The Powerpuff Girls Page #7

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[back to the talk show, a festively-dressed Jamaican woman (similar to psychic Ms. Cleo) gets a few words in]

Jamaican woman:
Those mutant, bug-eyed--

Mayor:
PICKLE MOB KILLING--

Reporter:
Freaks. Back to you, Linda.

[A shot of two new reporters: a square-jawed, white haired anchorman and his vapid blonde female co-anchor.]

Co-anchor:
They are little freaks, aren’t they? With more on this subject is

[The shot cuts back, revealing that the different programs are showing on a bank of TVs outside an electronics store. The girls are silhouetted in their glow. (The Aqua Hunger Task force, another show on Cartoon Network, can be seen briefly in a screen on the left of the newsanchor.) As the sounds of the different shows argue with each other, the camera reveals the girls faces, full of remorse and sadness, discovering what the town truly thinks of them. They walk off slowly, just missing an emergency broadcast as it goes off on all channels.]

Anchor lady:
We interrupt this program for an important news flash. Arrested today in connection with the tag incident was the mad scientist responsible for creating the destructive girls Professor Utonium. Upon incarceration, the Professor had this statement to make:

[A shot of the Professor, still in lab outfit, from behind bars. His eyes are baggy and his voice is weak.]

Professor:
Please! Just let me go! My girls, they need me! (scene fades out) They don’t know I’m in jail!

[The Professor is voiced over as the girls walk past a basketball court, even more dejectedly now.]

Professor:
What if they try to go home themselves?

[Still refusing to use their powers, the girls walk up and down the twisted road left by their game.]

Professor:
They can’t find their way if they don’t fly!

[Another scene reveals a large pothole and a zigging streak in a long dark road more signs of the destruction.]

Professor:
Please, they’re only little girls, who are probably cold, scared, and maybe even... lost!

[The girls reflections are mirrored in the large glass dome as they walk by it. The camera zooms in on Buttercup.]

Buttercup:
Well, it’s official. I have no idea where we are.

Blossom:
Well, I can’t say it’s been the best day.

Bubbles:
But it probably couldn’t get much worse.

[On cue, it starts to rain. Hard. Buttercup starts to yell and Bubbles begins to cry.]

Blossom:
Hey, it’s okay! Uhh.. maybe there’s a box we can get in around back! Come on!

[The girls walk behind what looks like a convenience store perhaps the J mart.]

Blossom:
See? There’s a whole bunch of boxes!

[As the camera heads towards the boxes from Blossoms POV, Arturo from the Gangrene Gang (unnamed) suddenly springs up and scares her back. Snake, and Big Billy soon follow. As a semis door opens slowly, it reveals Ace, who springs forward, looking much more imposing than he ever did in the series.]

Ace:
(mockingly) Aww, what’s the matter? Did somebody get washed? (cackling maliciously)

[The other members join in, and the girls look pretty concerned. At that point, Grubber pops in and amidst their screams, he advances on them (in very cheesy style). Then a clang is heard, and Grubber falls down, prostate. A garbage can ricochets off the other gang members, and almost hits the girls before nimbly rebounding and returning to its throwers hand. Atop the truck, cloaked in shadow and revealed by lighting, is Jojo, with a billowing scarf and trench coat, with a trash bag covering his brains.]

Girls (All):
Wow, Thanks!

[Jojo promptly jumps down from the truck and begins to run away.]

Blossom:
Hey, wait! Come back!

[The girls pursue him down the rainy alley. Jojo seeks refuge in a box. As the girls run up searching in his direction, Blossom is the first to spot him.]

Blossom:
Hey guys, over here! Hi! What’s your name? I’m Blossom!

Buttercup:
Buttercup.

Bubbles:
And I’m Bubbles!

[The scene cuts back to Jojo’s view. He is not in the scene.]

Jojo:
Go away please do not look at me.

Blossom:
But we just wanted to thank you for saving us from those green gangsters back there.

Buttercup:
Yeah, that was amazing with the trash can lid! It was all fwish, bang, crash, bam, boom!

Bubbles:
Yeah, you rock!

[The scene slowly zooms in on Jojo. A pair of sad, pinkish eyes open.]

Jojo:
No please I dare not listen. For I have been lashed by harsh tongues for too long. Alas, my little ones, I do not rock. For I, Jojo, am a monster!

[As he speaks the last word, a bolt of lightning briefly illuminates his monkey face.]

Blossom:
You’re not a monster. Monsters are evil.

Buttercup:
Yeah, and anybody who would save us like you did is so not evil.

Bubbles:
You’re no monster, mister. You’re just really dirty.

Jojo:
Please you’re just trying to make me feel better. But my pain is not for you to understand. Besides, how could you? For you are pure and innocent, and most certainly loved. (The girls glance at each other) How could you know what it is to be cast out into a world that only offers misery? How could you know what it’s like for people to fear and despise you for the very things that make you special? (the girls heads drop in silent understanding.) Because you don‘t fit in! Because you are A FREAK!

[Jojo emerges from his box, his grocery bag in hand, revealing the full extent of his status a talking chimp with a huge brain. The girls don’t even flinch but look at Jojo in a sad but empathetic gaze.]

Blossom:
Because--

[The girls fly upwards, to the astonishment of Jojo.]

Blossom:
--we’re freaks too.

Jojo:
What amazing powers!

Blossom:
No! They’re terrible!

Jojo:
I‘ll bet everyone hates them.

Buttercup:
Yeah!

Jojo:
And they hate you too!

Bubbles:
(softly) Yes

[Jojo turns around, tears in his eyes, the saddest look seen on his face before or since.]

Jojo:
I am in the same boat. This brain (points) is full of brilliant ideas! But will anyone listen? No. Nothing in this gray matters. So what’s the point?

[With back slumped, he returns to his box. The girls fly back down.]

Bubbles:
Oh Jojo, don’t be sad. Our dad says that sometimes people get angry when they don’t understand something special or unique.

Blossom:
And if you just give people time, they’ll start to understand your specialness.

Buttercup:
Yeah, you just gotta believe in yourself!

[As the girls speak, an evil grin slowly grows over Jojo’s face, seen only by its eyes and mouth. He pops back out of his box.]

Jojo:
(rapid-fire) You mean, if I take the time to construct my most ingenious plan the-help-the-town-and-make-it-a-better-place-machine then people will come to understand my specialness?

Buttercup:
Uhh…

Jojo:
Okay, I’ll do it! But I’ll need your help!

[The girls and Jojo are standing over the top of Townsvilles active volcano. White-hot searing lava flow up just a foot or two short of the top.]

Girls (All):
What?

Jojo:
Jump in, take this device and build it into the volcano - we need to harness the energy of the Earth’s Core for power!

Blossom:
What are you talking about?

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