery Bandit's train does, or else he'll make this chase longer than it needs to be!”

(Blaze's boosters pop out from behind; Gabby gulps and clings onto Amber)

- Blaze: “Quick, let's use Blazing Speed and go super fast! Say “LEEEEET'S BLAZE”!”
- All: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(He unleashes the speed and takes off)

- Gabby: “WHOAAAAAA!!”
- Blaze, AJ, Crusher, Pickle, and Zeg: (cheering)

(They make it to the train station)

- Blaze: “Oh-ho-ho, yeah!”

(Everyone hops off; Blaze detransforms as the other train comes in)

- AJ: “Okay guys, we need to stay quiet. As soon as the doors open, we'll catch the Mystery Bandit.”

(Everyone tiptoes to the Mystery Bandit's train. They hide behind a sidepost when the train doors open; their quietness is interrupted by the Mystery Bandit)

- Ferris: “Wassup, y’all?”
- All: (gasp) “FERRIS?!”
- AJ: “You can't be the Mystery Bandit! You're our friend!”
- Ferris: “Mystery Bandit? What's that?”
- Beldevere: “If he's not the bandit… oh, my invention is history! It was made out of the finest metals, and I spent a lot of time working on it…”
- Blaze: “Wait up, Belle. Did you say your invention is made of metal?”
- Beldevere: “Of course it was. Shiniest metal you've ever seen.”
- Blaze: “Zeg, what's your spoon made of?”
- Zeg: “Zeg spoon metal!”
- Amber: “So’s the trust wrench!”
- AJ: “And our trophy is metal too.”
- Pickle: “I'm sensing a pattern here.”
- Blaze: “You don't suppose… I think I've solved the mystery. There is no Mystery Bandit!”
- All except Blaze: “Huh?”
- Blaze: “Our stuff got taken by a magnet, like the one on the back of Ferris' truck!”

(Ferris turns around and realizes something)

- Ferris: “Well, would you look at that. My magnet did take all that stuff!”
- Beldevere: (gets the invention and the remote down) “Ahh, at last! I'm putting YOU in a safer spot next time!”
- Zeg: “There Zeg favorite spoon!”
- Amber: “And the trust wrench!”

(Amber and Zeg get their things down; Blaze is the last to step up)

- Blaze: “And here's our Steel Wheel Trophy! (gets it down) Alright!”
- Ferris: “Hey, y’all, I'm real sorry about the magnet mixup.”
- Blaze: “That's okay, Ferris! We're just glad we got our stuff back!”
- AJ: “This mystery is history, finally!”
- Beldevere: “Now, if you'll excuse us, we're out of here. Thanks for nothing, Blaze.”

(One at a time, everyone exits, leaving just Gabby and Amber, who finally decides to talk to Gabby about something)

- Amber: “Gabby?... Are you okay?”
- Gabby: “Yeah, it's just…”
- Amber: (scooches in closer) “I've noticed you've been feeling… really clingy around me lately. Is there something you want to tell me?”

(Gabby's face glows bright red; she finally gives into her gut feeling and confesses)

- Gabby: “Well, to be honest… I always thought we were more than just work partners. Remember the whole kissing incident last week? And the multiple times we've kissed before and after that?... Amber, I'm really sorry I didn't tell you this beforehand, but… I love you. Not for your powers, but for who you are. Would you… would you be willing to… (holds hand out) be my… girlfrie-”
- Amber: “Girlfriend?!”
- Gabby: “Y-yeah-”
- Amber: “What took you so long to admit it? Of course I would! No doubt about it!”
- Gabby: “Real-”

(Gabby is suddenly cut off by the most intense kiss in the series so far; by the end of it, Gabby is covered in pale green lipstick and Amber is on top of her, gleefully embracing her; cue the iris out (in the shape of a heart this time) that ends the episode)

Chapter 28: S1, E13: Gasquatch!

Summary:

In this episode, our favorite MLM ship meet Gasquatch.

Notes:

Voice cast:
* Nolan North: Blaze
* Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher/Gus
* Nat Faxon: Joe
* Dusan Brown: AJ
* Tori Feinstein: Amber
* Sunil Malhotra: Stripes
* Sarah Sherman/Squirm: Lucilia
* Kate Higgins: Starla
* Alexander Polinsky: Darington
* James Patrick Stuart: Zeg
* Ciarán Strange: Beldevere
* And special guest Kel Mitchell as Gasquatch

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Theme song:
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the Sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travellers, “are your dreams still unobstructed?” My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We'll tell the travellers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven… With us, the world continues to change…!🎵”
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵”

(The episode starts with Blaze and AJ at the top of two-lane mudslides)

- Blaze: “Alright pal, get ready to take the plunge!”
- AJ: (gulping) “C-can we do this la-TEEEER!!”

(Blaze pushes AJ down the slide while he goes on the other slide)

- Blaze: “WOOOOOOHOOO!!”
- AJ: “INAAAAAAA!!”
- Blaze: “This is fun, right AJ?”
- AJ: “It is if you like screaming!”

(Blaze lands in the mud with a big splash, while AJ lands in the mud and flat on his face with a tiny splash)

- Blaze: “That was awesome!”
- AJ: (while getting up, at the same time) “That was terrifying!”

(They get out of the mud)

- AJ: “That was the muddiest splash I've ever seen…”
- Blaze: “You ain't seen nothing yet!”

(Blaze shakes himself and mud flies everywhere)

- Blaze: (laughing)
- AJ: (to reader) “Kamusta. I'm AJ, and that's Blaze, my No. 1, if extremely muddy, best friend.”
- Blaze: “Today, everyone's getting super muddy, because it's…”

(Zoom out to show a mud-themed festival)

- Blaze: “Mudfest!”

(Starla, Darington, Zeg, Stripes, and Lucilia are here, also muddy)

- AJ: (winces)
- Blaze: “Check it out, all our friends are here for a giant mud party! There are mud slides…”
- Red Truck: (slides down a slide into mud) “CANNONBALL!!”
- Blaze: “There are mud games…”
- Gus: (knocks down all the jars at a mud ball toss) “Woohoo!”
- Joe: “Way to go, bro!”
- Blaze: “There's even a mud mountain!”

(Pan up to show a giant mountain covered in mud. Amber (having transformed into a hippo) comes over, also muddy and balancing a mud ball on her nose)

- Amber: “¡Hola, amigos! You wanna play Mudball with us?”
- Blaze: “Sure!”
- AJ: “Um... I'll pass.”
- Amber: “Suit yourself!”

(Amber and Blaze join the others at a volleyball court; AJ just hides in a tree)

- Amber: “Alright Monster Machines! LET'S GET READY TO RUUUUMBLLLLEE!!”

(And the games begin)

- Blaze, Stripes, Lucilia, Starla, Darington, Zeg, and Amber: (various cheering and laughter)
- Zeg: “Zeg got the ball!”
- Darington: “Awesome!”
- Stripes: “Starla, ¡agarrar!”
- Blaze, Stripes, Lucilia, Starla, Darington, Zeg, and Amber: (more laughing)

(Elsewhere, Beldevere and Crusher are also attending Mudfest; Crusher is muddy while Beldevere is trying to avoid the mud)

- Crusher: “INCOMING!! WOOOOO-HA! (splatters mud)”
- Beldevere: “Yuck! Crusher, that's disgusting!”
- Crusher: “Really? I thought all of Axle City loved mud…”
- Beldevere: “Eugh, not me. A racer like me must remain fancy at all times. I can't stand mud.”
- Crusher: “I bet it's because you've never tried playing in the mud before. I think you'd like it. Here, we can blow mud bubbles! (blows one and laughs)”

(The bubble floats toward Beldevere and explodes in their face; they wince)

- Beldevere: “AAGH! No!”
- Crusher: “How about… muddy duckies?”
- Beldevere: (picks one up) “Yuck! Never.”
- Crusher: “Or… or what about mud hats? (tries one on and chuckles)”
- Beldevere: “Crusher, STOP!! That's enough!!”

(Meanwhile, Blaze and his friends are still playing)

- Zeg: “METEOR HIT!! (hits the ball too hard) Um, oopsie?”

(The ball lands next to Beldevere)

- Crusher: “Ooh, a mudball!”
- Beldevere: “A MUDBALL?! Disgusting! Get away from me!”

(Beldevere tosses the ball far away into the forest)

- Darington: “Hey! Our ball!”
- Lucilia: “Aww, we needed that!”
- Zeg: “Zeg disappointed in you, Belle.”
- Blaze: “Don't worry, guys. AJ and I can get the ball back.”
- AJ: (offscreen) “I'm staying out of this episode!”

(Blaze stares blankly at the tree AJ’s in)

- AJ: “Sorry pal, I am not a fan of mud.”

(Crusher zips in and hugs Blaze)

- Crusher: “I’LL help!... (he blushes) I-I mean, if ya WANT me too.”

(Blaze grins; fade to him and Crusher zooming through the forest. Blaze jumps on a log)

- Blaze: “Awww, yeah!”
- Crusher: “Yeah, woooo!”

(Blaze jumps over a bush; Crusher goes right through it and gets a leaf beard on his face)

- Crusher: “Huh? (laughing)”

(They stop; Crusher shakes the leaves off of him)

- Crusher: “Okay, timeout! Hoo…”
- Blaze: “Our ball must have bounced over here somewhere.”

(A thudding noise is heard)

- Blaze: (to reader) “I hear it bouncing this way! Do you see the ball?”

(The ball is bouncing behind them; viewer says “behind you”)

- Blaze: “Behind us? Thanks!”

(Blaze and Crusher jump off a hill; Blaze grabs the ball while Crusher lands in the mud)

- Blaze: “Got it!”
- Crusher: “Woohoo! Way to go, babe!”

(Blaze gives Crusher an o_O face; Crusher blushes and chuckles)

- Crusher: “Okay, forget I said that. Let's just- let's just…”

(The mud rises below them, revealing some sort of creature)

- Crusher: “What the-?!”
- Blaze: “Cosa sta succedendo?”

(The creature shakes the mud off of his face and smiles)

- Blaze and Crusher: (high-pitched screaming)
- Gasquatch: “Whoa now, lil’ buddies. Ahahahaha, I knew dere was someone up here. C’mon, lemme help ya down.”

(He helps Blaze and Crusher down and gets out of the mud)

- Blaze: “Wow, grazie!”

(Gasquatch shakes the mud off of him)

- Blaze, Crusher, and Gasquatch: (laughing)
- Gasquatch: “‘Kay now, where are my manners? Da name's Gasquatch. Monsta’ of da mud.”
- Blaze: “Well, it's nice to meet you, Gasquatch! I'm Blaze…”
- Crusher: “And I'm Crusher!”
- Gasquatch: “Nice names. Ya know, I don’ get many visitors out here.”
- Crusher: “Wait, you live here?”
- Gasquatch: “Yeah, buddy. Livin' out here? Whoo, it's the best. Look around, boys. I got trees, I got fresh air… (inhales) I got bee-yootiful flowers. And best o’ all… I got mud. (he jumps in the mud) Ahahaha! 🎵 IIII loooove muuuud!🎵 EEYEAH! (splashes in the mud)”
- Crusher: (laughing) “Well, Gasquatch, if you love mud, you should come with us to Mudfest!”
- Gasquatch: “Whoaaaaa now, pal. Mudfest? Y’all gotta tell me everything!”
- Blaze: “Mudfest is awesome! It's like a giant mud party!”
- Gasquatch: “Mud party? Whoo-hee! Now that sounds like my kinda party.”
- Crusher: “So what'cha say? Wanna come with us?”
- Gasquatch: “Really? Y’all’d take me there?”
- Blaze: “Oh yeah!”
- Gasquatch: “You sonuvabitch, I'm in!”
- Crusher: “Alright, Gasquatch! Follow us!”

(Blaze and Crusher drive off)

- Gasquatch: “Wait for me, bro! Wooohoo!!”

(Gasquatch soon catches up; cue the travel song)

- Blaze: “🎵 Come on, let's hit the road!🎵”
- Crusher: “🎵 Get ready, here we go!🎵”
- Gasquatch: “Woo, here we goooo!”
- Blaze: “🎵 One, two, three!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Crusher: “🎵 Come on and follow me!🎵”
- Gasquatch: “Aw, yeah! 🎵 G-g-gimme some speed!🎵”
- Blaze: “Yahoo! 🎵 One, two, three!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE! LET'S BLAZE!🎵”
- Blaze and Crusher: “🎵 One, two, three and four! Kick the pedal to the floor!🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 Five, six, seven an’ eight!🎵”
- All: “🎵 LET'S BLAZE!🎵”

(The song ends; Blaze, Crusher, and Gasquatch come to a snowy landscape)

- Blaze: “Whoa, careful! It's pretty icy!”
- Gasquatch: “WEEEEHOO!”

(Gasquatch bellyflops onto the ice; Blaze and Crusher follow soon afterwards)

- Blaze: “WOOOOOOHOOHOOHOOOO!!”
- Crusher: “Yeah-ha-ha-ha!”
- Gasquatch: “Aw, yeah! Dis is totally mudsome!”
- Blaze and Crusher: (laughing)
- Gasquatch: “Ahahaha! Woooohoo!”
- All: (laughing)

(They stop next to a bush with purple berries. Suddenly…)

- Gasquatch: “Ah… ah… ah… ah.. AH-CHOOOO!! (echoes)”

(The sneeze shakes some trees, causing birds to chirp and fly away)

- Crusher: “Gesundheit!”
- Gasquatch: “Sorry ‘bout dat. Dis happens everytime I get near those purple berries. Dey’re called Truckberries. Da pollen dey emit makes me wanna… wanna… WA-CHOOOO!! (echoes)”
- Blaze: “Gesundheit!”
- Crusher: “Uh, guys? I think something's coming.”

(A big rock is rolling down the hill in their direction because of the sneeze)

- Blaze: “...ho-lee CRAP.”

(It lands on the ice)

- Blaze: “RUUUUUUUUN!!”
- All: (screaming)

(The rock chases them)

- Gasquatch: “How’re we gonna STOP dat thing?!”
- Crusher: “Well, that rock’s really heavy, and when heavy things get going, they're REALLY hard to stop! That's inertia!”
- Blaze: “C’mon, Crusher! Let's see if we can stop it!”

(Blaze and Crusher push the rock hard and strain)

- Blaze: “It's slowing down, but… (grunting) we can't push hard enough to stop it!”
- Gasquatch: “Oi, lemme see if I can stop it. I'm pretty strong, ya know.”

(Gasquatch is also unsuccessful)

- Gasquatch: “It's slowin’ down even more, but I can't stop it either!”
- Crusher: “We gotta stop that thing, and fast, before we go off that cliff!”

(Up ahead is a cliff)

- Blaze: (to reader) “That rock has so much inertia, that me and Crusher can't stop it and neither can Gasquatch!”
- Gasquatch: “Aw, man, if only we had a way to push it a little harder…”
- Crusher: “Wait wait wait, hold up… what if we all push at the same time?”
- Blaze: “That's a great idea, Crusher! (to reader) Do you think we can stop it if we all push together?”

(Reader responds “yeah”)

- Blaze: “Alright, let's try it!”

(Blaze, Crusher, and Gasquatch all push hard together; the rock stops just as their tires touch the cliff edge)

- Blaze: “We did it, Gasquatch!”
- Gasquatch: “Awww, YEAH-YUH! Ha, dat was exciting!”
- Crusher: “Hang on, Mudfest! We're coming!”
- Gasquatch: “Oh, yeah! Mudfest! 🎵 IIII loooove muuuud!🎵 EEYEAH!”

(They hurry on their way; the STEM song begins)

- Gasquatch: “🎵 Ooh-whoo-oo!🎵”
- Crusher: “🎵 HEAAAVY heavy things are hard to stop…🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 Ooh-whoo-oo!🎵”
- Crusher: “🎵 A-when they're movin’!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 When objects are in motion…🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 Ooh-whoo-oo!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 When objects are in motion!🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 Ooh-whoo-oo!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 They tend to stay in MOOOTION! When objects are at rest…🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 Ooh-whoo-oo!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 When objects are at re-hee-est!🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 Ooh-whoo-oo!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 They tend to stay at re-e-e-e-est!🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 In-er-ti-a!🎵”
- Blaze and Crusher: “🎵 HEAAAVY heavy things are hard to stop…🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 In-er-ti-a!🎵”
- Blaze and Crusher: “🎵 A-when they're movin'! Heavy heavy things are hard to stop…🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 In-er-ti-a!🎵”
- Blaze and Crusher: “🎵 A-when they're movin'! Issac Newton had a notion…🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 It's his first law o’ motion! In-er-ti-a!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 HEAAAVY heavy things are hard to stop…🎵”
- Gasquatch: “🎵 In-er-ti-a!🎵”
- All: “🎵 A-when they're MOOOOOOOOVIN’!🎵”
- Crusher: (Elvis Presley impression) “Thank you, thank you very much.”

(The song ends; back at Mudfest, Joe and Gus are playing in the mud together)

- Joe and Gus: (laughing)

(Beldevere rushes into a tent)

- Joe: “Yo Belle, what’cha doin'?”
- Beldevere: (peeks out) “Shhhh! I heard a monster. It was loud, and it was scary…”
- Gus: “A monster? Oooh, yeah! That sounds exciting!”
- Beldevere: “Exciting?! That monster could kill us at any moment! That's why I'm staying in here!”
- Joe: “KILL US?! YIKES!”

(Joe rushes into the tent and accidentally knocks it over)

- Beldevere: “YUCK!! Joe!”
- Joe: “Uh, haha. Oopsie.”

(Back in the forest, Blaze, Crusher, and Gasquatch come down a mudslide)

- Blaze: “Woohoo!!”
- Crusher: “Yeah!”
- Gasquatch: “YEAH, BABY!”

(They stop at a river)

- Crusher: “Here it is, guys. The final checkpoint before we make it to Mudfest.”
- Blaze: “We just have to get across the water to that dock over there.”

(Gasquatch sees a raft)

- Gasquatch: “Y’all, I found a raft! I bet we could use dat to get across da river! (jumps on the raft)”
- Blaze: “That's a great idea!”
- Gasquatch: “Yup, juuuuus’ right. It's big, it floats…”

(Wind blows, rustling the leaves on a bush and revealing Truckberries on it)

- Gasquatch: “I… it’s right next to dat bush fulla Truckberries…”
- Blaze and Crusher: “TRUCKBERRIES?!”
- Crusher: “Uh oh…”
- Gasquatch: “Ah… ah… ah…”
- Blaze: “HE'S GONNA BLOW!”
- Gasquatch: “Ah… ah… AH-CHOOOO!! (echoes)”

(His sneeze is powerful enough to send the raft floating down the river)

- Gasquatch: “Goddangit!”
- Blaze: “Hubcaps! He just sneezed the raft away!”
- Crusher: “And he's not stopping!”

(Gasquatch yells as he is sent floating)

- Blaze: “Crusher, remember when I said what inertia was?”
- Crusher: “Yeah: heavy things are hard to stop when they're moving! But… how is that gonna help us?”
- Blaze: “I have an idea: how about I become a tugboat? Tugboats are really powerful boats that push heavy things on the water, and that could push hard enough to stop Gasquatch's raft!”
- Crusher: “Ooh, yeah! I love the sound of that!”
- Blaze: (to reader) “Quick! Let's turn me into a tugboat!”

(The transformation interface begins)

- Blaze: “The first part we need is a hull. That lets the boat float on the water. To build a hull, say “hull”. Hull!”
(The hull materializes)
- Blaze: “Fantastico! Now we need fenders to protect the hull when we're pushing. To build the fenders, say “fenders”. Fenders!”
- (The fenders materialize)
- Blaze: “Last but not least, we need a propeller that spins fast and makes the tugboat push really hard. To make the propeller, say “propeller”. Propeller!”
- (The propeller materializes)
- Blaze: “Woohoo! INTRODUCING THE TUGBOAT MONSTER MACHINE!!”

(Blaze transforms; he lets Crusher on.)

- Crusher: “YO-HO-HOOOO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM!”

(Tugboat Blaze zooms down the river)

- Blaze: “WAHOO!!”
- Crusher: “Hoohoohoo!”
- Gasquatch: (screaming)
- Crusher: “Blaze, look!”

(Zoom past Blaze and Crusher to reveal Gasquatch on the raft)

- Gasquatch: “Oh my GAWD, HEEEELP!!”
- Blaze: “Strike my shock-absorbers! He's headed for those sharp branches!”

(Up ahead are branches in the water)

- Crusher: “We need to hurry up and help him before the branches make him sink!”
- Blaze: “TUGBOAT TO THE RESCUE!”
- Crusher: “Oh, yeah!”

(Blaze jumps over and gets in front of the raft)

- Gasquatch: “Ooh-WEE, bro! That is DOPE!”

(Blaze starts pushing; Crusher pushes a button on the tugboat control center and causes a gauge to appear over Blaze)

- Crusher: (to reader) “Check it out: right now, Blaze is pushing with a force of 5. To stop the raft, it looks like we need to push with a force of 15. Count to 15 with me! We'll start with 5!”

(Blaze pushes; gauge starts to go up)

- Crusher and Gasquatch: “5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15!”

(Gasquatch is saved from the branches thanks to Blaze)

- Gasquatch: “YEAH-YUH! I'M SAAAVED!”
- Crusher: “You're welcome, Gasquatch!”
- Gasquatch: “Aw, man, dat was amazing! I ain't EVER seen anyone be a tugboat like dat before! Y'all saved me!”
- Blaze: “It was nothing, Gasquatch! Let's get you to that dock.”
- Gasquatch: “MUDFEST, BABY! HERE WE COME!”

(Blaze pushes Gasquatch to the dock; Blaze detransforms and lands, with Crusher getting off of him. In the forest, the sounds of laughing and cheering fade in)

- Crusher: “Listen, that sounds like Monster Machines playing and having fun!”
- Blaze: “You know what that means, right? We're getting closer to…”

(Up ahead is…)

- All: “MUDFEST!”
- Gasquatch: “It's even greater than I expected!”
- Crusher: “Come on, Gasquatch! Follow us!”
- Gasquatch: “Awww, yeah baby! 🎵 IIII loooove muuuud!🎵 EEYEAH! Hahaha! (follows Blaze and Crusher)”

(Meanwhile, Amber is trying to find Beldevere)

- Amber: “Belle, come on! You can't hide from us all day long!”
- Beldevere: (in the distance) “I'm up here, idiot!”

(Beldevere is on top of Mud Mountain)

- Amber: “Belle! That's not a good idea!”

(Behind Beldevere, a stormcloud rolls in)

- Beldevere: “Oh, pish-posh! If this is how I'm gonna avoid that monster, then so be it. Besides, what's the worst that could happen?”

(The stormcloud crashes and lightning strikes)

- Beldevere: “QUOI?! (Another strike) AAGH!”

(Beldevere accidentally slips into a mud pile)

- Amber: “BELLE?!”

(Everyone else gathers around)

- Trucks: (gasping)
- Zeg: “This not good, this not good at all!”
- Lucilia: “Belle, you need to get down from there!”

(Beldevere struggles to get up from the pile because of its’ heaviness)

- Beldevere: “Sacre bleu! I… I can't move! Help! Heeelp!”

(And here comes Gasquatch)

- Gasquatch: “Ya called?”
- Trucks, Amber, and Lucilia: (gasping)
- Joe: “Wow, check him out!”
- Gus: “What an absolute unit!”

(Blaze and Crusher roll up)

- Crusher: “So, how are we gonna save Belle?”
- Gasquatch: “Truckberries. I'mma huge sneezer, so we could grab some Truckberries and I could blow dat cloud away.”
- Blaze: “That's a great idea! The stormcloud has inertia, but your sneezes could push it away!”

(The stormcloud strikes)

- Beldevere: (shriek of pain)
- Gasquatch: “I'mma need a lotta ‘em, though. Enough for me to sneeze my biggest sneeze yet.”
- Blaze: “Don't worry, Gasquatch! Team Blasher’s gonna pull through for ya!”

(Blaze takes out a jar; cue a montage set to an instrumental version of “Inertia”, where Blaze and Crusher gather Truckberries. They finish just as the stormcloud gets closer to Beldevere)

- Beldevere: “HEEEELP!!”
- Crusher: “Ohhh, it's almost there!”
- Blaze: “Don't worry, Crusher! We'll get these back to Gasquatch in the nick of time!”

(The Blazing Speed engine deploys, surrounding Crusher with a blue aura)

- Crusher: “YES! YES!! YESSSSS!!”
- Blaze: (to readers) “Quick, give us Blazing Speed by saying “LEEEEET'S BLAZE”!”
- Blaze and Crusher: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(They unleash the speed and hurry back to Mudfest, where Beldevere is still stuck and the stormcloud is getting closer and closer)

- Beldevere: (despairing scream)
- Gasquatch: “I'm here, brotha’!”
- Beldevere: “M-m-monster…?”

(Blaze and Crusher’s horns sound off together; they arrive at Mud Mountain with the Truckberries in hand)

- Crusher: “Gasquatch! Catch! (tosses him the jar)”
- Gasquatch: “Ahahaha, thank ya very much.”
- Beldevere: “Uhhhh…?”
- Gasquatch: “Watch dis, dude. (sniffs the Truckberries) Ah… ah… AHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOO!!! (echoes)”

(The sneeze breaks the stormcloud into pieces and sends them away)

- All: (cheering)
- Zeg: “Totally prehistorically awesome!”
- Beldevere: “Y-you saved me? But… I thought those belonged to a monster.”
- Gasquatch: “Monsta’? Well, yeah, I'm a monsta'. But I don’ hurt people. I jus’ like mud. (splatters himself and chuckles)”
- Beldevere: “Huh. Guess I shouldn't have judged you by your cover…”
- Gasquatch: “Well, look on da bright side. I think you an’ me are gon’ be great friends. (hugs them tightly)”
- Beldevere: “Thanks… I… guess?”
- Gasquatch: “Now hang on tight, bro: we goin’ DOOOOOWN!!”

(Gasquatch helps Beldevere up on his head and slides down the mountain)

- Gasquatch: “WEEEEHOO!!”
- Beldevere: (screaming)

(They reach the bottom)

- All: (cheering)

(Beldevere gets down)

- Crusher: “Belle! You're safe! (hugs them)”
- Blaze: “Everyone, say hello to our new friend: Gasquatch!”
- Gasquatch: “‘Sup, y'all?”
- Crusher: “He came over to play with us!”
- Amber: “Oh, he did, huh? Well, amigo, do you like mud?”
- Gasquatch: “LIKE mud? Naw, I don't like mud… 🎵 IIII loooove muuuud!🎵 EEYEAH!”
- All: (laughing and cheering)
- Blaze: “C’mon, guys! Let's get muddy!”

(As Mudfest resumes, the camera pans up to AJ, still in the tree he hid in)

- AJ: “Man, am I glad I stayed out of this episode!”
- Gasquatch: “HEY! Y'all wanna see my Mega Mud Bellyflop?”
- Stripes: “¡Sí!”
- Darington: “Ohh, yeah!”
- Starla: “Ya know ah do!”

(Gasquatch honks and jumps onto a tall rock and jumps into the mud, splashing everyone, even AJ)

- AJ: “Yuck! Ohhh well.”

(AJ shrugs with a sheepish expression; cue the iris out that ends the episode)

Notes:

Trivia: This episode marks the final time Hit the Road is played in DOTD, SOTFK, as it is replaced with Burn Rubber (in Belle and the Runaway Rocket), Go Go Go (in The Sneezles Are Contagious), and We're On Our Way (in Truck or Treat).

Chapter 29: S1, E14: Trouble at the Truck Wash!

Summary:

In this episode, after Beldevere breaks the Truck Wash, Gabby, Amber, Blaze, and AJ go on a retrieval mission!

Notes:

Trivia: This episode marks the first time Burn Rubber is used as the travel song in DOTD, SOTFK.

Voice cast:
* Nolan North: Blaze
* Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher/Gus
* Nat Faxon: Pickle/Joe
* Dusan Brown: AJ (speaking)/Additional voices
* Jacquez Swanigan: AJ (singing)
* Angelina Wahler: Gabby
* Sunil Malhotra: Stripes
* Kate Higgins: Starla
* Alexander Polinsky: Darington
* James Patrick Stuart: Zeg
* Tori Feinstein: Amber
* Sarah Sherman/Squirm: Lucilia
* Ciarán Strange: Beldevere

Chapter Text

Theme song:
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the Sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit, from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travellers, “are your dreams still unobstructed?” My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We'll tell the travellers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven… With us, the world continues to change…!🎵”
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵”

(The episode starts with Blaze, Darington, Zeg, Starla, Stripes, and Lucilia racing around Mud Mountain, all covered in mud)

- Darington: “Woohoo! Hahaha!”
- Zeg: “ZEEEEEEEEEGGG!!”
- Blaze: “Oh-ho-ho, yeah!!”
- Stripes and Lucilia: (laughing)
- Starla: “WOO-HA!”
- Darington: “Yeah, baby!”
- Lucilia: “Awesome!”
- Zeg: (roaring)
- All: (laughing)
- Starla: “YEEEE-HAW!”
- Blaze: (laughing; to reader) “Ciao! I'm Blaze! And these guys are my number 1 best friends!”
- Stripes, Lucilia, Starla, Darington, and Zeg: (various forms of “hi”)
- Blaze: “We've been practicing a lot of cool tricks here on Mud Mountain… wait. Wow, am I dirty!”
- Stripes: “Haha, you're not kidding!”

(Everyone does more stunts)

- Starla: “YEEHAW!”
- Stripes: “Woohoo! ¡Sí!”
- Zeg: “AHAHAHA!”
- Starla: “Woo, boy, ah am seriously dirty.”
- Lucilia: “Yikes, me too!”

(Stripes and Lucilia shake off the mud, with most of it landing on Darington)

- Darington: “Darington? More like Dirt-ington!”
- All: (laughing)
- Blaze: “Welp, guys, I guess there's only one place we can go from here: the Truck Wash!”

(Pan over to reveal the Truck Wash in Axle City)

- All except Blaze: “Wow!”
- Zeg: “That the largest amount of bubbles Zeg ever seen!”
- Stripes: “We know what to do here: follow Blaze!”
- All: “YEAH!”
- Zeg: “Truck Wash! Truck Wash! Truck Wash!”

(They drive off; behind them, Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle come up a hill; Pickle and Crusher slide down all muddy, while Beldevere takes slow and cautious steps)

- Crusher: “Whoo, Pickle! Check me out! I'm as dirty as dirty can be!”
- Pickle: (laughing)
- Beldevere: “Oh, please. I'm as clean as clean can be.”
- Pickle: “Huh… so what's that spot on your cheek?”

(Beldevere realizes a little mud got on their face)

- Beldevere: “Wha-? Oh, SACRE BLEU! Eugh, get it off! Ugh, gross!”
- Crusher: “Belle- BELLE, calm down! It's just a little mud!”

(Beldevere slips and falls, splattering mud; now they're really dirty)

- Beldevere: “All this time spent, perfecting my appearance… has now gone ENTIRELY TO WASTE!!! UGH!”
- Crusher: “Hold your hubcaps, buddy. We can just go to the Truck Wash to clean off.”
- Beldevere: (grins) “Yes, of course! The Truck Wash! I don't know why I didn't think of that earlier.”

(They, Crusher, and Pickle head for the Truck Wash; cut to the inside of it, where Gabby, AJ, and Amber are all working on it)

- Gabby: “Alright, a few finishing touches here and there, and we should be good.”
- AJ: “Man, you weren't kidding when you said this had a big bubble problem!”
- Gabby: “Hopefully we won't run into more problems today…”

(A muddy tire taps Gabby on the shoulder. Gabby, AJ, and Amber turn around to see Blaze, with the rest of the Monster Machines formed in a line behind him)

- AJ, Gabby, and Amber: (screaming in horror)
- Amber: “Ay dios mío, what happened to you guys?!”
- Stripes: “We were doing tricks over by Mud Mountain! Do you think you could clean all of this dirt off?”
- AJ: “Yeah, of course we could!”

(AJ pushes a button at the entrance, turning on all of the machines inside)

- AJ: “Our Truck Wash will get you scrubbed and soaked and rinsed until you're all cleaned off!”
- Darington: “Aw man, I can't wait to get all this dirt off of me!”
- Zeg: “Zeg love this thing already!”
- Gabby: “Now, if you'd like to get started, all ya need to do is press the soap button. Exactly ONCE, I might add. Now, raise your tire if you'd like to go first.”

(Beldevere pushes their way into the line)

- Beldevere: “MOI!! Me first, my turn! Moi, moi, moi!!”
- Crusher: (while Belle is talking) “Sorry ‘bout that, folks.”
- Pickle: “Yeah, uh, sorry.”
- Gabby: (facepalms) “Figures.”
- Amber: “Okay, Belle. You and Crusher can go first. If you want to start the Truck Wash, only push the soap button-”
- Beldevere: “ONCE. Yeah yeah, I know.”

(Beldevere presses the soap button; starting the Truck Wash)

- Crusher: “Ah, finally. Cleanliness.”
- Beldevere: “Hmmm… if pressing the soap button once gets us clean, then pressing it a million times will get us super clean!”
- Crusher: “NO NO, DUDE! NO NO, DON'T…!”

(Too little, too late: Beldevere pushes the button so many times in just 5 seconds, that the Truck Wash machines go haywire)

- Pickle: “Oh no…”

(The machines detach and glide past the gang)

- Starla: “Whoa now!”
- Zeg: “Ohhh, mommy!”
- Darington: (wails)
- Stripes: “They're going, they're going…”

(The parts fly off into the distance, leaving the Truck Wash broken and empty)

- Lucilia: “They're outta here!”
- Zeg: “This not good, this not good at all!”
- Gabby: “I specifically told you not to push the soap button multiple times, BELLE. Now look at what you did!”
- Beldevere: “Okay, okay! Sor-RY for wanting to be the cleanest guy in Axle City!”
- Gabby: (sighs exasperatedly) “Okay, Monster Machines, stay right here. Me, Amber, AJ, and Blaze are going to find the broken pieces.”
- Blaze: “Oh-ho-ho, yeah! I like that idea!”
- Amber: (shapeshifts into a cheetah) “Count me in!”
- Monster Machines: (cheering)

(Blaze, AJ, Gabby, and Amber step outside the Truck Wash)

- Blaze: “We'll use Blazing Speed to find those pieces in no time!”

(The Blazing Speed Engine is deployed; surrounding AJ, Gabby, and Amber with a blue aura)

- Blaze: (to reader) “To give us Blazing Speed, say “LEEEEET'S BLAZE”!”
- All: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(The speed is unleashed, and they take off; the travel song (which makes an early-bird debut here) begins)

- All: “BUUURN RUBBER! Burn, burn rubber!”
- Gabby: “🎵 Oh, let's go!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Let's gooo!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 Let's go!🎵”
- Amber: “🎵 ¡Vamos!🎵”
- All: “BUUURN RUBBER! Burn, burn rubber!”
- Gabby: “🎵 Lead the wa-a-ay!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 We'll save the da-a-ay!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Won't hesita-a-ate!🎵”
- Amber: “🎵 We won't dela-a-ay!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 Yeah, we're on our wa-a-ay! Let's accelera-a-ate! We're gaining speed!🎵”
- All: “BUUURN RUBBER! Burn, burn rubber!”
- Gabby: “🎵 Let's go!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Let's go!🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 Let's go!🎵”
- Amber: “🎵 ¡Vamos!🎵”
- All: “BUUURN RUBBER! Let's go!”

(The song ends; the gang stops at a nearby alley to plan their next move)

- Blaze: “Alright, before we continue, we're gonna have to know how many parts we'll need to find. Gabby?”
- Gabby: (gets out her tablet) “Let's see here…”

(Gabby shows the others something on her tablet; cut to the interface)

- Gabby: “We've got 3 parts to find: the spin brush, the bubble blasters, and the water sprayers.”

(A whirling noise is heard; Gabby takes a peek from the alleyway)

- Gabby: “There's the spin brush…”

(It's up ahead, scrubbing several trucks)

- Red Truck: (chuckling)
- Orange Truck: “Hey, that tickles! (laughing)”
- Blue Truck: (laughing)

(Suddenly, the spin brush rolls off to the recycling plant)

- Gabby: “...heading to the recycling plant. …RECYCLING PLANT?! Oh, that's trouble!”

(They enter the recycling plant up ahead, where strange machines are smashing garbage)

- Blaze: “Whoa… what are those?”
- Gabby: “They're smashing machines, also known as the main reason why this place is trouble: they open wide, and before you know it… BAM! Crushed flat!”

(The spin brush appears before them, heading down a maintenance corridor)

- Amber: “Ohh, there it goes!”
- AJ: “AFTER IT!”

(They give chase; ahead of them, a HUGE smashing machine slams shut. The gang gasps in terror, and we fade out for a commercial break. When we come back, the scene replays (starting from “AFTER IT!”) and continues where it left off.)

- AJ: “Oh my God!”
- Amber: “Oh mala, oh mala, oh ¡mala, mala, mala, mala, mala, MALA!”
- Blaze: “The spin brush! It's getting away!”

(The machine opens a little before it bangs shut again; Blaze starts to panic)

- Blaze: “We gotta find a way past the machine before we get smashed and we totally die! But how?! How?! Hooooowww?!”

(While Blaze panics, Gabby and AJ come up with a plan)

- AJ: “Blaze, huminahon ka! Me and Gabby have an idea!”
- Gabby: “See the smashing machine? It's got two lines. When those two lines come together, they make an angle.”
- Blaze: “What's that gotta do with anything?!”
- Amber: “You'll see.”
- AJ: “When the lines are far apart with lots of space between them, that's an obtuse angle. When the lines are close together, that's an acute angle.”
- Blaze: (gets close to Gabby and AJ’s faces) “HOW IS THAT SUPPOSED TO HELP US?!?!”
- Gabby: “Cool your jets, buddy. We have to time our movements so that we only move when the angle of the machine is obtuse. Got it?”
- Blaze: “Oh. Ohhhhh. I get it now. Got it!”

(Cut to the machine; it opens halfway, and its edges are shaded in red)

- AJ: “See, Blaze? All we need to do is look at the space between the lines! (to reader) Is this an obtuse angle?”

(Reader responds “no”)

- AJ: “Nope! That's an acute angle!”

(The machine slams shut)

- Blaze: “Whoa!”

(It reopens all the way)

- AJ: “Now is that an obtuse angle?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

- AJ: “Right! There's enough space for us to go!”

(The gang jumps through the machine just before it slams shut again)

- AJ: “See, Blaze? That's all we needed to do!”

(Gabby spots the spin brush on the other side of a second smashing machine)

- Gabby: “Aha, the spin brush!”

(It slams shut)

- Gabby: “Aaaand another smasher. Great. Guess it's time to play another guessing game.”

(The machine only opens partway)

- Gabby: (to reader) “Remember, look at the space between the lines. Is this an obtuse angle?”

(Reader responds “no”)

- Gabby: “No way, that's an acute angle.”

(It slams shut and opens halfway)

- Gabby: “Is that obtuse?”

(Reader responds “no” again)

- Gabby: “Nope, that's a right angle.”

(It slams shut and opens all the way)

- Gabby: “NOW is that obtuse?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

- Gabby: “Bang on! Let's go!”

(They jump through and chase the spin brush up ahead)

- Gabby: (reaches hand out) “Almost got it…”

(It passes yet another smasher)

- Gabby: “OH so close.”

(SLAM!)

- Amber: “Whoa, whoa!”

(It opens halfway)

- Amber: (to reader) “Check out this smasher! Is this an obtuse angle?”

(Reader responds “no”)

- Amber: “Nope, we can't fit through there!”

(It slams shut and opens all the way)

- Amber: “Now is it obtuse?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

- Amber: “¡Sí!”

(They jump through and find the spin brush at the end of the hall. Blaze deploys his hook and grabs the spin brush, pulling it into his trunk)

- Blaze: “Safe and sound! At last!”
- Gabby: “One piece down, 2 more to go.”
- AJ: “Come on, let's get back to the Truck Wash!”

(Cheetah Amber opens the emergency exit with her tail and the gang exits; back at the Truck Wash, the Monster Machines hear Blaze's horn)

- Darington: “Hey hey hey! They're back!”
- Lucilia: “And they got the spin brush!”

(The gang joins them)

- All: (various cheering)
- Gabby: (dusts off her hands and chuckles) “Ah, it was nothing. Now, Blaze, if you will?”

(Blaze reverses and unloads the spin brush; Darington and Zeg put it onto its hinges)

- Gabby: “Thanks, boys!”

(Gabby drills it back in place; meanwhile, Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are driving outside)

- Pickle: “Hey, look! They're starting to put the Truck Wash back together!”
- Beldevere: “Oh, brother. Can't they hurry up?”
- Crusher: “If you want them to hurry up, why don't you help them?”
- Beldevere: (dismounts from Crusher) “Hell no! I'd rather stay dirty than help those assholes with their dirty work! You hear me?! (stomps on the ground) Never! (stomps on the ground) Never! (stomps on the ground) NEVER!!”

(Beldevere's stomping knocks a heap of paint cans in the air; they crash down on them and spill)

- Pickle: “Are you okay?”
- Beldevere: (dizzily) “I rest my case…”

(Back in the Truck Wash, Gabby has finished fastening the spin brush)

- Gabby: “There ya have it, folks: the spin brush is back in action.”
- All except Gabby: (cheering)
- Blaze: “Can we go look for the other parts now, Gabby? Please (hops) please (hops) pleeeeeeease? (Hops and gives her puppy dog eyes)”
- Gabby: “Jeez Blaze, that was what I was going to suggest! We'll be back, guys.”

(They head back down the street; Gabby recalls what parts they need to find)

- Gabby: “Okay, we found the spin brush, so that's a checkmark. If you want my suggestion, we should find the bubble blasters next. (The bubble blasters appear in a thought bubble above her head) There were… (the blasters light up as she counts) One, two, three of them we ended up using.”

(A loud scream rings out)

- Gabby: “What the-?”

(Up ahead, the street is covered in suds)

- Blaze: “Fire up my foglights! Where did those come from?!”

(The bubble blasters appear, spewing bubbles everywhere)

- AJ: “Oh, the bubble blasters! We need to catch th-”
- Amber: “YAHOO!!”

(Amber turns into a penguin and slides on the road)

- Blaze: “At least you could have waited for us!”

(Blaze, AJ, and Gabby follow her, slipping on the bubbles as they go down)

- Gabby: “Whoa-oa-oa-oa!! Hey! Incoming!”
- Blaze and AJ: (screaming and wailing)

(They knock over stuff in the road; eventually…)

- Amber: “¡Ay-yi-yi! ¡¡CUIDADO, CUIDADOOOOOO!!”

(Zoom in on Amber's face, then cut to a hit flash with stars and swirls right as the impact happens. After the hit flash, it cuts to everyone on the floor and reeling from the impact)

- Amber: (now back in human form) “Okay, that wasn't the smartest idea. Now what?”
- AJ: (sits up dizzily) “Okay okay, hear me out. We make Blaze a bumper car. Bumper cars use special bumpers that bounce you off of things instead of making you crash into them.”
- Gabby: “Brilliant!”
- AJ: “Well, knowing you, I'm going to assume that's sarcasm…”
- Gabby: “No, I actually mean it. That's brilliant!”
- AJ: “What do you think, Blaze?”
- Blaze: “I like the sound of that! (to reader) Come on, let's build the parts we need to turn me into a bumper car!”

(Transformation interface begins)

- Blaze: “First, I need a big rubber bumper, so I can bounce off of things instead of crashing into them. To make the bumper, say “bumper”. Bumper!”
- (The bumper materializes)
- Blaze: “Great work! Now, I'll need the swivel casters… what are those, exactly?”
- Amber: “They let the wheels turn in any direction they need to.”
- Blaze: “I knew that. To make the swivel casters, say “swivel casters”. Swivel casters!”
- (The swivel casters materialize)
- Blaze: “Awesome! Now we just need the caster wheels to make the bumper car roll. To make the caster wheels, say “caster wheels”. Caster wheels!”
- (The caster wheels materialize)
- Blaze: “Fantastico! INTRODUCING THE BUMPER CAR MONSTER MACHINE!!”

(Blaze transforms; Gabby and AJ board Blaze while Amber returns to penguin form)

- Blaze: “Ready or not, bubble blasters…”
- All: “Here we come!”

(Off they go; Blaze bumps off of things in the street without crashing, while Amber swiftly avoids the obstacles with slight difficulty)

- AJ: “YEEHAW!”
- Gabby: “Whoa, whoa-oa! Yikes!”
- Blaze: “WOOOOOOHOOO!!”
- Amber: (laughing)

(Joe and Gus watch, eating corndogs)

- Gus: “Yo Joe, check this out: Blaze's a bumper car!”
- Joe: “Ha! You GO, bro!”

(Gabby taps on Blaze and points to a bubble blaster which disappears around the corner)

- Blaze: “Gaskets! We need to figure out where to bounce so we can grab it!”
- AJ: “Switching over to Firefly Sight…”

(AJ focuses his vision; cut to interface overhead)

- AJ: “Okay, we're over here, and the bubble blaster is over there. Let's see where we can bounce…”

(Lines appear for each bounce suggestion off the mailboxes before them. The blue one shows a line leading to the street ahead)

- Gabby: “If we bounce off the blue mailbox, we'd land all the way over there.”
- AJ: “That ain't gonna get us to the bubble blaster! It's too obtuse!”

(The green mailbox shows a line leading to the bubble blaster)

- Gabby: “But if we bounce off the green mailbox, it'll make an acute angle.”
- Blaze: (to reader) “Would that lead us to the bubble blaster?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

- Blaze: “Right! It'll take us right to it! Let's bounce!”

(They bounce off the green mailbox; Blaze and Amber work together and bump the bubble blaster up high, letting Gabby catch it)

- Gabby: “Gotcha!”
- Amber: “Nice catch, ¡amorcito!”

(The sounds of bubbling are heard)

- Amber: “Ay, I think I hear another blaster!”

(The blaster goes down another street)

- AJ: (to reader) “Quick, help us figure out where to bounce so we can grab it!”

(Cut to an overview)

- AJ: “Take a look: if we bounce off the purple crate, we'll go at an obtuse angle like this!”
- Blaze: “And if we bounce off the red crate, we'll go at an acute angle like this!”

(The purple crate’s obtuse angle leads to the bubble blaster)

- AJ: “Which crate should we bounce off to get to the bubble blaster?”

(Reader responds “the purple crate”)

- AJ: “Right, the purple crate!”

(They bounce off of it; AJ collects the bubble blaster)

- AJ: “Look at that! Two down, one more to go!”

(Bubbling is heard; the third bubble blaster goes down another street)

- AJ: “It turned onto that street over there!”

(Cut to an overview)

- Gabby: “If we bounce off the blue dumpster, we'll go at an acute angle.”
- AJ: “If we bounce off the green dumpster, we'll go at a right angle… and if we bounce off the red dumpster, we'll go at an obtuse angle!”

(The green dumpster’s right angle leads to the bubble blaster)

- AJ: (to reader) “Which dumpster should we bounce off to get the bubble blaster?”

(Reader responds “the green dumpster”)

- AJ: “The green one, yeah!”

(They bounce off; Blaze grabs the bubble blaster and puts it into his trunk. They land on dry road)

- Blaze: (happily jumps and returns to normal) “Yeah! Yeah!”
- Gabby: (counts all the bubble blasters) “One, two, three. That's the way it should be, heh heh.”
- AJ: “Let's get back to the Truck Wash, guys! The Monster Machines are waiting for us!”

(They go through the construction site; cue the STEM song)

- Blaze: “🎵 Everywhere we go, they're all around us! All these angles, oh yeah!🎵”
- Amber: “🎵 Obtuse ones, acute ones, look around and that's what you're sure to find!🎵”
- Gabby: “🎵 When two lines come together, they form an angle!🎵”
- AJ: “Angle!”
- Gabby: “🎵 Right…🎵”
- Amber: “🎵 Obtuse…🎵”
- Blaze: “🎵 And acute!🎵”
- All: “🎵 All around, we got angles, angles!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Like the hands on a clock or the peak of a roof, lines form angles, and that's a scientific truth!🎵”
- All: “🎵 When two lines come together, they form an angle! Oh yeah!🎵”

(The song ends; back at the Truck Wash, Gabby and Amber are reattaching the bubble blasters)

- Amber: “Alright, phew! That oughta do it! The bubble blasters are back where they belong.”
- Monster Machines: (cheering)
- Zeg: “Hooray for Truck Wash!”
- Gabby: “AJ, mind telling us what we're missing?”

(AJ pulls up the parts on Blaze's control panel)

- AJ: “Let's see here… spin brush, check! Bubble blasters, check! So that means we've only got one thing left to go: the 3 water sprayers!”
- Darington: “Can we find them with you?”
- Monster Machines and Lucilia: (all saying “please” on top of each other)
- Gabby: “OKAY, OKAY! You can come!”
- Monster Machines and Lucilia: (cheering)
- Gabby: “You guys act like children sometimes, I swear…”

(Gabby leads the team up a street)

- Starla: “Hmmm… ah reckon them water sprayers are ‘round here somewhere…”

(Suddenly, Gabby and Blaze are both sprayed with water)

- Gabby: “Ugh! I think I see them…”

(The water sprayers are on top of a building ahead of them, spraying water everywhere)

- Gabby: “They're all… the way… up there.”
- Lucilia: “So… how are we gonna get them down from up there?”
- Stripes: “Yeah, it's ¡súper alto!”
- Zeg: “Hang on, Zeg see something!”

(Zeg points to a nearby ramp)

- Zeg: “Friends can use this ramp! If friends drive really fast up ramp, it launch friends in the air! And if friends go high enough, we grab water sprayers!”

(Crusher's horn sounds off; Beldevere makes him push past them)

- Beldevere: “MOOOOVE IT!! Go away! Let the experts handle this!”
- Crusher: (while Beldevere is talking) “Excuse me, sorry. Pardon me, haha…”

(Beldevere makes Crusher prepare to jump)

- Gabby: “Belle, I wouldn't do that if I were you! It's not-”
- Beldevere: “SHUT UP!”

(Crusher jumps off)

- Crusher: (wailing)
- Beldevere: “🎵 We're gonna get clean! We're gonna get clean! We're gonna…🎵 CRAAAASH!! (they slam into a building) Oof!”

(They drop into a dumpster below)

- Beldevere: “Agh, gross.”
- Gabby: “I told you so. As I was saying, the ramp isn't ready to be jumped yet. We need to adjust its angle so that we'll go higher.”
- Darington: “Jump higher? (laughs) Awesome!”
- Gabby: “Currently, the ramp has an angle of 5. That's far too small for a precise jump like this one. For it to work properly, we'd need an angle of 20. (to reader) Let's count by 5s to make this angle a little bigger. Repeat after me…”

(The ramp increases with each count)

- Gabby: “5, 10, 15, 20!”
- Darington: “Step aside, ladies and gentlemen! Me and Stripes will take it from here!”

(Darington, Stripes, and Lucilia jump off the ramp)

- Darington: “🎵 DARINGTOOOON!!🎵”
- Stripes and Lucilia: (roaring and cheering)

(Darington grabs the water sprayer and tosses it to Stripes, cheering and whooping until he lands)

- Darington: “WOOOOO! That was fun!”
- All: (cheering)
- Stripes: “Here ya go, Gabs! (gives the water sprayer to her)”
- Gabby: “Thank you very much.”
- Blaze: “Let's do it again!... Please?”
- Gabby: “That's kind of mandatory, isn't it? (sighs) Okay, in order to get our next water sprayer, our ramp needs to have an angle of 30. We'll count by 5s again to make the angle a little bigger. Repeat after me…”

(The ramp increases with each count)

- Gabby: “5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30!”
- Starla: “Me an’ Zeg’ll take it from here! YEEEEEEEHAWWWW!!”

(Starla and Zeg jump off the ramp)

- Starla: “Yip, yip, yip, yip! (grabs the water sprayer and rides it like a horse) WHOOOO-HEE! Yahoo! Ride ‘em, cowgirl! Zeg, catch!”

(Starla tosses the water sprayer to Zeg)

- Zeg: “Thanks, Starla! (Grabs onto the water sprayer and rides it down) ZEEEEEEEEEGGG!!”
- All: (cheering)
- Amber: “Way to go, Zeg-man! You da dino!”
- Gabby: “Here it is, folks. The final water sprayer.”
- Zeg: “But it so high up!”
- Gabby: “Me, AJ, Blaze, and Amber will take it from here. To jump all the way up there, our ramp needs to be at an angle of 40. Let's count by 5s one last time. Ready?”

(The ramp increases with each count)

- Gabby: “5, 10…”
- AJ: “15, 20…”
- Amber: “25, 30…”
- Blaze: “35, 40!”

(AJ, Gabby, and Amber board Blaze)

- Blaze: “Gimme some speed, AJ! HERE! WE! GOOOOOO!!”

(AJ slams his foot on the pedal, and Blaze jumps off. Gabby grabs the water sprayer and wraps it around her arm as they land)

- Monster Machines + Lucilia: “YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY!”

(Gabby, AJ, Amber, and Blaze initiate a 4-way high-five/high-tire)

- Gabby: “I guess that's that, at last. Follow me, guys; we've got a Truck Wash to fix!”

(They return to the Truck Wash, with Gabby, AJ, and Amber reattaching one water sprayer each)

- Gabby: “Ahh, finally. All of the pieces are right where they belong, as they should be.”

(As the Monster Machines cheer, AJ, Gabby, and Amber group hug out of relief)

- Gabby: “Blaze, would you do the honors?”
- Blaze: “Oh yeah!”

(He pushes the soap button, reactivating the Truck Wash and sending the parts into action)

- All: (cheering)
- Zeg: “It working!”
- Gabby: “Alright guys, single file, into the Truck Wash ya go.”

(Blaze's friends go through the Truck Wash together)

- Stripes: “Ahh, that feels bueeeeeno… (purring)”
- Lucilia: (purring)
- Starla: “YEEEE-HAW! Yip, yip! C’mon, cowgirl! Shake that tailpipe!”
- Zeg: (laughing) “Washing tickles! (Laughing)”
- Darington: “Oh, yeah! Ah, soooo nice…”

(Pickle goes through next)

- Pickle: “Oh, what's this- whoa! Ahahaha, whoa! Hey, that tickles! Hahahahaha!”
- Gabby: “Saving the best for last, huh Blaze-o?”
- AJ: “Your turn, ol’ pal!”
- Blaze: “Yes! I've been waiting for this whole episode!”

(Blaze goes through the Truck Wash; soon, all of the Monster Machines are sparkling clean, with not a single inch of mud on them)

- Stripes: “Looking good, ¡hombre! (High-tires him)”
- Zeg: “Clean at last! Zeg happy!”
- All: (cheering)

(Beldevere and Crusher are the last to step up)

- Beldevere: “MOOOOVE IT!! It's our turn now!”

(Gabby and AJ look at each other as Beldevere pushes the soap button. Gabby takes out a remote and pushes a button on it, accelerating everything in the Truck Wash)

- Gabby: (chuckles mischievously)

(While Crusher comes out okay, Beldevere's visit is rough; first, they get caught in the spin brush)

- Beldevere: “Oh dear GOD! (lands) Phew!”

(They are hit with far too many bubbles)

- Beldevere: “Oh, hey! Ack! Oi oi!”

(And finally, the water sprays them so much they're blasted back out, now fully clean)

- Beldevere: “Hooray, I'm finally clean!... Ugh.”
- All: (laughing)

(Iris out on Beldevere, and the episode ends)

Chapter 30: S1, E15/MMS E2: A Zeg and his Egg!

Summary:

In what will probably be the fluffiest episode of the season, Zeg and Amber work together to get an egg back to it's nest.

Notes:

Voice cast:
* James Patrick Stuart: Zeg
* Tori Feinstein: Amber
* Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher
* Nat Faxon: Pickle
* Dee Bradley Baker: Baby Truckodactyl/Wooly Mammoth Trucks
* Kate Higgins: Mama Truckodactyl
* Ciarán Strange: Beldevere

Chapter Text

Theme song:
* Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
* Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the Sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit, from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travellers, “are your dreams still unobstructed?” My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We'll tell the travellers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven… With us, the world continues to change…!🎵”
* Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
* Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵”

(The episode starts with Amber (as an ankylosaurus) roaring and running through a prehistoric jungle; she uses her tail to smash a pile of multicolored rocks)

* Amber: “(roaring) Hahahahaha! Yeah!”

(Amber stops and greets the viewer)

* Amber: “¡Hola! It's me, Amber! I'm playing a game with my no. 1 BFF…”

(Zeg comes crashing through another rock pile)

* Zeg: “ZEEEEEEEEEGGG!!”
* Amber and Zeg: (laughing)
* Zeg: “That always fun!”
* Amber: “Awesome smashing, Zeg! (high-paws him; to reader) We're playing one of our favorite jungle games; it's called Smash!”

(Zeg smashes two more piles)

* Zeg: “Smash… and smash! (laughing)”
* Amber: “To play Smash, we run around the jungle, and every time we see big, colorful rocks, we smash ‘em!”

(Pan to reveal more multicolored rocks downhill)

* Zeg: “Amber smash! Amber smash!”
* Amber: “Alright, if you say so!”

(Cue a montage of Zeg and Amber playing Smash. When it's over, Zeg and Amber stop by a tree, laughing)

* Amber: “Oh, yeah! That was fun!”
* Zeg: “Zeg love Smash!”

(Wind blows by and pushes some leaves of a fern, revealing an egg)

* Amber: “Ooh, Zeg, check that out!”
* Zeg: “Oooh, fascinating!”

(Amber and Zeg come closer to the egg)

* Amber: “Hmmm. Well, it's certainly not a smashing rock.”
* Zeg: “Definitely. It not shaped like a rock. So… what is it?”
* Amber: “It's gotta be an egg… a dinosaur egg!”
* Zeg: “Dinosaur egg?! Oooh, it so cute! (babyish voice) Baby dino inside egg!”
* Amber: “Somehow, I get the feeling it belongs in a nest. Let's have a look here…”

(Amber turns into a velociraptor and looks around; eventually, she spots a nest)

* Amber: “I was right, there IS a nest!”

(A squawk is heard; a Truckodactyl flies by)

* Zeg: “Look! It my Truckodactyl buddy!”

(The Truckodactyl squawks and sits on the nest sadly)

* Zeg: “Poor friend. She must be really worried because she don't know where egg is.”
* Amber: (picks up the egg and snuggles it) “Está bien, huevo pequeño. We'll get you back to your nest in no time.”
* Zeg: “Yeah! We promise.”

(Zeg kisses the egg and puts it into his trunk)

* Amber: “You ready, Zeg?”
* Zeg: “Zeg never been more ready!”
* Zeg and Amber: “LET'S GO!!”

(They set off; cue the travel song)

* Zeg: “🎵 Come on, let's go! We ready to roll!🎵”
* Amber: “🎵 Full speed ahead! Ready, get set…🎵”
* Zeg and Amber: “GO!”
* Zeg: “🎵 Time for adventure!🎵 Let's go!”
* Amber: “🎵 Faster and faster!🎵 ¡Vamos!”
* Zeg: “🎵 Kick pedal to metal!🎵 Let's go!”
* Amber: “🎵 We can be the heroes!🎵 Let's go!”
* Zeg and Amber: “Come on! Let's go!”

(The song ends; Amber skids to a halt near a trench)

* Amber: “¡Ay, ayyy! (she crashes against something)”
* Zeg: “Amber okay?”
* Amber: (dizzily) “Fruit salad, yummy yummy… (faints)”
* Zeg: “What this?”

(Zeg looks up; pan to reveal a giant coconut)

* Zeg: “Coconut? What that doing here? It huge! No way Zeg and Amber can go around it! Zeg have idea! Zeg play Smash!”

(Zeg gives the egg to Amber)

* Zeg: “Keep egg safe for Zeg, okay? Watch Zeg smash!”

(Zeg charges forward and bashes into the coconut; it doesn't break)

* Zeg: “Wow, coconut too big for Zeg Smash! What can Zeg do…?”

(Amber gets up and thinks for a moment, until she finds a wedge made out of stone)

* Amber: “Zeg! Check it out, I found a wedge!”
* Zeg: “Ooh, wedge! (to reader) Wedge is simple machine you use to split stuff! Here, Zeg show you how it works!”

(He finds a coconut)

* Zeg: “First, Zeg put pointy end of wedge against coconut. And then, Zeg bang on flat side, and… (the coconut cracks) Pointy end pushes into coconut, and it makes it split!”
* Amber: “I knew that would work! Ready, Zeg?”
* Zeg: “Zeg ready! Zeg… Wedge SMASH!!”

(Zeg charges forward and bashes the wedge, splitting the coconut in half)

* Amber: “¡Así se hace, Zeg! That was awesome!”
* Zeg: “Thank you, Amber! With wedge, we split almost anything!”
* Amber: (picks up the egg) “You see, little egg? Now that we have a wedge, nothing's stopping us from getting you home!”
* Zeg: “Let's go, Amber! Time to split!”

(They go on their way; STEM song begins (already?!))

* Amber: (rapping) “Listen up! We're gonna tell ya ‘bout the coolest tool!”
* Zeg: (rapping) “Coolest tool!”
* Amber: (rapping) “Sí, there's so much it can do!”
* Zeg: (rapping) “Oh yeah! Push! Pry! Part!”
* Amber and Zeg: (rapping) “That's a wedge!”
* Amber: (rapping) “It's a triangle shape that can split anything!”
* Zeg: (rapping) “Anything!”
* Amber: (rapping) “It's a simple machine!”
* Zeg: (rapping) “And Zeg know what that means!”
* Amber: “🎵 Wedge, wedge!🎵”
* Zeg: “🎵 Wedge, wedge!🎵”
* Amber and Zeg: “🎵 It's on the cutting edge! Whoa-oh-oh-oh!🎵 (rapping) Choppin’ and crackin’, partin’ and pryin’ to break in half!”
* Zeg: (rapping) “Spread! Split! Smash!”
* Amber and Zeg: (rapping) “Wedge!”
* Amber: “🎵 Wedge, wedge!🎵”
* Zeg: “🎵 Wedge, wedge!🎵”
* Amber and Zeg: “🎵 The sharpest in the shed! Whoa-oh-oh-oh!🎵 (Rapping) Splittin’ and spreadin’, burstin’ and breakin’ to crack and bash! Push! Pry! Part! WEDGE!”

(The song ends; they see a wide view of the valley over a cliff)

* Amber: “Now that's what I call ¡altísimo!”
* Zeg: “This a problem. Zeg and Amber need to bring egg down to nest, but that long way down!”

(Amber looks to her right and finds some wood shaped like a sled)

* Amber: “Hey, check it out; a wood sled!”
* Zeg: “Zeg like that idea! Let's go!”

(Zeg and Amber get on; Zeg takes the egg out)

* Zeg: “Be no afraid, eggy. Zeg and Amber keep you safe.”

(They start sliding)

* Amber and Zeg: (cheering and laughing)
* Zeg: “Wuh-oh!”
* Amber: “Wuh-oh what?”

(Up ahead is a rock archway that appears much smaller than their sled)

* Zeg: “Tunnel ahead! Zeg been through this cave multiple times, and Zeg know this cave is smaller than sled!”
* Amber: “What do you mean?”

(Zeg takes out measuring tape and measures the cave)

* Zeg: “Tunnel is 8 meters wide! Sled need to be smaller than 8 to fit!”
* Amber: (to reader) “Let's do a quick count to see how wide our sled is!”

(Zeg uses his measuring tape to measure the sled)

* Amber and Zeg: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!”
* Amber: “¡¿Diez metros de anchos?! But the tunnel is only 8! We're TOAST!!”
* Zeg: “No worries, Amb! (takes out the wedge from before) We can use wedge to make sled smaller!”

(Zeg uses the wedge to chop off parts of the sled, shortening it. He remeasures the sled, and it's now 7 meters)

* Zeg: (to reader) “Now sled is 7 meters wide, and tunnel is 8. Will sled fit?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

* Zeg: “Yah! Sled is smaller than tunnel!”
* Amber: “Hang on, little egg!”

(They slip right through)

* Amber: “BOOYAH!”
* Zeg: “We made it! We almost at bottom!”
* Amber: “I'd say it would be smooth sailing from here, but… two words: venus flytraps!”

(Up ahead are large venus flytraps; the gap between them is much shorter than the tunnel)

* Zeg: “Venus flytraps?! Wuh-oh!”

(Zeg measures the gap)

* Zeg: “Measuring tape say that hole is only… (gasps) 4 meters wide?!”
* Amber: “Our sled is 7 meters wide… we're in trouble, aren't we?”
* Zeg: “Not if we use wedge!”

(Zeg uses the wedge to chop off even more of the sled; now it measures 3 meters)

* Amber: (nearly falls off) “Whoa!”
* Zeg: (to reader) “Now sled is 3 meters wide. Will sled fit through hole?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

* Zeg: “Yah!”
* Amber: “Hang on to your underwear! WAHOO!!”

(They slip right through and reach the bottom)

* Amber: “Woohoo! (high-fives Zeg) We made it, we made it!”
* Zeg: (kisses the egg) “It okay, little egg. You safe now. Zeg and Amber never let anything bad happen to you.”
* Amber: “Come on, Zeg-man! We need to keep going so we can give the egg back!”
* Zeg: “Okay, Amb!”

(They continue on until they reach a rocky trench)

* Amber: “🎵 Twinkle, twinkle, little egg…🎵”
* Zeg: “🎵 Time for kiss from Amber and Zeg!🎵”

(Amber and Zeg both kiss the egg)

* Amber: “Don't worry, little guy. We'll bring you back to Mama soon.”

(Frightened noises are heard; Amber and Zeg stop)

* Amber: “What the-?”

(Four wooly mammoths come over)

* Zeg: “Wooly mammoth trucks? Why they worried?”

(One wooly mammoth trumpets in horror)

* Zeg: “Oh-oh! Mammoth say trouble at volcano!”
* Amber: “Trouble at a volcano? Oh, that ain't good!”

(The volcano nearby erupts)

* Zeg and Amber: “OH (*HONK*)!”

(Lava pours out along the sides)

* Zeg: “RUN FOR DEAR LIFE!”
* Amber: “Ohhh, mama!”

(They escape)

* Zeg: (to reader) “If there one thing Zeg know about volcanos, they so hot all the rocks on inside melt and turn into lava! Now that it erupting, all the lava coming out and heading this way!”

(The lava flows down the trail in the direction of the trucks)

* Amber: “We need to think of a plan and protect the egg!”
* Zeg: “Well, when there will, there a way!”

(Cue a montage where Zeg, Amber, and the mammoths try to stop the lava. Their first attempt: logs. Obviously, it doesn't go very well because the lava makes them turn into ashes. Their second attempt: metal beams. Since they brought metal to a lava fight, this attempt didn't go very well either. Their third attempt: a watertower. Zeg once again uses a wedge to send the water onto the lava, making it solid rock. Amber turns into a wooly mammoth to help the mammoths suck up the water and continue making solid rock out of the lava. Crisis averted!)

* Mammoths: (trumpetting gleefully)
* Zeg and Amber: “Phew!”
* Zeg: “That was close, egg. But you safe now. (kisses it)”
* Amber: “Hey mammoths, we gotta go now. We've got a special egg delivery to make!”
* Zeg: “Bye friends!”

(The mammoths trumpet and bid them farewell; elsewhere, Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are playing catch with a ball that's colored identically to the egg)

* Pickle: (humming and scatting)
* Beldevere: “Pickle! Pickle! Give the ball to me!”
* Pickle: “You got it, sir!”

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle bounce it back and forth)

* Beldevere: (humming the theme song until he gets hit with the ball and falls) “GAH!! CRUSHER!!”
* Crusher: “Whoa, hey! I didn't mean it!”
* Beldevere: (gets up) “Hey, our ball! Where'd that thing go?!”

(They look around; the ball has disappeared)

* Beldevere: “Terrific. Just terrific. Our ball is gone! Someone must have taken it!”
* Crusher: “Well, Belle, I wouldn't say that!”
* Pickle: “Yeah! It's gotta be around here somewhere!”
* Zeg: (offscreen) “ZEEEEEEEEEGGG!!”

(Amber and Zeg come right up the route)

* Beldevere: “Wait just a second! Amber and Zeg took our ball!”

(They see the egg in Velociraptor!Amber's arms, which has an identical color to the ball)

* Crusher and Pickle: “And they'd do that why?!”
* Pickle: “Now you're just making up baseless accusations!”

(Velociraptor!Amber puts the egg down)

* Amber: “Here you go, little egg. I've got a nice and cozy blanket for you.”

(She puts a blanket over the egg and repeatedly lifts it up)

* Amber: “Peek-a-boo, I see you! Peek-a-boo, I see you!”
* Pickle: “Yeaaaah… I don't think that's our ball, Belle. It's awfully egg-shaped.”
* Beldevere: “Don't be silly, Pickle! Of course that's our ball! They just took it, wrapped it in a blanket, and now they're playing peek-a-boo with it! Now, if you'll excuse me…”

(Beldevere sneaks up behind Amber, who is still playing peek-a-boo with the egg)

* Amber: “Peek-a-boo, I see you! Peek-a-boo!”
* Beldevere: “GIVE ME THE BALL!!”

(They pull away the blanket, launching the egg so high it lands on a nearby mountain)

* Zeg: (gasps)
* Zeg and Amber: “EGGY!! NOOOOOO!!”

(Crusher comes back with the ball)

* Crusher: “Yo, Belle! I found the ball!”
* Beldevere: “Wait… you did? (Belle’s expression falters as they realize what they did) If you have my ball, then that means… SACRE BLEU!! THAT'S AN EGG UP THERE!! (grabs Amber by the shoulders and shakes her violently) I'VE MADE A HORRIBLE MISTAKE! SOMEONE'S GOTTA SAVE THAT EGG!!”
* Zeg: “Eggy, here Zeg come!”

(Zeg drives up the mountain; suddenly, rocks start to tumble over the top)

* Zeg: “ROCKALANCHE! RETREAT, RETREAT!!”

(One big rock rolls in Zeg's direction; he frantically returns to the bottom)

* Zeg: “That was close one! How Zeg gonna rescue egg now?!”
* Amber: “Calm down, Zeg! We'll engineer a solution! Boulders like THOSE need a huge wedge to break, so… how about an excavator-mounted jackhammer?”
* Zeg: “Excavator-mounted jackhammer? What that?”
* Amber: “It's a powerful machine that uses a wedge to break things and makes them break, like… POW!!”
* Zeg: “Ooh! Zeg like that idea! (to reader) Come on, help turn Zeg into excavator-mounted jackhammer!”

(Transformation interface begins)

* Zeg: “First, we need wedge. That the part with the pointy end that split the boulders. To make wedge, say “wedge”. Wedge!”
* (The wedge materializes)
* Zeg: “Alright! Now we need piston that go up and down to bang on flat part of wedge. To make piston, say “piston”. Piston!”
* (The piston materializes)
* Zeg: “Awesome! And last, we need boom arm that strong enough to move jackhammer. To make boom arm, say “boom arm”. Boom arm!”
* (The boom arm materializes)
* Zeg: (roars) “INTRODUCING JACKHAMMER MONSTER MACHINE!!”

(Zeg transforms; Amber becomes an ankylosaurus)

* Amber: “Come on, Zeg! Let's play Smash!”
* Zeg: “Hang on, eggy! Zeg and Amber coming! ZEEEEEEEEEGGG!!”

(Zeg charges at the screen, transitioning to a montage where he and Amber ascend up the mountain and break the boulders. They reach the top; Amber grabs the egg)

* Zeg and Amber: “EGGY!!”

(Zeg and Amber hug the egg gently)

* Zeg: “Don't worry, eggy. Zeg and Amber never let anything bad happen to you. Zeg love you. (kisses the egg) We gonna go down mountain and get you back where you safe. (kisses the egg again)”

(They descend with the egg in tow; Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle are waiting)

* Pickle: “You did it, guys! You rescued the egg!”
* Crusher: “That was incredible! Don't you think, Belle?”
* Beldevere: “Yeah, but… it was my idea for them to rescue the egg, so… shouldn't I be a hero too?”
* All except Beldevere: “No.”
* Beldevere: (blows a raspberry)
* Amber: “Hey, check it out!”

(Nearby in a tree is the exact same nest found by Amber earlier)

* Zeg: (gasps) “Eggy nest! Eggy nest!”

(They drive over; Amber gently sets the egg down in the nest)

* Zeg: “See, eggy? You home, just like we promised. Now, time for Zeg and Amber to go. (pause, tearing up) Be good, eggy! Zeg gonna miss you! (starts to cry) BYE-BYE, EGGY! (sobbing)”

(The egg begins to crack and bounce)

* Amber: “Zeg, Zeg! Look!”

(Zeg tearfully turns around while the egg continues to bounce and hatch)

* Zeg: “Eggy… it hatching!”

(Beldevere, Crusher, and Pickle join)

* Pickle: “Ooh!”
* Crusher: “Whoa!”
* Beldevere: “I wanna see, I wanna see!”

(The egg hatches, revealing a baby Truckodactyl)

* All: “Awwwwwwww!”
* Zeg: “Eggy! You hatched! Zeg so proud of you!”

(The Truckodactyl squawks)

* Zeg: “And you so cuuuuute!”

(The mommy Truckodactyl arrives)

* Amber: (gasps) “Eggy, ¡miren! Your mama's here! She looks really happy to see you!”

(She cuddles the baby)

* Mama Truckodactyl: “Thank you for bringing my baby home, Zeg! I don't know what I'd do if this little guy was lost forever…”
* Zeg: “Zeg didn't do it alone… Zeg did it with help from friends.”

(Zeg and Amber high-five; the baby Truckodactyl flies over)

* Zeg: “Eggy? Do you have something to say?”

(The baby Truckodactyl kisses Zeg)

* Zeg: “Awww! You welcome, Eggy.”

(It kisses Amber as well)

* Amber: “¡Gracias, Eggy!”
* Zeg and Amber: (laughing)

(The baby Truckodactyl kisses Crusher and Pickle)

* Crusher: “Awww! Thank you!”
* Pickle: (giggles)

(The mama Truckodactyl approaches Beldevere)

* Mama Truckodactyl: “Thank you, sir.”

(The mama Truckodactyl kisses Belle twice)

* Beldevere: “GYAH! GROSS!”

(Cue the iris out on Beldevere that ends the episode)

Chapter 31: S1, E16: Belle and the Runaway Rocket!

Summary:

In this episode, Belle decided to act like a dumbass and ends up breaking the rocket in a carnival game. Hilarity ensues

Notes:

Trivia: From this episode until the end of season 3, Caleel Harris provides AJ's speaking voice.

Voice cast:
* Caleel Harris: Speaking AJ/Green Truck
* Jacquez Swanigan: Singing AJ
* Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher/Clive
* Nat Faxon: Pickle/Joe
* Sunil Malhotra: Stripes
* James Patrick Stuart: Zeg/Blue Truck
* Dee Bradley Baker: Bear
* Ciarán Strange: Beldevere

Chapter Text

Theme song:
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the Sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit, from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travellers, “are your dreams still unobstructed?” My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We'll tell the travellers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven… With us, the world continues to change…!🎵”
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵”

(The episode starts with Stripes, and AJ at a carnival, riding a spinning tire ride (AJ is holding on to Stripes for dear life))

- Stripes: “Rawwwr! Haha!”
- AJ: (wailing in fear)
- Stripes: (cheering)
- AJ: “Somebody stop this thing!”

(Stripes and AJ both jump off, with AJ stumbling around dizzily (he has swirls replacing his normal eyes); Stripes greets the reader)

- Stripes: “¡Hola, soy Stripes!”
- AJ: “Is it yellow-o-clock already…? (faints)”
- Stripes: “And that would be a VERY motion-sick AJ. Check it out, we're at a carnival where they have lots of games! And when you win a game, you get a prize!”

(Stripes puts AJ in his driver's seat and steps up to a ringtoss game)

- Stripes: “Watch this, I'm gonna try to win a prize at this banana game!”

(He tosses a ring which lands around one of the bananas)

- Stripes: “Oh, ¡sí! Perfect throw!”
- Vendor: “Congratulations, Stripes! Ya win a prize! (hands him a stuffed toy banana)”
- Stripes: “Hey, cool! Lucilia's gonna love this!”
- Zeg: (offscreen) “ZEEG!!”
- Stripes: “Hey, Zeg!”

(Stripes drives over to where Zeg is, at a ball toss booth)

- Zeg: “Wanna see if Zeg can knock all 10 bottles down in one go?”
- Stripes: “You know I do!”

(Zeg focuses on his first ball and throws it, knocking down 4 bottles. Zeg does the Monster Machine equivalent of a shrug and knocks down the remaining 6 bottles with his second ball)

- Zeg: (roars happily)
- Vendor: “What a throw, Zeg! Ya win a prize too! (hands him a stuffed toy tractor)”

(Zeg looks at the stuffed toy tractor in confusion and puts it into his mouth)

- Stripes: “Zeg, I'm not sure you're supposed to put that in your mouth…”
- Zeg: “Technically it a chewtoy. It work for Zeg!”

(A hit-and-slide whistle noise is heard; Pickle is playing a rocket ship high striker game)

- Pickle: “So close, so close…”
- Zeg: “Look, it Pickle! Look like he playing that rocketship game!”
- Pickle: “Come on, I can do it this time! Pickle… POWER!!”

(Pickle swings the hammer and hits the lever; the alien only goes up halfway before it comes back down)

- Pickle: “Ohhh, missed again!”
- Stripes: “Hey, Pickle! You having trouble?”
- Pickle: “Yeah, I'm trying, but I just can't seem to win this alien game. See? I'm supposed to launch the alien all the way up into that rocket, but it's so high!”

(Pickle swings the hammer again, this time the alien just barely makes it to the rocket before coming down)

- Pickle: (despondent sigh)
- Zeg: “It okay, Pickle. You shouldn't feel so down on yourself.”

(Crusher and Beldevere enter)

- Crusher: (humming “The Blue Danube”) “Hey, guys! Belle, look! It's our friends!”
- Beldevere: (bitterly) “Yeah, hi… or something.”
- Pickle: “Crusher, Crusher! Do you wanna try the alien game?”
- Beldevere: “Pickle, don't be silly. This looks way too hard for a guy like Crusher.”
- Crusher: (dejected) “Awww…”
- Stripes: “¡Creo que puedo hacerlo, Crusher!”
- Crusher: “You do? (Stripes nods) Well, okay! I think I could give it a try!”

(Crusher grabs the hammer and steps up to the game)

- Pickle: “Crush-er! Crush-er! Crush-er! Crush-er!”
- Zeg: “You got this, Crusher!”
- Crusher: “Alright, here goes nothing! (tries to lift the hammer) Whoof! Geez, I see why you were struggling! Okay, okay, one, two…”

(Crusher lifts the hammer and drops it so hard he hammers the ground and flips through the air before hitting the lever hard enough to send the alien up into the rocket, setting off a celebratory bell)

- Stripes: “¡Lo hizo!”
- Beldevere: “He freaking quoi.”
- Zeg: “Way to go, Crusher!”
- Pickle: “YAAAAY!!”
- Crusher: (chuckles)
- Vendor: “Congratulations, Crusher! Are ya ready to pick out your prize?”
- Crusher: “A prize? I didn't know there was a prize, but sure!*

(They head over to a prize tent)

- Vendor: “Ya got two choices: either this giant spaceship…”

(He pulls open the tent, revealing a spaceship on a spring)

- Crusher: “Ooooh…”
- Vendor: “Or ya can have a buncha these little spaceships.”

(He opens the tent revealing smaller rocketships in a box)

- Crusher: “That's a tricky one… the big spaceship is really cool, but… I'll take the little spaceships so my friends can have a prize too. (takes the box) Hey, guys! Prizes for everyone!”

(One by one, they each take a spaceship; Stripes takes two so he can give one to AJ)

- Stripes: “Nice! (sneaks a spaceship into AJ's hands)
- Zeg: “You so nice to share!”
- Pickle: “Thanks, Crusher!”
- Beldevere: (sighs in annoyance)

(AJ wakes up and gets confused about the spaceship)

- Stripes: “Morning, sleepyhead!”
- AJ: “Wuh-why do I have a spaceship…?”
- Stripes: “Crusher chose that as his prize and let all of us take one!”
- AJ: “He did…? Huh, thanks. So… how do they work?”
- Stripes: “Watch this… (he presses the ship down and lets go; it springs upward) These spaceships have springs at the bottom! (he presses the ship down again) You push them down, and then… (lets go; it springs again) They bounce up in the air!”

(AJ watches with interest as the others bounce their spaceships)

- Zeg: (laughs) “Look at how high it go! (laughs)”
- Pickle: “Hey, this is fun!”
- Stripes: “These are awesome, Crusher!”
- Crusher: “Yeah, I know!”
- Beldevere: “BO-RING. I don't want this little spaceship, I want that big one. (exasperated sigh) But, I can't have it unless I win the game like Crusher did. Hmmm… Aha! I'll cheat to win the game!”

(Beldevere cackles and goes over to the game)

- Beldevere: “I'm gonna win the game with this…”

(Beldevere pulls out a giant metal hammer from their purse)

- Beldevere: “My Whammer Hammer!”

(Beldevere pushes the Whammer Hammer into position, letting it hit the lever so hard that it shatters; not only does this send the alien into the rocket, the rocket also begins to malfunction)

- Beldevere: “I think I overdid it a little…”

(The rocket breaks off its post and flies around)

- Beldevere: “Scratch that, I definitely overdid it, a lot!”

(It flies towards carnival attendees)

- Green Truck: “Oh my God!”
- Blue Truck: “SOMEONE BROKE THE ROCKETSHIP GAME!”
- Green Truck: “And it's blasting off!”
- Joe: “Aw, dude, watch out!”
- Clive: “Sacre bleu!”

(Joe and Clive hide in a stand; the rocket spins around the spinning tire ride, speeding it up to the point it's a blur)

- Trucks: (screaming and yelling)

(Now the rocket flies toward Beldevere)

- Beldevere: “Well… shit.”

(Beldevere tries to run away; unfortunately, they get scooped onto the rocket and fly around)

- Beldevere: “OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDD!!”
- Crusher: “Belle, you're flying!”
- Beldevere: “Crusher, do something!”
- Crusher: “Have no fear, Crusher is…”

(He gets scooped onto the rocket too)

- Crusher: “Here.”
- Beldevere and Crusher: (shrieking)
- AJ: “What the-?! Beldevere and Crusher are stuck on that rocket!”
- Stripes: “And they're blasting away!”
- Zeg: “This not good, this not good at all!”
- AJ: “All remaining Monster Machines on deck for this one! Come on!”

(AJ, Stripes, Zeg, and Pickle go into a four-way fist/tire-bump and get ready to take off; Zeg's special boosters pop out of his back, surrounding everyone else with a lime-green aura)

- AJ: “Whoa… what's this?”
- Zeg: “Zeg call it Fossiline Speed! To activate it, all you need to say is “PREHISTORIC BLITZ”! (to reader) Come on, say it with us!”
- All: “PREHISTORIC BLIIIIITZ!!”

(They unleash the speed; cue the travel song)

- All: “BUUURN RUBBER! Burn, burn rubber!”
- AJ: “🎵 Let's go!🎵”
- Zeg: “🎵 Let's go!🎵”
- Pickle: “🎵 Let's go!🎵”
- Stripes: “🎵 ¡Vamos!🎵”
- All: “BUUURN RUBBER! Burn, burn rubber!”
- AJ: “🎵 Lead the wa-a-ay!🎵”
- Zeg: “🎵 We save the da-a-ay!🎵”
- Pickle: “🎵 Won't hesita-a-ate!🎵”
- Stripes: “🎵 We won't dela-a-ay!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Yeah, we're on our wa-a-ay! Let's accelera-a-ate! We're gaining speed!🎵”
- All: “BUUURN RUBBER! Burn, burn rubber!”
- AJ: “🎵 Let's go!🎵”
- Zeg: “🎵 Let's go!🎵”
- Pickle: “🎵 Let's go!🎵”
- Stripes: “🎵 ¡Vamos!🎵”
- All: “BUUURN RUBBER! Let's go!”

(The song ends; in Axle City, the rocket flies over the street)

- Crusher and Beldevere: (yelling and screaming)
- Beldevere: “DEAR GOD, STOP THIS THING! I WANT TO GET OFF!”
- Crusher: “Hey, look on the bright side! Thanks to this rocket…”

(They pass several stores)

- Crusher: “We get to fly over all these stores! Hey, look! There's the pet store!”
- Beldevere: “The pet store?”

(The rocket crashes right through the sign; parts of it get attached to Beldevere and Crusher before they shake the parts off)

- Crusher: “And here comes the ballet store!”
- Beldevere: “B-ballet store?!”

(The rocket goes through that sign too; the tutu is stuck on Beldevere's head)

- Crusher: “Oh! And the hats store!”
- Beldevere: “Hats?”

(The rocket flies through that sign as well; Beldevere dodges the hats, letting them block Crusher's face)

- Beldevere: “Oh, sacre bleu! (shakes off the tutu) I want to get down!”

(A chorus of horns is heard)

- Crusher: “Belle, I think someone's coming to save us!”

(Someone's coming indeed; Stripes, Zeg, AJ, and Pickle are coming up the street)

- Beldevere: “I cannot believe I'm saying this, but… hooray for the Monster Machines!”
- Crusher: “Yeah! I know they'll save us!”

(They fly to the construction site)

- Crusher: “As long as nothing gets into their waaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!”
- Crusher and Beldevere: (screaming)

(They fly past the machinery and bump into several rows of boxes, spilling junk onto the road)

- Pickle: “Oh boy! There they go!”

(The gang stops)

- AJ: “Okay, we're going to need a plan to get over all of this stuff before Crusher and Belle get away!”
- Stripes: “Hmmm…”

(Stripes jumps to the junk pile and sifts around for something; he tugs on a spring stuck between a bucket and a container. He pulls the spring out, and it lands before him)

- Stripes: “I got it! We can use this spring! (presses it down) When you push on a spring, you give it energy, and when you let go, the spring used all that energy to bounce back! Watch! (releases it and lets it bounce)”
- AJ: “Aha! If we push down on that spring, it could bounce us over the pile!”
- Zeg: “Zeg like that idea! Let's try it!”

(Stripes sets up the spring; everyone else grabs onto him. He backs up, charges the spring, and jumps, bouncing off of it and over the pile)

- All: (cheering)
- AJ: “Hasta la vista, buddy!”

(They land; everyone except for Zeg (who flops on his face) lands gracefully)

- Zeg: (gets up) “SPRING WORKED!! HOORAY!”
- Crusher and Beldevere: (screaming)

(The rocket flies overhead; the gang follow it until it bangs against more boxes, spilling more junk)

- Crusher and Beldevere: (screaming)
- Crusher: “Look out below!”
- AJ: “Aw, not again! More junk!”
- Zeg: (to reader) “Help us find another spring to bounce over first pile.”

(Shows the pile)

- Zeg: “Where you see spring?”

(Reader responds “right there” as the hidden spring lights up)

- Zeg: “Right there! Yah! (Gets it down) Here we go!”

(Everyone else grabs onto him; he bounces off of the spring over the pile)

- Zeg: “ZEEEEEEEEEGGG!! (they land) Now that's what Zeg like to call a jump! Let's hope we can get over next one!”

(They stop at the second pile ahead; Pickle approaches it)

- Pickle: (to reader) “Quick! Where do you see the spring?”

(Reader responds “right there” as the hidden spring lights up)

- Pickle: “Ja, there it is!”

(Pickle uses his hook to grab it; everyone else grabs onto him as he bounces off of the spring)

- All: “WOOHOO!”

(They land and face the third pile; AJ digs through it until he pulls out the spring. Stripes takes it from him and prepares to jump, with everyone else holding onto him. They bounce off of it and land, with everyone except Zeg landing gracefully)

- All: (cheering)
- Beldevere: (distant screaming)
- Pickle: “Oh, no!”

(The rocket is ahead, flying past more machinery)

- Pickle: “There they go!”
- Crusher and Beldevere: (screaming)
- AJ: “Hang on, guys! We're coming!”

(They hurry on; cue the STEM song (with a “boom-boom-CLAP” backbeat provided by AJ))

- AJ: “🎵 Gotta bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce! Yeah!🎵”
- Stripes: “🎵 Press on a spring, and it absorbs energy! Then let it go and set the energy free!🎵”
- All: “Oooh!”
- Pickle: “🎵 Springs are the coolest things! Holding energy, they're amazing! Push ‘em down, down, down, down, and watch ‘em bounce, bounce back up! Yeah!🎵”
- Zeg: “🎵 Springs on trampoline, you can see ‘em on big machine! Push 'em down, down, down, down, and watch 'em bounce, bounce back up!🎵”

(The song ends; in the forest, birds are just minding their business until the rocket suddenly blasts through, jumpscaring them)

- Beldevere: “OHHH, MOMMY!!”
- Crusher: “Come on, Belle, the forest isn't that bad. There are a lot of things to see here, like those beautiful flowers…”
- Beldevere: “Flowers?”

(The rocket flies through a tree with flowers; some get stuck to Beldevere's face before they sneeze the flowers off)

- Beldevere: “Ah-CHOO!”
- Crusher: “And delicious Truckberries…”
- Beldevere: “T-truckberries?”

(The rocket flies through another tree with Truckberries, which squish on them and Crusher all over; they shake the Truckberries off)

- Crusher: “And a diverse range of wildlife…”

(Ahead is a tree with a duo of skunks, waving a forepaw around and squeaking)

- Crusher: “For example, these cute little skunks!”
- Beldevere: “Skunks?!”

(The rocket flies right through that tree; the skunks land on Crusher and Beldevere. Crusher happily snuggles with his skunk (who snuggles him back), while Beldevere frantically flails around)

- Beldevere: “GAHHH! GET OFF ME GET OFF ME GET OFF ME GET OFF ME GET OFF ME!!”

(The skunk on Beldevere gets started by the latter’s yelling and screaming and promptly sprays them while fleeing)

- Beldevere: (shrieks)

(Beldevere's shriek startles the other skunk, who sprays them as well before fleeing)

- Crusher and Beldevere: (screaming and wailing)

(The gang comes right up the route)

- Stripes: “Crusher! Belle! ¿Dónde estás?”

(AJ suddenly stops; everyone else nearly crashes. Ahead, a bear is taking a nap)

- AJ: (whispering) “Guys, shhh. There's a bear up ahead, and I'd hate to wake it up.”

(The gang starts to tip-toe past the bear)

- Stripes: (whispering) “Bears are really heavy sleepers, so as long as something really loud doesn't occur, we should be okay.”
- Crusher and Beldevere: (screaming)

(The rocket flies overhead, causing the bear to wake up, look around confusedly, and growl at the gang, assuming they made the noise)

- AJ: “Oh God…”
- All: “RUUUUUUUUN!!”

(The gang frantically skedaddle right the heck outta there while the bear chases them. Eventually, they find a safe place to hide)

- AJ: (hyperventilating (his eyes are now spirals))
- Stripes: “Ay-yi-yi, that bear… (pant) he's persistent. How are we gonna stop him?”
- Zeg: “Zeg found something!”

(The rest of the gang follow Zeg; they quickly sport “wtf” faces as they realize Zeg found a flat piece of wood)

- Pickle: “Wood? How's that gonna help?”
- AJ: “Hmmm… I wonder…”
- Zeg: “What if?”
- Stripes: “Let's try!”

(Cue a montage set to an instrumental of “Burn Rubber!” where the gang gets out ways to stop the bear. The first attempt: a piece of wood. Predictably, it fails, and the chase resumes. Stripes finds a metal sign and sets it up. It failed as well, and the chase resumes again. AJ and Pickle find a mattress and set it up. It works, and the bear is bounced away. Everyone celebrates, but it's cut off by the rocket flying overhead. The rocket chase resumes, with AJ leading the charge. Now, the rocket is high in the sky)

- Beldevere: (screaming and holding onto the rocket for dear life)
- Crusher: “Cheer up, Belle! We can look at all of these clouds! Oh, look at that one! It looks like a mustache!”
- Beldevere: “Quoi?”

(The rocket flies through that cloud; it gets stuck to Beldevere's mouth)

- Crusher: “Haha! And that cloud looks like a giant pair of glasses!”
- Beldevere: “Excusez-moi?”

(The rocket flies through that cloud too; it sticks to Crusher’s eyes)

- Crusher: (gasps) “Ooh, ooh, look! That cloud totally looks like a chicken!”
- Beldevere: “A chicken?!?!”

(The rocket flies through that cloud as well; it sticks to the top of Beldevere's head)

- Beldevere: “Crusher, I want to get off! All this flying is making me sick… (wearily waves the clouds away)”
- Crusher: “We're gonna be okay, Belle! I know our friends will save us!”
- Beldevere: “You really think so?”
- Crusher: “Yeah, for sure! And if we're lucky, they might even save us before we fall into… that!!”

(They are now over a desert; ahead is a pit with quicksand in it)

- Beldevere: “OH MON DIEU! NOUS SOMMES CONDAMNÉS!”
- Crusher and Beldevere: (screaming and wailing)

(The gang stops and watches)

- AJ: “Guys, stop! There's a pit full of quicksand ahead! We need a plan!”
- Pickle: “Okay okay, hear me out: we can make me a pogo stick! A pogo stick has a giant spring inside of it, and when you push on the string, it bounces back and launches you way up into the sky!”
- AJ: “That’s one of the stupidest things I've ever heard….”

(Pickle frowns)

- AJ: “LET'S DO IT!”
- Pickle: “JA!! (to reader) C'mon, let's make me a giant pogo stick so we can bounce up and save Crusher and Belle!”

(Transformation interface begins)

- Pickle: “First, we need the spring that makes the pogo stick bounce. To make the spring, say “spring”. Spring!”
(The spring materializes)
- Pickle: “Now we need the stanchion. The spring pushes on the stanchion and makes the pogo stick shoot up in the air. Say “stanchion”. Stanchion!”
- (Stanchion materializes)
- Pickle: “Woohoo! INTRODUCING THE POGO STICK MONSTER MACHINE!!”

(Pickle transforms; Beldevere and Crusher's screaming is heard immediately afterwards. By now, the rocket is speeding to the quicksand pit. Everyone else grabs onto Pickle, and the chase resumes again. They follow behind the rocket, which Crusher notices)

- Crusher: “PICKLE! Belle, look! They're coming to save us!”
- Beldevere: “I cannot believe I'm saying this, but… HOORAY! Come on, guys! We're almost at the pit!”
- Pickle: (to reader) “To catch up to that rocket, we'll need to bounce 10 more times. Count to ten with us!”

(As Pickle bounces, a number appears and increases)

- Pickle, Stripes, Zeg, and AJ: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!!”
- Crusher: “YES!! Here they come!”
- Pickle: “Hop right on!”

(Beldevere and Crusher jump off the rocket and cling to the stanchion like everyone else is)

- Beldevere: (yelping)
- Crusher: “WOOHOO!!”

(The rocket flies right into the quicksand pit)

- Pickle: “Yeah, haha!”
- AJ: “Great bouncing, Pickle!”
- Crusher: “Belle, they did it! They really saved us!”
- Beldevere: “Saved us… wonderful. Can we get down now?”
- Crusher: “Not yet, buddy! We've got unfinished carnival business!”
- Stripes: “¡Sí, sí!”
- Pickle: “Hang on, guys! I'll bounce us over there in no time!”
- Beldevere: “B-bounce? (Pickle resumes bouncing; they scream)”

(Pickle bounces back; in a montage set to Pickle singing “Monster Machine Friends”, the gang has fun at the carnival)

- Pickle: “🎵 Start your engines and feel the heat! It's like a new adventure right beneath our feet! Hip hip, hooray! Spinning round, all together now! We'll rock it out! Let's race? Catching air, my friends are there, everyone, everywhere! Come on, shout hip hip, hooray! Riding to a brand new day! Come on, shout hip hip, hooray!🎵”

(After everyone else has their turn, Beldevere tries multiple times to strike the jars and fails. Crusher consoles them, and gives the ball toss a shot. To Beldevere's shock, HE knocks down all the jars in one go. Beldevere faints in shock while everyone else laughs; cue the iris out that ends the episode)

Chapter 32: S1, E17: The Sneezles are Contagious!

Summary:

In this episode, a Sneezle outbreak occurs.

Notes:

Voice cast:
* Nolan North: Blaze
* Caleel Harris: Speaking AJ
* Jacquez Swanigan: Singing AJ
* Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher
* Nat Faxon: Pickle
* Kate Higgins: Starla
* Alexander Polinsky: Darington
* James Patrick Stuart: Zeg
* Tori Feinstein: Amber
* Ciarán Strange: Beldevere
* Sarah Sherman/Squirm: Lucilia
* Brianna Gentilella: Nova the Penguin
* Dee Bradley Baker: Baphomets
* And Keith David as Satan

Trivia: The "Ze-e-ro-oh-oh!" and "Oh-whoa-oh-oh-oh!" parts in the STEM song are sung in a similar manner to the "Ra-ra, ah-ah-ah; roma-, roma-ma-; gaga, ooh-la-la" parts in Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance".

Chapter Text

Theme song:
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the Sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit, from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travellers, “are your dreams still unobstructed?” My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We'll tell the travellers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven… With us, the world continues to change…!🎵”
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵”

(The episode starts with Blaze, AJ, Gabby, and Amber (in cheetah form) racing through the forest)

- Blaze, AJ, and Amber: (cheering and laughing)
- Gabby: “See if you can catch up to this!”

(More racing; eventually, they speed forward so that they can face the reader)

- Blaze: “Ciao! It's Blaze!”
- AJ: “I’m AJ!”
- Amber: “I’m Amber!”
- Gabby: “And of course, I'm Gabby. Don't mind us, we're just having a race.”

(They continue racing; Blaze sees a hill and smirks. He honks his horn and jumps off the hill, leaping high into the air and flipping around. Gabby, AJ, and Amber have no idea how to respond to that, so they just trail behind him)

- AJ: “Great jump, Blaze! That was a perfect landing!”
- Gabby: (sarcastically applauding)
- Amber: “Bravo, bravo!”
- Blaze: “Thank you, thank y- wah-CHOO! (honk noise)”
- Gabby: “The hell? Are you okay?”
- Blaze: “Yup, I'm okay! It was only a tiiiny little… wah… wah… wah-CHOO! (honk noise; he falls over) Gaskets! I can't stop snee- wah-CHOO! (honk noise; he does an uncontrollable backflip and hits a tree)”
- Gabby: “Hmmm… okay, Blaze, you're gonna need to cooperate with me on this one. (she gets a flashlight out of her toolbox) I'll need to take a look, so… open your mouth and say “ahhh”.”
- Blaze: “Ahhhhhh…. wah… wah… wah-CHOO!! (honk noise; he hits a tree again)”
- Gabby: “As suspected. Blaze, you seem to have… the Sneezles!”
- All except Gabby: “Uh, Sneezles?”
- Gabby: “Indeed. It's not just like any old flu, no sir. Besides causing sneezing, it also causes you to lose control and crash into anything that comes near you.”
- Blaze: “Wah-CHOO!”
- Gabby: “Don't be scared, Blaze. You'll need a special kind of medicine I carry with me at all times… (reveals a small bottle) It's called Medicine Oil. Just one spoonful is all we'll need to make you feel better again.”

(She pours a spoonful of the Medicine Oil and gives it to Blaze. He tastes it and briefly recoils)

- Blaze: “Yuuuuck, it's really bitter… (beat) On the plus side, I'm not sneezing anymore! Yes! YEEHAW! Woohoo! (spins around Gabby, AJ, and Amber) Thank you thank you thank you, Gabby!!”
- Gabby: “Heh heh, you're most welcome.”

(AJ’s watch beeps)

- AJ: “Hang on, guys! We've got a call coming in!”

(Everyone else gathers around AJ; Lucilia appears on his video watch, noticeably ill-looking and wearing a blanket)

- Lucilia: “Guys! Ah-CHOO! Ugh… you gotta believe me.”
- Gabby: “What is it, Lucy?”
- Amber: “Yeah, lay it on us!”
- Lucilia: “I don't know if it was a pollen spill or anything, but either way… everyone is sneezing! Check it out!”
- Darington: “Bwah-CHOO! (honk noise; he crashes onto the floor)”
- Zeg: “Hah-CHOO! (honk noise; crashes into his pit) Ugh!”
- Stripes: “Heh-CHOO! (honk noise; he crashes into oil barrels, spilling all over and making him slip) Whoa, WHOAAA!!”
- Starla: “Gwah-CHOO! (honk noise; she gets tangled up into her lasso and falls over) Bust ma' buffers…”

(Beldevere struts by everyone; Pickle and Crusher lethargically follow after them)

- Beldevere: “No sneeze, no sneeze, no sneeze for me! Hah!”
- Crusher and Pickle: “For who?”
- Beldevere: “I said, for me… gyah-CHOO!! (honk noise; trips over some garbage) Yuck…”
- Pickle: “Gesundheit!”
- Lucilia: “We're gonna need your help! …please?”

(The call ends)

- AJ: “Whoa… the Sneezles can spread into animals and humans?!”
- Gabby: “Yes indeed. The Sneezles are contagious. What, you didn't read the title of this episode?”
- AJ: “Well, I did! I just didn't expect it to be literal!”
- Blaze: “Gabs, do you really think that Medicine Oil or yours can get rid of their Sneezles too?”
- Gabby: “If it worked on you, it can work on them. Follow me, everyone. We've got a long way to go before we reach the Monster Dome.”

(Gabby leads the charge to the Monster Dome; the travel song (which makes an early-bird debut here) begins)

- Gabby: “🎵 Oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh…🎵”
- Gabby and Amber: “🎵 Oh, whoa-oh-oh…🎵”
- Blaze and AJ: “🎵 Oh-whoa-oh-oh…🎵”
- All: “🎵 Whoaaa-ohhh-ohhhh…!🎵”
- Gabby: (rapping) “Come on! Pedal to the metal!”
- Blaze: (rapping) “Yeah, let's go! Gimme some speed!”
- AJ: (rapping) “Gotta get there in a flash!”
- Amber: (rapping) “Sí, increase velocity!”
- Blaze and AJ: (rapping) “So hang on for the ride!”
- All: (rapping) “We'll never take it slow!”
- Gabby: (rapping) “Gotta get there really fast, we gotta…”
- All: “🎵 GO! GO! GO!🎵”
- Gabby and AJ: “Gotta soar!”
- Amber: “Run!”
- Blaze: “Drive!”
- AJ: (rapping) “Turn the dial up to ten, we gotta…”
- All: “🎵 GO! GO! GO!🎵”
- Blaze: (rapping) “The adventure never ends, we gotta…”
- All: “🎵 GO! GO! GO!🎵”
- Gabby: (rapping then singing) “Let's hit the 🎵 ro-o-o-oaaaad…!🎵”
- All: (rapping then singing) “Help is on the way! We gotta 🎵 GO! GO! GO!🎵”

(The song ends; they come across a waterfall in the arctic (Amber is now a snow leopard))

- Blaze: “A waterfall?! I don't like where this is going! We can't climb up a waterfall! Whatarewegonnado whatarewegonnado whatarewegonnado whatarewegonnadoooooo?!”

(While Blaze drives around in circles, Amber pulls out a thermometer from Gabby’s toolbox)

- Blaze: (indistinct panicking)
- Amber: (over above dialogue) “I've got an idea! Gabs, AJ, check this out!”

(Gabby and AJ huddle around the thermometer; cut to a closeup of it, where the red line is at 15)

- Amber: “See this red line? When it goes down, that means it's getting colder! Watch this… right now, the red line is at 15.”

(It starts to go down)

- Amber: “See? It's getting colder! The line’s going down to 10… 5…”

(It stops at 0)

- Amber: “And now it's at 0!”
- AJ: “0 degrees? Hey, that's the temperature that water freezes and turns into ice!”

(The waterfall ices over; meanwhile, Blaze is still panicking)

- Gabby: “Yup, it's freezing alright.”
- Blaze: (wailing and screaming indistinctly)
- Gabby: “Blaze?”
- Blaze: (continuing to wail and scream indistinctly)
- AJ: “Blaaaaze…”
- Blaze: (continuing to wail and scream indistinctly)
- All except Blaze: “BLAZE!!”

(Blaze stops and notices the frozen waterfall)

- Blaze: “Huh? How'd that happen?”
- Amber: “The temperature lowered down to 0 and froze the waterfall, that's how!”
- Blaze: “Oooh, cool!”

(Gabby shifts through her toolbox and pulls out climbing ropes for herself and AJ; Amber turns into a polar bear)

- Gabby: “Ready, everyone? Launch!”

(Gabby, Blaze, and AJ launch their hooks to the top of the waterfall; Amber prepares to climb)

- AJ: (to reader) “Don't try this at home, folks. We're professionals.”

(They start climbing)

- All: (grunting in effort)
- Blaze: “Hoo, ha!”

(Cracking is heard)

- Blaze: “Hopping hubcaps! AJ, there's an icicle about to break!”

(Indeed there is)

- Blaze: “LOOK OUT, AJ!!”

(The icicle falls; AJ jumps over it just in time)

- AJ: “Phew! Thanks, Blaze! (to reader) Don't try that at home, either.”
- Blaze: “Let's keep climbing… but let's try to be careful. (to reader) Help us watch for more falling…”

(Cracking is heard again)

- Blaze: “Icicles…”
- AJ: “Speaking of icicles, one's gonna break!”

(Full view; the breaking icicle is above Gabby)

- Blaze: “Is the icicle gonna fall on Gabby, me, AJ, or Amber?”

(Reader responds “Gabby”)

- Blaze: “Right, Gabby! Gabs, look out!”

(The icicle breaks; Gabby jumps over it and tauntingly shakes her tail at the icicle)

- Gabby: “Heh heh, missed me.”
- Amber: “¡Así se hace, amorcito!”

(They keep climbing; more cracking is heard)

- AJ: “Oh boy, I hear another icicle breaking!”

(Full view; it's above Blaze)

- AJ: “Is the icicle gonna hit Gabby, Blaze, me, or Amber?”

(Reader responds “Blaze”)

- AJ: “Blaze, right! Look out, man!”

(The icicle breaks and Blaze jumps over)

- Blaze: “Woohoo! Missed again!”
- Gabby: “Smooth moves, Blaze. Looks like it's an easy way to the top…”

(And just as Gabby finishes her sentence, more cracking is heard)

- Gabby: “Or… maybe not!”

(Full view; it's over Amber this time)

- Gabby: “Who's it gonna hit: me, Blaze, AJ, or Amber?”

(Reader responds “Amber”)

- Gabby: “Amber, right! Look out, luv!”

(It breaks; Amber jumps)

- Amber: “Whoa… phew! ¡Gracias, amigos!”

(They reach the top; and there was much rejoicing (yaaaay.))

- All: (cheering)

(The gang enters a four-way high-five and look down)

- AJ: “Look at that, ice all over.”
- Blaze: “You know what that means?”
- Gabby: “Getting down from here… (puts her helmet on and adjusts the goggles so that they're on her eyes) is gonna be a fun ride. Race ya!”

(Amber becomes a penguin and slides down the mountain first, followed shortly by Gabby (on a snowboard), AJ, and Blaze; cue the STEM song)

- AJ: (rapping) “Water turns to ice when it starts to freeze, ‘cause 0 degrees celcius means…”
- Gabby: (rapping) “Yeah, it's freezing!”
- Amber and Blaze: “🎵 It's freezing, it's freezing!🎵”
- AJ: (rapping) “When it's 0 degrees…”
- Gabby: (rapping) “Water’s gonna freeze!”
- Amber and Blaze: “🎵 It's freezing, it's freezing! Oh-ay-oh-oh-oh, it's getting c-c-cold!🎵 Brrrr!”
- Gabby: “🎵 Ze-e-ro-oh-oh!🎵”
- AJ: “🎵 Oh-whoa-oh-oh-oh!🎵”
- All: “🎵 It's getting c-c-cold! It's freezing, it's freezing!🎵 (rapping) At 0 degrees, yeah! It's getting cold!”

(The song ends; back at the Monster Dome, everyone is still sneezing)

- Starla: “Gwah-CHOO!”
- Stripes: “Heh-CHOO!”
- Darington: “Bwah… bwah… bwah-CHOO!”
- Lucilia: (sniffle) “Gesundheit!”
- Stripes: “Heh-CHOO!”
- Lucilia: “Ugh… Gesundheit”
- Starla: “Gwah-CHOO!”
- Zeg: “Hah-CHOO! Zeg…”
- Lucilia: (sighs) “Okay, everyone, we don't need to worry. Our friends’re gonna bring the Medicine Oil so that we can all stop sneezing!”

(Meanwhile, Beldevere is in Crusher's pit, cooking something)

- Beldevere: (humming the theme song)
- Lucilia: “Uh, Belle? Whatcha doin’?”
- Beldevere: “Don't mind me. I'm just making cookies for myself. (tastes the batter)”
- Lucilia: “O… kay. Sooo… you aren't worried about what will happen if you sneeze again?”
- Beldevere: “Sneeze? Puh-lease. I'm not gonna sneeze anymo- gyah… gyah…”
- Lucilia: “Uh… I'm just gonna back up.”
- Beldevere: “Gyah-CHOO!”

(They slip and bounce all over the pit, eventually hitting the ground with batter on their head)

- Beldevere: (sighs and sniffles)

(Meanwhile, the gang is still descending the mountain)

- All: (various cheering and laughing)

(They all skid to a halt; the ground begins to tremble)

- Gabby: “Is it me, or… are we about to get hit by a…?”

(Snow comes towards them)

- Gabby: “AVALAAAANCHE!!”

(They all panic and run away)

- AJ: “INAAAAAAA!!!”
- Gabby: “Gangway! Gangway gangway gangway gangwaaaaay!!”
- Blaze: (wailing)
- Amber: “¡Ay dios mío!”

(They find a nearby cave and hide in it; the snow blocks the entrance. Initially, the only things visible on screen are everyone's eyes)

- Gabby: “Okay, okay. I think we're safe now.”
- Blaze: (hyperventilating)
- ???: “Bweah-CHOO!”

(Everyone gets scared; Gabby turns on a flashlight, illuminating the cave and making everyone visible)

- Blaze: “Wha-what was that?!”
- Gabby: “Cool it, Blaze. I think that was just somebody sneezing.”
- ???: “Bweah-CHOO!”

(Gabby points her flashlight towards a pile of snow that wiggles)

- ???: “Bweah-CHOO!”

(One pile reveals a penguin underneath)

- Gabby: “See? Nothing to be worried about. That was just a penguin.”

(The penguin slides over to them)

- Penguin: “¡Llegando, chicos! Wahoo!”
- Amber: “Nova! Wassup, girl?”
- Nova: “Bweah… bweah…. Bweah-CHOO!! (she falls over) Ay… he conseguir el Sneezles.”
- Gabby: “You too? Jeez, not even the Arctic’s safe. (helps her up)”
- Nova: “Sí, lo sé…”
- Gabby: “Just give me a quick second and I'll give you some Medicine Oil.”
- Nova: “Oooh!”

(Gabby feeds Nova the Medicine Oil; she briefly recoils)

- Gabby: “There. How ya feeling now?”
- Nova: “Bleagh, asqueroso… ¡oye, no estornudes! Woohoo!”

(Nova hugs Gabby and points to a special slide)

- Nova: “¡Échale un vistazo, yo!”
- AJ: “Look at that, she found an exit!”
- Blaze: “Nice moves, Nova! (lets AJ board him) We can ride this slide to the bottom of the mountain!”
- Nova: “¿Quiero hacer montar, Gabby?”
- Gabby: “If you say so, little guy.”

(Gabby climbs onto Nova’s saddle)

- Nova: “¡Vamos, amigos! ¡Sígueme!”

(Nova and Gabby take off, followed by Blaze, AJ, and Amber (still in penguin form))

- All: (cheering)

(They continue on until AJ sees something)

- AJ: “Guys, look out!”

(Icicles block the way before them)

- AJ: “Icicles, dead ahead!”
- Blaze: “We need to do something, fast!”
- Nova: “No se preocupen, chicos. ¡Tengo un plan! (to reader) ¡La única forma de superar estos carámbanos es pasar por encima de ellos! ¡Cuándo nos acerquemos a los carámbanos, tienes que decirnos que saltemos sobre ellos!”

(Cut to a behind shot of the trio)

- Nova: “¿Listo? ¡Di “sobre”! ¡Sobre!”

(They jump at the right time; Gabby and Nova high-five)

- All: (cheering)
- Gabby: “Nice jumping, Nova!”
- Nova: “¡Gracias!”
- Blaze: “Uh-oh…”

(More icicles block the way; this time they hang through the ceiling)

- Blaze: “Giant ice spikes of DEATH!”
- Amber: “We're in trouble!”
- Nova: “¡No sí puedo ayudarlo! ¡Tienes que decirnos cuándo deslizarte bajo los carámbanos! ¡Di “bajo”! ¡Bajo!”

(They duck in time)

- Amber: “Yahoo!”
- Nova: “¡Sí!”
- All: (various cheering and laughing)
- AJ: “Whoa, whoa! More giant icicles!”

(Cut to the icicles, then back to the gang. Gabby looks at Nova, and they both nod. Blaze looks at AJ, and they both nod. AJ looks at Amber, and they both nod. Cue a montage where they slide through the remaining giant icicles, going over the first set, under the second set, and over on the third and final set. They make it out of the cave, all performing the Akira slide. They all cheer, with Gabby, Amber, and Nova doing a three-way high-five)

- Gabby: “Not bad, Nova! That was a fun ride!”
- Nova: “¡Gracias, Gabby! 🎵 La cucharacha, la cucharacha…🎵”
- All except Gabby: (laughing)
- Gabby: (jokingly rolls her eyes, then speaks to Nova) “Take care, Nova.”

(Nova hugs Gabby)

- Gabby: “D’awww. We have to go so we can bring this Medicine Oil to our friends. (wings sprout from her back)
- Nova: “¡Adios, amigos!”

(They set off; back at the Monster Dome, the sneezefest continues)

- Stripes: “Heh-CHOO!”
- Zeg: “Hah-CHOO!”
- Starla: “Gwah-CHOO!”
- Darington: “Bwah-CHOO!”
- Lucilia: (sniffles) “I got tissues!”
- Starla: “Gwah… gwah… Gwah-CHOO! (spins around)”
- Lucilia: “Here's one for you… (gives one to her)”
- Darington: “Bwah-CHOO! (drives in his pit uncontrollably and falls on the ramp)”
- Lucilia: “Here's one for you… (gives one to him)”
- Zeg: “Hah… hah… Hah-CHOO! (reverses up his pit’s palm tree, knocking over tires and falling)”
- Lucilia: “Here, take two. (Zeg does)”

(Now Beldevere is watering some flowers)

- Beldevere: “Grow well, little flowers.”
- Lucilia: “Belle? I don't think you should be doing that when you have the Sneezles.”
- Beldevere: “Puh-lease. Sneezles, schmeezles! I don't need to worry about that because I'm not going to be sneezing anytime soon. (Tempting fate, are we?) Gyah… gyah… gyah… gyah…”
- Lucilia: (nervously looks at the camera and backs out of the frame)
- Beldevere: “Gyah-CHOO!”

(They spin and get tangled up in the hose, with flowers falling on him)

- Beldevere: (groans)
- Lucilia: “Ya wanna tissue?”

(Back to the gang, where they're still descending the mountain)

- Gabby: “See if you can catch up to me NOW!”
- Blaze: (laughing)
- AJ: “Yahoo!”
- Amber: (laughing)

(They finally leave the snow behind and reach the forest)

- Gabby: “We're getting closer, guys. Just a few more miles, and we'll be at the Monster Do-OOOOME!! (gets knocked out from midair while a screech is heard)”

(The gang stops; in front of them is a wholeass herd of Baphomets. AJ hops off of Blaze draws his sword in preparation for the inevitable duel.)

- AJ: “Satan, I know you're behind this!”
- Satan: “OH, NOW WHAT GAVE YOU THAT IDEA?”
- Gabby: “Dad, you won't be getting away with a disruption that easily.”

(Gabby reveals her signature weapon for the first time in the series; a flaming lance that glows purple because of the intense heat. Gabby makes a “bring it” gesture and turns towards Amber and Blaze)

- Gabby: “You two go ahead. We'll deal with them.”

(Amber and Blaze find a safe place to hide while Gabby and AJ prepare to duke it out with the Baphomets. Gabby licks her lips and starts the battle with a mighty stab to the back of a Baphomet. The Baphomet attempts to burn Gabby, but it dies before it can even move. AJ swiftly deals with several Baphomets using rapid-fire sword slashes. One final, gigantic Baphomet rolls up and strikes the ground, causing an earthquake that knocks AJ and Gabby off the floor. Gabby roars and summons a purple fireball from her palm. She chucks it at the Baphomet, distracting it long enough for Gabby and AJ to escape)

- Gabby: “Guys, we need to hurry! We need to get outta here FAST!”
- Blaze: “I got just the thing!”

(Blaze's speed boosters deploy, surrounding everyone else with a blue aura)

- Blaze: (to reader) “To give us Blazing Speed, say “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE”!”
- All: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(The speed in unleashed, and they speed away before the Baphomet can even get to them. The poor guy weakly stomps on the floor and trudges off.)

- Satan: “DAMMIT, FAIRY BOY!! AND YOU TOO, MY BELOVED DAUGHTER! I'LL BE BACK!”

(The gang enters the Monster Dome, reaching the ongoing sneezefest among the Monster Machines)

- Stripes: “Oh, they're back!”
- Starla: “Gwah-CHOO!”
- Zeg: “Hah-CHOO!”
- Darington: “Bwah-CHOO!”
- Blaze: “Gaskets! You guys got the Sneezles bad!”
- Gabby: “Don't you worry, guys. I've got the Medicine Oil.”

(Gabby gives Amber four spoonfuls of the Medicine Oil, and the two get to work. Gabby starts off with Stripes…)

- Stripes: “Phew!”

(Continues with Lucilia…)

- Lucilia: “You're the best!”

(Then with Starla…)

- Starla: “Shoo-wee!”

(And finally Crusher)

- Crusher: “Woohoo!”

(Amber starts off with Pickle...)

- Pickle: “Awesome!”

(Continues with Zeg…)

- Zeg: “Zeg love you, Amber!”

(Then with Darington…)

- Darington: “🎵 DARINGTOOOON!!🎵”

(Amber looks around, confused, until she finds Beldevere doing gymnastics)

- Beldevere: “Look at the magnificent Beldevere go! Such poise, such grace!”
- Amber: (comes in) “Excuse me, Belle! I've got the Medicine Oil!”
- Beldevere: “Shoo, go away. I'm too busy trying to practice my gymnastics.”
- Amber: “Gymnastics?! Belle, aren't you worried you'd slip and fall?”
- Beldevere: “Oh, Amber. I fear you worry too much. I'm all done sneez- gyah… gyah…”
- Amber: (to readers) “I don't see how this ends well.”
- Beldevere: “Gyah-CHOO!”

(Beldevere launches themselves over the shocked Monster Machines, AJ, Gabby, and Lucilia. They promptly land in an ice cream stand, now absolutely covered in it. Amber runs back in)

- Beldevere: “You know what? I'll have a taste of that Medicine Oil now.”
- Amber: “One spoonful, coming up!”

(She feeds it to them)

- Beldevere: “Hey, I'm normal! (Gets up) I'm not sneezing! (Starts tap dancing and singing gibberish)”

(Amber has a “this can't end well” expression and backs away quietly, knowing what's about to happen: Beldevere slipping and getting covered in ice cream. Amber comes back in and gets a taste of the ice cream; cuing the iris out that ends the episode)

Chapter 33: S1, E18: Dragon Island Duel!

Summary:

In this episode, AJ goes off to rescue Blaze and things sure do happen.

Notes:

Voice cast:
* Caleel Harris: Speaking AJ
* Jacquez Swanigan: Singing AJ
* Nolan North: Blaze
* Kevin Michael Richardson: Crusher/Gus
* Nat Faxon: Pickle/Joe
* Jeff Bennett: Bump Bumperman

Trivia:
* This marks the final episode to use "UUUUUS!" as the opening theme, as "Future Connection" replaces it starting in the next episode.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Theme song:
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US! Welcome to the end of dreams, the end of the Sea! Our destinations differ for each of us, but one thing shines after the legend is revealed! Crackling with no limit, from here, ONE, TWO, THREE! All of us! We'll tell the travellers, “are your dreams still unobstructed?” My sleepless cells are tickled and bursting, but all of us! We'll tell the travellers that there are no fights without meaning! If the dispersed contexts have connections somehow, the threads of time will be rewoven… With us, the world continues to change…!🎵”
- Jacquez Swanigan: “All of us, dream save us…”
- Oh, Hush!: “🎵 US! US! US! ALL OF US!🎵”

(The episode starts on an ancient island, covered in ash because of a volcanic eruption. Bump Bumperman is announcing for an event)

- Bump Bumperman: “THIS IS IT, RACING FANS!! THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! 2 OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS RACERS AND THEIR DRIVERS WILL COMPETE FOR THE TITLE OF DRAGON ISLAND CHAMPION!! IIIIIIIIIIIT'S THE DRAGON! ISLAND! DUUUUUEL!!”

(The crowd starts to cheer as Mount Dragon releases smoke from its “nostrils”)

- Bump Bumperman: “Let's hear it for our top competitors! They're fast, they're fleet, and one of them is known to cheat! MAKE SOME NOISE FOR BELDEVERE AND CRRRRRUSHER!!”

(Beldevere and Crusher makes their entrance; the crowd loudly cheers and whoops for Crusher)

- Crusher: “Thank you, thank you!”
- Beldevere: “Hey, what about moi?!”

(The cheering and whooping lowers down to a hush; except for Pickle, who is cheering just as loud for Beldevere)

- Pickle: “YAY! WOOOOOOHOOO!! GOOOOO, BELLE AND CRUSHER!”
- Beldevere: “Thank you for your apt consideration, Pickle…”
- Bump Bumperman: “Aaaand in lane 2: they're brave, they're true, and with each other, there's nothing they can't do! GIVE IT UP FOR BLAAAAAAZZZZE AND AJ!!”

(Blaze and AJ make their entrance; the crowd’s cheers and whoops return to the volume they had before)

- Blaze: “Ciao a tutti!”
- AJ: “‘sup, guys?”

(Blaze high-tires Joe and Gus; AJ waves to them)

- Gus: “Bro, did you see that?! I got a high-tire from Blaze himself!”
- Joe: “I'm, like, never gonna wash this tire, like, ever again.”

(They meet up with Beldevere and Crusher; Beldevere makes Crusher splatter them with mud)

- Blaze: “Aww…! Mud!”
- AJ: “Eugh, get it off me! Gross!”
- Beldevere: “Whoopsie! Ahahahaha! Guess what, boys: you're gonna lose to the slickest racers in town. There's NO WAY you'll be getting past us. So long!”

(Beldevere and Crusher go to the starting line, leaving Blaze and AJ in the dust)

- Blaze and AJ: (babbling while shaking the mud off; then laughing)
- AJ: “Ahhh, mudless. Just the way I like me.”
- Blaze: “AJ… do you really think Belle and Crusher will win?”
- AJ: “Blaze… you shouldn't worry about that. We've got this, together. That's a Fairian promise!”

(AJ hugs Blaze and nuzzles him; Blaze returns the favor)

- Blaze: “Thanks, AJ. I really needed that.”
- AJ: “Anumang oras, tao. Come on, Blaze. We've got some ass to kick!”
- Blaze: “Oh yeah!”

(Blaze and AJ head off to prepare; Pickle joins Beldevere and Crusher on the starting line with his tablet)

- Pickle: “Guys, look! Check out all these pictures I have of you!”
- Beldevere: “Pictures of us? Ha! I'd like to see them!”

(Zoom in on the tablet to show a picture of Blaze, AJ, Beldevere and Crusher)

- Pickle: “These are all pictures of you racing against Blaze and AJ!”

(The picture changes to show Beldevere whipping out a Pineapple Blaster)

- Pickle: “Belle, here's a picture of the time you tried to stop Blaze, AJ, and Amber from getting Starla's piston back…”

(Then Blaze, AJ, and Amber destroy it)

- Pickle: “Uh… but they still destroyed it.”
- Beldevere: “Oh, puh-lease. One loss isn't gonna hurt me.”

(Back to the tablet; now Beldevere is using a Whammer Hammer to cheat at a rocket game)

- Pickle: “And here's another picture of you cheating!”
- Beldevere: (snickers)

(Pickle, AJ, Stripes, and Zeg come in to save Belle and Crusher)

- Pickle: “And another picture of… well, just AJ winning, but it still counts.”
- Beldevere: (groans)

(Beldevere tries to make a robo-bear steal the Super Bravery Badge)

- Pickle: “You cheating again… (Gabby, Blaze, Amber, Starla, Zeg, Stripes, and Darington use “Cowboy Casanova” to bring the badges back to them) Blaze winning again. (Beldevere uses a robotic boot to kick Darington out of Stuntmania) You cheating… (Blaze, AJ, and Darington make it to Stuntmania) Blaze winning.”

(He puts the tablet away)

- Pickle: “Notice a pattern here?”
- Beldevere: “Yes! No matter what I do, Blaze will overcome it!”
- Crusher: “Well, maybe we could try, ya know, not cheating for once.”
- Beldevere: “Oh, pish-posh. For this race, we're going to cheat bigger than ever before! Crusher, do your thing!”

(Crusher facewheels and opens his chassis bag, with junk flying out to make an enormous ball. Beldevere pushes it towards Blaze and it traps him, sending him far away from the race, through a jungle and into a cave. He bounces around until the ball deflates and breaks. Blaze attempts to get out, but the ground rumbles and causes a group of giant rocks to block the cave. Blaze realizes he's not strong enough to push the rocks and gives a despondent look to the camera. Zoom out to reveal the action being viewed on the jumbotron; everyone gasps)

- Joe: “Blaze!!”
- Bump Bumperman: “I'm just as shocked as you, folks; with Blaze stuck in that cave, he can't race in the Dragon Island Duel!”
- Beldevere: “Ha-HA! In your face, AJ! Who's gonna stop me now?”
- AJ: “ME, bitch. You may think that without Blaze, I'm powerless, but I'm making a Fairian promise to rescue Blaze and make sure we win this thing together!”
- Beldevere: “AHAHAHAHA!! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day. See you at the…”

(AJ sets off)

- Beldevere: “Fin… ish… line. (sighs)”

(AJ rushes through the forest; the travel song starts up)

- AJ: “Ohhh… 🎵 Here I go, there's nothing to it! Ilaw mo! I know I can do it! Soaring at the speed of light, prepare to be amazed! SHINE ON!🎵 Halika, halika! 🎵 SHINE ON!🎵 It's time! 🎵 SHINE ON!🎵 Let's pick up some steam! 🎵 SHINE ON!🎵 It's you and me! 🎵 SHINE ON! Gimme some speed! SHINE ON!🎵”

(The song ends; AJ comes to a cliff and skids to a halt)

- AJ: “Oh, man. Talk about a long way down… (spots some slides) Hmmm… could I use a slide to get myself down? (spots two coconuts and picks them both up) I wonder… what if? Let's try! (to reader) Come on, let's do an investigation! You and me, we're gonna figure out which slide we should take. Okay, now watch. I'm gonna roll a coconut down each slide, and your job is to look carefully and see where they land. Ready? Here we go!”

(He tosses both coconuts down each slide; the green coconut reaches the rock on the left side while the yellow coconut falls into the water on the right)

- AJ: “Which coconut made it to the rock?”

(Reader responds “the green one”)

- AJ: “Right, the green one! (gets out a leaf) Here I go! YEEHAW!”

(He takes the correct slide to the rock)

- AJ: “Ha! Made it! Alright, let's do a new investigation.”

(Two more slides are ahead; one has a bump and the other has a deep slope)

- AJ: “We need to figure out which slide can get us to the next rock. Hmmm… which slide do you think can get us there?”

(Reader offers their suggestion)

- AJ: “Mm-hmm. Okay, same thing as last time. Here we go!”

(AJ tosses the coconuts down the slides; the green one splashes into the water after taking the first slide, and the yellow one reaches the rock after taking the second)

- AJ: “Huh. Well, that settles it. Since the yellow coconut made it to the other side by taking the slide with the deep slope, that's the one we should follow! Come on! (Slides on a leaf) Woohoo!”

(He takes the correct slide)

- AJ: “Okay, just one more jump to go.”

(Cut to the slides; one has a ramp, and the other has bumps)

- AJ: “Which slide do you think will get us there?”

(Reader offers their suggestion)

- AJ: “I like the way you think! Ready? Go!”

(He tosses the coconuts; the green one makes it across the first slide, while the yellow one crashes into a tree)

- AJ: “Looks like the slide with the ramp is our way to go! Follow me! (takes it) Yeah-hah!”

(He makes it)

- AJ: “Yes! We made it all the way across! (a light starts blinking on his chest; he gasps as he holds it up) Look, I think we're getting a call!”

(Blaze appears in the center of the light)

- AJ: “Blaze! Nakabitin ka doon?”
- Blaze: “Barely. I think I'm starting to go crazy trying to find a way out of here! I know I can't push these rocks because they're too heavy! I could really use your help…”
- AJ: “Don't worry, Blaze. When I make a Fairian promise, I keep it until I manage to hold it up.”
- Blaze: “Thanks, AJ. You're awesome.”

(The call ends. AJ gives the reader a determined nod and hurries into the jungle; cue the STEM song)

- AJ: “🎵 Let's investigate, yeah! Ask a question and investigate! Let's investigate, yeah! Find a solution and investigate! We got a problem, and it's time to solve it! Ask yourself, “I wonder… what if? Let's try!”, and we'll reach for the sky! Make a prediction, find information, put it to the test and make a conclusion! Let's investigate, yeah! Ask a question and investigate! Let's investigate, yeah! Find a solution and investigate!🎵”

(Song ends; back at the starting line, Beldevere is lounging in Crusher and reading a book)

- Beldevere: “Ahh, this is the life. No AJ, and no Blaze to speak of. It's all so wonderful.”
- Pickle: (zips over) “I wouldn't be so sure about that! Get a load of this!”

(On the jumbotron, AJ flies out of a bush and zips through the forest)

- Beldevere: “Excuse me, QUOI?!?!”

(Crusher is startled awake by Beldevere's shout. He takes a look at the jumbotron, which now shows AJ swinging on vines)

- Crusher: “Ooh, look at AJ go! I doubt he'd let anyone stop him!”
- Beldevere: (while glaring at Crusher) “Crusher… cheat or something. We need to stop him. NOW.”
- Crusher: (whimpers in fear)

(Crusher reluctantly opens his chassis bag, letting junk fly out and assemble into robotic bugs)

- Pickle: “Belle… what are those things?”
- Beldevere: “Laser Bugs. Plain and simple, AJ will die from them. We'll be victorious! (cackles maniacally)”

(Pickle looks on worriedly as the bugs hurry on their way; meanwhile, AJ is soaring farther into the jungle until the bugs fly over him)

- AJ: “Oh my God…”

(The bugs fly into position and shoot their lasers; one of which hitting AJ’s jacket, leaving him shirtless for the remainder of the episode)

- AJ: “Ah! Oh, anak ng a-!”

(AJ dodges another laser and glares at the bugs. He regains his composure and turns to the reader)

- AJ: (to reader) “Yikes, talk about “tiny but mighty”! Those lasers straight up cut into my jacket! Sheesh… we're gonna need to do another investigation. We'll have to search through something that lasers can't cut through… hmmm…”

(He finds a branch on the ground)

- AJ: “I wonder… would the lasers be able to cut through this branch?”

(Reader responds “yes”)

- AJ: “You're probably right, but it's worth a shot anyways!”

(AJ throws the branch; it gets cleanly cut in half)

- AJ: “That's what I figured! Let's try something else…”

(He finds a small steel pipe behind a rock)

- AJ: “Like this steel pipe! Do you think the lasers would cut through this?”

(Reader offers their suggestion)

- AJ: “Maybe. Let's give this a shot!”

(He throws it; it gets sliced)

- AJ: “Oh jeez, not even a steel pipe’s enough to stop them! If throwing stuff at them to see if they can cut it or not can't work… we'll have to try something different.”

(AJ finds a mirror behind a rock)

- AJ: “Hmm… a mirror? Aha! That's it! We could try bouncing the lasers away! Here we go!”

(AJ puts the mirror under the laser; it gets reflected away)

- AJ: “Hey, it worked! Okay, now… if I turn the mirror this way…”

(He turns it; and BLAMMO! The little laser bug self-destructs!)

- AJ: “Slam dunk! Alright, let's get dangerous!”

(One by one, AJ destroys the laser bugs with the mirror, ending up near the cave Blaze is stuck in)

- AJ: “There it is. The place my dear friend Blaze got lost in. A Fairian promise is always kept, and it's about to be seen through! Darating ako, buddy! Maghintay ka doon!”

(He rushes towards the cave and starts to sing)

- AJ: “🎵 I just wanna shi-i-ine, like the sun when it comes up… run the city from the rooftops… cause today's gonna be my day… I just wanna cli-i-imb… to the top of a mountain… standing tall when I'm howling… cause today's gonna be my day!🎵 Here I come! 🎵 Goodnight stress, I'll see you in the morning… I don't gotta guess, you're always there for me… sowing them seeds of doubt, I think you like seeing me freak out… goodnight stress, I'll see you in the morning… so I wake up! I get out of bed, stay up! Stay out of my head ‘cause it's dangerous! And I don't wanna lose my mind, no…🎵”

(Zoom out to reveal the action is being watched on the jumbotron)

- AJ: (under below dialogue) “🎵 I just wanna shi-i-ine! Like the sun when it comes up!🎵”
- Beldevere: “Are you freaking kidding me?! He's still going?!”
- Pickle: “Go AJ! YEAH!!”
- Crusher: “Woohoo! Way to go!”

(Cut back to AJ, still singing)

- AJ: “🎵 Run the city from the rooftops, cause today's gonna be my day! I just wanna cli-i-imb! To the top of a mountain! Standing tall when I'm howling! Cause today's gonna be my day!🎵”

(An instrumental break closes out the song; AJ’s movements are synced up to it. As the song ends for real, he reaches the cave)

- AJ: “Phew, at last! We're here! (he grunts while trying to push a rock) …okay, I can't get in this way. I'll have to find a different way in.”

(He climbs to the top of the cave and finds a hole. He gives a sly look to the reader)

- AJ: “Well well, looky here. A hole. Perfectly AJ sized too. It would be a daaaamn shame if I were to waste it…!”

(AJ jumps in and slides down)

- AJ: “CANNONBAAAAAAALLLL!!”

(In the cave, Blaze is still pushing a rock until he hears AJ)

- AJ: “Haha! Here I come, Blaze!”
- Blaze: “Il mio eroe!”

(Blaze catches AJ in his seat)

- AJ: “Wassup, man?”
- Blaze: “I knew you'd come for me! Ohhh, I missed you so much!”

(Blaze grabs AJ from his seat and hugs him)

- AJ: “Aww, Blaze! (returns the hug) I missed you too! Now, what say you and me find a way outta here?”
- Blaze: “YEAH!!”

(Blaze drops AJ, making him land on his back. Then Blaze calls out to him)

- Blaze: “AJ! Check it out!”

(AJ gets up and approaches Blaze. It's revealed he found tools behind a rock)

- Blaze: “Look, tools! I bet one of these could help us get out of here!”
- AJ: (pops up with a clapperboard) “Tool-trying montage, take one. Action!”

(Cue a montage set to “Let's Blaze!” where Blaze and AJ try out the tools provided to them to try and break the rock. Attempt one: the saw. The only thing it succeeded in there was providing an irritating screeching noise, so that was a failure. Attempt two: the hammer. Blaze aims for the rock, but thanks to AJ holding the rock down, Blaze accidentally hits his hand instead.)

- AJ: “YOWWWWWWWWWWW!!!”
- Blaze: “Sorry, AJ. (sheepish grin)”

(Attempt three: the drill. Blaze and AJ hold the drill in place as it makes a small hole in the rock. That's all the information they need)

- AJ: “Look at that, a hole. Something tells me we're gonna need a bigger drill than what we've got right now. We'll need something like… a roadheader tunneling machine!”
- Blaze: “A roadheader what now?”
- AJ: “A roadheader tunneling machine! Those things have humongous drills that’re fantastic for digging tunnels!”
- Blaze: “Ohhhhh. I get it now. (To reader) Come on, let's build one!”

(AJ hops into Blaze; cue the transformation interface)

- AJ: “So first, we'll need a cutter head. That's the part that spins really fast and cuts through the rocks. To build a cutter head, say “cutter head”.”
- Blaze and AJ: “Cutter head!”
(The cutter head materializes)
- Blaze: “Now we need a boom that can move the cutter head around. To make the boom, say “boom”.”
- Blaze and AJ: “Boom!”
- (The boom materializes)
- AJ: “Awesome! Now we just need a conveyor belt to catch all the tiny pieces of rock and move them out of our way. To build the conveyor belt, say “conveyor belt”.”
- Blaze and AJ: “Conveyor belt!”
- (The conveyor belt materializes; Blaze and AJ high-five)
- Blaze: “Awww, yeah!”
- Blaze and AJ: “INTRODUCING THE TUNNEL-DIGGING MONSTER MACHINE!!”

(Blaze transforms; he and AJ get to work on making a tunnel)

- AJ: “Here… we… GO!!”

(AJ cranks the power up to max, and Blaze effortlessly drills through the rocks and makes the tunnel. Blaze returns to normal)

- Blaze and AJ: “WOOHOO!!”

(they high-five; the dramatic race fanfare sounds in the distance)

- AJ: “Oooh, it's almost time for the race!”
- Blaze: “AJ, gimme some speed!”

(They set off; back at the start, the race is moments away from beginning)

- Crowd: (worried mutters)
- Bump Bumperman: “Well folks, the race may as well be cancelled. We'll have to consider Beldevere and Crusher the winners by default.”
- Beldevere: “YES!!”
- AJ: (offscreen) “Guess again, suckers!”

(Blaze honks and makes his entrance; the crowd goes wild)

- Beldevere: “BLAZE?!”
- Crusher and Pickle: “BLAZE!!”
- Bump Bumperman: “LADIES AND GENTLETRUCKS, THEY'RE BACK!! Blaze and AJ have returned just in time for the race!”
- Joe: “WOOHOO!!”
- Gus: “Way to go, AJ! (high-tires Joe)”
- Blaze: “Hey, Belle! Ya miss us?”
- Beldevere: (groans)
- Bump Bumperman: “RACERS! START! YOUR! ENGIIIIIIIIIINES!!”

(Blaze, AJ, Crusher, and Beldevere line up)

- Bump Bumperman: “First one to the finish line at the top of Mount Dragon wins and gets the title of Dragon Island CHAMPIOOOOONNNN!!”
- Beldevere: “And that would be me!”
- AJ: “We'll see about that.”
- Bump Bumperman: “ON YOUR MARKS! GET SET! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!”

(The race gets underway)

- Crowd: “BLAZE! BLAZE! AJ! AJ! GO GO!”
- Pickle: “GOOO, BELLE AND CRUSHER!”

(The race continues; while Blaze and AJ jump over some rocks, Beldevere and Crusher try to climb over them until they lose their balance. Then, Blaze and AJ duck under some vines while Beldevere and Crusher get caught. Soon, Blaze and AJ cross a bridge, while Beldevere and Crusher tip-toe across theirs. Soon enough, Beldevere and Crusher pass Blaze and AJ)

- Beldevere: “Up yours, asshole!”

(Blaze and AJ pass Belle and Crusher until they take the lead again. Soon, they're ascending up Mount Dragon. Beldevere and Crusher are now farther ahead. Beldevere gets the idea to cheat again and knocks over one of Mount Dragon’s scale rocks. While Blaze jumps over it, AJ crashes right into it and falls over. Blaze uses his tow hook to pull AJ to him)

- Blaze: “AJ! ARE YOU OKAY?!”
- AJ: “Y-yeah. I'm good.”

(They continue on; Beldevere and Crusher are still far in the lead, but Blaze and AJ catch up)

- Beldevere: “What the??”
- AJ: “Let's make this thing a tie.”

(Blaze nods and deploys his Blazing Speed boosters, surrounding Beldevere and Crusher with a blue aura)

- Crusher: “Woohoo!!”
- Beldevere: “Seriously?! After all the shit I put you through, you're just gonna forgive me like that?”
- AJ: “Well, not really. But, I still think you deserve a fair chance at winning. Wanna burn this track up?”
- Beldevere: “Well… I… yes, actually!”
- AJ: “Then let's do it! (to reader) To give us all Blazing Speed, say “LEEEEET'S BLAZE”!”
- All: “LEEEEET'S BLAAAAZE!!”

(They unleash the speed and cross the finish line together, landing on Mount Dragon's nose)

- Bump Bumperman: “WHAT?! UNBELIEVABLE!! BLAZE, AJ, CRUSHER, AND BELDEVERE TIE!”
- Crowd: (gasping then cheering)

(AJ and Beldevere shake hands together, while Blaze and Crusher share a kiss. An astounded Pickle zooms in with his tablet)

- Pickle: “Oh my God, seriously?! Y-you all crossed the finish line together?! Ohhh, this needs to be put in the history books! Say “hubcaps”!”
- All: “Hubcaps!”

(We see the picture Pickle took, ending the episode, and the first season)

Notes:

Yay! ALL DONE!

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