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What is happening?

We are presenting the latest in animatronics,

making sure the relaunch

of Visogneaux is a success!

PascaI?

I'll need to borrow your twelve-year-oId

brain again. Right away.

Why me? Please, Professor...

ChiIdren, get me that cephaIopod moIlusk,

so I can take care of him.

Now we can start having some fun!

And that's what l've been waiting for, let's go.

Oh, there it is!

I have located the objective.

Use all necessary force to destroy the beast.

Team, now is the time to

use the best of your abiIities.

The objective is shoot to kill.

We must protect this city

by any means necessary!

The octopus just destroyed the diver

on that bilIboard over there.

It must've thought it was a reaI diver!

If we change to our diver suits,

maybe it'll follow us!

Everybody, make the change!

Monsieur President!

HelIo, Minister Chateau!

I congratulate you on

the magnificent animation of this octopus!

lt's a truly impressive example

of the taIents of our robotic industry!

Monsieur President, we really need to talk, now.

Give me just a moment,

this is a time to ceIebrate!

Jets? Chateau, you're a genius!

Evacuate the city!

WeIl, that's siIly.

They can't hurt the octopus,

it comes from a different dimension.

Stop! Let's change direction,

maybe we'll confuse him!

PascaI!

We're going to go try and intercept it.

It's way too fast, and these diver suits

are just weighing us down.

Waiter, it's been more than half an hour

since l ordered my octopus,

and it still hasn't arrived.

Your service is abominable!

A giant octopus!

Yes, yes, yes. lt'd better be a giant one!

At Ieast the size of this table!

Uncle Cognac?

I need a word with you now.

We have a visual.

The city has been evacuated.

You're reaIly heavy.

Now! You listen to me and listen real good!

Things are gonna change.

You'll treat me with respect

and stop insuIting me.

Am l making myself clear?.

Yes, ProfiteroIe, as cIear as water.

You're aIso gonna stop drinking

and go get a job...

...so l can do my homework after school!

Do you hear me?

Someone help me, please!

I am so sorry, ProfiteroIe.

l beg your forgiveness.

It's the aIcohol. lt's made me

say and do a lot of stupid things.

You know how much l loved

your mommy and yourdaddy.

They were my only family.

And, when they died, l blamed you

and buried my pain in Iiquor,

and l mistreated you, l know.

Can you everforgive me?

I promise you, Profiterole,

things are going to be different.

l am going to be a completely new man for you!

Jump in, we're catching octopus!

Help us!

Gotta put trash in its place!

Thanks, Petit Pan!

Sorry about the park thing!

We are approaching the encounter point.

Go, go, go! Aim!

First, we'll stop it and then

send it back to its originaI story.

Prepare to attack!

lt's stopping. Get Pascal ready!

Fire!

We'll only have one chance, Profiterole.

Hold yourfire!

Oh yes!

Yes! We did it!

Houston! Yay!

Yes! Yes!

Mission accomplished.

The enemy has been destroyed.

No reason to thank me.

I was onIy fuIfiIIing my duty

as a protector of this great city.

Hero? That's probably too big a word.

So that, my friends, is what happened.

And unIike the ending of Jean Visogneaux,

this story had a most delightful ending.

But everyone invoIved went on

to enjoy a very interesting Iife.

You got it, Houston. You're moonwalking!

- Are you doing okay, boss?

- Why wouldn't l be?

You know, in politics,

it doesn't matter what you do,

it's what they think you did.

In this case, what they think l did...

l wanted to donate my brain to Science.

Science has, unfortunately rejected my offer.

And what about the author who started it on?

Thanks to Petit Pan's rewrite,

Jean Visogneaux was awarded

our Nation's Top Literary Award.

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