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Uh-uh. My wishes keep backfiring.

You do it.

Get it! Helvetica! Do whatever it takes!

- I thought you told me not to be a bully.

- It's not bullying if you win.

Oh, I hate being told what to do.

Should we follow them, sir?

I know where they're going.

I wish... I wish...

I wish I could fly!

- I got it.

- Where could he be?

He'll be fine. I'm sure he's just out

playing with his new friends.

- You'll never get it.

- It's my rock.

- No, it's not.

- Give it to me.

I wish for really long arms.

I wish to disappear.

She's invisible.

Get it. Run. Hurry up.

Reverse invisibility

and arms back to normal.

You know, I always did like you, Laser.

Really?

Liked.

Curbside delivery.

Uh, gather round.

You'll wanna hear this.

You're all fired.

This small stone is

the ultimate Black Box...

...the only upgrade we'll ever need.

Wait. Why even bother?

I could just forget about the business

altogether...

...and simply wish

for a giant pile of money.

You see, black becomes colorful...

...square becomes round

and you become obsolete!

I've got all I need right here.

But what about me, Dad?

Oh. Well, you, okay. You can come too.

And you too, Cole.

Come on, Dad. You must be joking.

My girl, I wish I were.

Wish me down.

I'm rehiring you at double your salary.

I don't need your money, Mr. Black.

I've got the rock.

The adults are gonna wreck this place

for sure. We gotta stop them.

- Right.

- Right.

Stay back! Stay back!

I wish I were...

An Oscar Mayer wiener!

You! I'll give you $ 10

if you help me down.

- All right.

- Gingerly.

John?

Hey. You got your wish.

I'm all grown up.

Well, hello, I'm Loogie.

Also known as:

Enough.

I wish that I were

the most powerful thing...

...in the entire world.

We have to take turns

using the rock to stop him.

- Cole, he's our dad, so you and me first.

- What?

He needs our help.

He's become drunk with power.

I wish I were a giant wasp.

Male stuffing!

I wish I was a giant...

Stuff, stuff, stuff.

Missed me. Missed me.

I'll teach you to listen to your Helvetica.

Dung beetle?

All right, Dad, here I come.

How dare you attack your father?

You blinked!

Thirty-five hours, 15 minutes

and 20 seconds...

...and you blinked!

You lose, loser.

We need backup.

I wish for my alien friends.

I wish for my crocodile army.

Bill. There's a baby out there.

Stop.

- You've made the rock angry.

- What?

It has given life to your petty desires,

but you continue to break its laws.

Why are we listening to a baby?

In your greedy hands,

it could mean the end of the world...

...even the end of the universe.

- What's wrong?

- The rock grows weary.

It cannot sustain this strain

on its powers.

We have to get rid of the rock

or it will destroy us all.

- How?

- I've got it.

It's something I've been working on

for the latest upgrade...

...to extend Black Box battery life.

- Really?

It's germs.

Germs?

Dip your hands in.

- Oh, my gosh.

- Ugh, it's warm.

It collects and magnifies the energy from

the mitochondria in every cell in your body.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Hold hands.

Ew!

Our combined energy

will get rid of the rock...

...but we must stand together, as one.

We know we have disrespected you.

Leave us now and we shall pick up

the pieces, learning from our mistakes.

I need a new diaper.

Over there.

The rainbow's end.

Not the end. The beginning.

For someone else to find.

Hopefully they'll use it

wiser than we did.

Mr. Black, we just wanna say both

Team A and Team B will help rebuild.

But not as separate entities.

The power is in all of us.

And if we work together,

we can move mountains.

Or really big rocks.

Agreed.

Sweet muscles.

That's not what I had in mind.

Is this your special friend?

I'm Helvetica.

Nice to meet you.

So we're friends.

Let's settle for no longer enemies.

So that's pretty much how that week went.

I made some new friends.

Loogie and his brothers got

the adventure of their young lives.

And my parents finally came together.

For the first time, really.

Or at least that's how they put it.

Nose and his dad teamed up

and continued working on experiments...

...on personal hygiene.

Which I'm indebted to you for.

My dad didn't make partner,

but he and Mr. Black became friends.

Not best friends, but good friends.

Seeing as how they might

get to be family someday.

Um, I didn't agree to that.

Oh, you will. Just wait.

The Black Box was never perfected.

In fact, Mr. Black initiated

a top-to-bottom redesign.

He thought he should do something

to change the world for the better...

...so he went green.

But it could never do

what the Rainbow Rock could do.

And even if it could,

would we really want it?

Sometimes wishing does make it so.

But be sure you're wishing for

something worth wishing for.

I wish we were in a Hollywood movie.

Yeah. Like that's gonna happen.

I wish I had telekinesis!

Hey, this song that's playing

right now is something I wrote.

I got my wish.

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