Television Vision
[This episode starts late at night with a red-eyed Sally flipping through television channels. She's clicking through various shows, like a Loony Tunes-esque cartoon, game shows, a magical girl anime, a giant robot show, a fairytale show, etc. Footsteps are heard.]
[Cut to Robert walking downstairs, wearing pajamas.]
Robert: Sally, you're still up?
Sally: (Disinterested grunt.)
Robert: Nervous for tomorrow's debate, huh?
Sally: (Disinterested grunt)
Robert: Well I know that you're going to be able to beat Talula no matter what. ou just gotta get some sleep.
Sally: I know what I'm doing.
Robert: You know, they say that too much TV can be bad for you.
Sally: Well "they" are going to get grounded.
Robert: Right, well I'm just going to get a drink of water and then I'm going back to bed.
Sally: (Disinterested grunt)
Robert: Night Sally. Don't stay up too late.
[Sally continually stares at the television, unblinking.]
[Cut to Robert walking downstairs, wearing pajamas.]
Robert: Sally, you're still up?
Sally: (Disinterested grunt.)
Robert: Nervous for tomorrow's debate, huh?
Sally: (Disinterested grunt)
Robert: Well I know that you're going to be able to beat Talula no matter what. ou just gotta get some sleep.
Sally: I know what I'm doing.
Robert: You know, they say that too much TV can be bad for you.
Sally: Well "they" are going to get grounded.
Robert: Right, well I'm just going to get a drink of water and then I'm going back to bed.
Sally: (Disinterested grunt)
Robert: Night Sally. Don't stay up too late.
[Sally continually stares at the television, unblinking.]
[Cut to the window and the sun rising with appropriate morning music. The camera pans back to Sally. She's still staring at the screen. Her eyes are literally static.]
[Gumdrops runs over and gives Sally a worried look.. Sally falls over onto her side, unblinking. Her eyes are still static. Gumdrops starts licking Sally's face until she comes to.]
Sally: Gah! Gumdrops! Stop that! I'm not breakfast!
[Gumdrops stops licking Sally and steps back. Sally rubs her eyes. They blink back and forth between her normal eyes and static. Then she looks at Gumdrops. Gumdrops has become a Pokemon-expy - a horse with a mermaid tail and a man made out of water.]
Sally: Gumdrops... you're a Snatchemon!
[Snatchemon Gumdrops looks very confused.]
Sally: Aw come'on, why do you need to be a Hippocampia? They got like a million weaknesses and their speed is awful.
[Gumdrops is getting more and more confused and borderline offended. Sally wraps her arm around Gumdrops' neck.]
Sally: Whatever. If we're gonna be the very best like no one ever was we gotta get started on training now!
[Gumdrops looks nervous]
[Cut to outside. Ryker is taking out his trash. Suddenly there's a loud explosion coming from inside the Dunn house.]
Sally: {Off-screen}: Yes Hippocampia! Again! Water squirt!
[A stream of water breaks through the front window of the Dunn house.]
Ryker: It's going to be one of those days isn't it? This is the girl that wants to be mayor.
[Gumdrops runs over and gives Sally a worried look.. Sally falls over onto her side, unblinking. Her eyes are still static. Gumdrops starts licking Sally's face until she comes to.]
Sally: Gah! Gumdrops! Stop that! I'm not breakfast!
[Gumdrops stops licking Sally and steps back. Sally rubs her eyes. They blink back and forth between her normal eyes and static. Then she looks at Gumdrops. Gumdrops has become a Pokemon-expy - a horse with a mermaid tail and a man made out of water.]
Sally: Gumdrops... you're a Snatchemon!
[Snatchemon Gumdrops looks very confused.]
Sally: Aw come'on, why do you need to be a Hippocampia? They got like a million weaknesses and their speed is awful.
[Gumdrops is getting more and more confused and borderline offended. Sally wraps her arm around Gumdrops' neck.]
Sally: Whatever. If we're gonna be the very best like no one ever was we gotta get started on training now!
[Gumdrops looks nervous]
[Cut to outside. Ryker is taking out his trash. Suddenly there's a loud explosion coming from inside the Dunn house.]
Sally: {Off-screen}: Yes Hippocampia! Again! Water squirt!
[A stream of water breaks through the front window of the Dunn house.]
Ryker: It's going to be one of those days isn't it? This is the girl that wants to be mayor.
[Cut to Max walking downstairs in a flurry]
Max: What's going on... down here!?
[He looks to see Gumdrops running around with a garden hose spraying everything.]
Max: Gumdrops! Have you gone insane!?
[Gumdrops drops the hose with a hand-caught-in-the-cookie jar look. He turns to Max and tries the best he can to explain that things are not what they look like.]
Sally: What's the matter Hippocampia? Tired?
Max: Who uses a Hippocampia?
Sally: Go Chameleo!
[Sally runs into the room and tosses Charmichael. He tumbles and rolls to a stop. Max immediately gets angry.]
Max: Sally! We've been over this! You can play any game you want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone or destroy the house.
[Sally looks towards Max. Her eyes flash between her normal eyes and static once again. Then Sally's expression becomes dazed.]
Max: {Voice over} Sally?
[Sally blinks and we're shown the world from her point of view once again. Max has become an old-time rubber hose cartoon. As he talks, there's no sounds, but the written words "blah" "blah" "blah" keep appearing over his head. Sally looks on confused, as she too has become a rubber hose cartoon character. She puts a finger in her ear to clean it out and make sure she's hearing properly. Ragtime music begins playing.]
[Sally turns to see Gumdrops, also in this 1930's style; he has a very large cartoon mallet and appears to be about to hit Max with it. Sally gets an over-the-top reaction and charges at Max. The screen jumps as she does so. Cut to the two of them in a large pile of debris, and Max turning red with anger.]
[Sally points over to Gumdrops. Gumdrops has an innocent smile, and a halo appears over his head as he brushes the mallet underneath the rug. Max starts stepping towards Sally angrily as the piano swells. Sally ends up stepping on a floor board causing it to bounce up a little. Sally smiles and pounds on it, launching Max into the ceiling. Max then falls to the floor and little horses dance around his head, in a carousel motion.]
[Gumdrops happily walks over to Sally with the mallet in his mouth. Sally gets a spry grin. Sally takes the mallet. Gumdrops turns to the camera and smiles for a close up. Devil horns appear on his head as he does so.]
Max: What's going on... down here!?
[He looks to see Gumdrops running around with a garden hose spraying everything.]
Max: Gumdrops! Have you gone insane!?
[Gumdrops drops the hose with a hand-caught-in-the-cookie jar look. He turns to Max and tries the best he can to explain that things are not what they look like.]
Sally: What's the matter Hippocampia? Tired?
Max: Who uses a Hippocampia?
Sally: Go Chameleo!
[Sally runs into the room and tosses Charmichael. He tumbles and rolls to a stop. Max immediately gets angry.]
Max: Sally! We've been over this! You can play any game you want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone or destroy the house.
[Sally looks towards Max. Her eyes flash between her normal eyes and static once again. Then Sally's expression becomes dazed.]
Max: {Voice over} Sally?
[Sally blinks and we're shown the world from her point of view once again. Max has become an old-time rubber hose cartoon. As he talks, there's no sounds, but the written words "blah" "blah" "blah" keep appearing over his head. Sally looks on confused, as she too has become a rubber hose cartoon character. She puts a finger in her ear to clean it out and make sure she's hearing properly. Ragtime music begins playing.]
[Sally turns to see Gumdrops, also in this 1930's style; he has a very large cartoon mallet and appears to be about to hit Max with it. Sally gets an over-the-top reaction and charges at Max. The screen jumps as she does so. Cut to the two of them in a large pile of debris, and Max turning red with anger.]
[Sally points over to Gumdrops. Gumdrops has an innocent smile, and a halo appears over his head as he brushes the mallet underneath the rug. Max starts stepping towards Sally angrily as the piano swells. Sally ends up stepping on a floor board causing it to bounce up a little. Sally smiles and pounds on it, launching Max into the ceiling. Max then falls to the floor and little horses dance around his head, in a carousel motion.]
[Gumdrops happily walks over to Sally with the mallet in his mouth. Sally gets a spry grin. Sally takes the mallet. Gumdrops turns to the camera and smiles for a close up. Devil horns appear on his head as he does so.]
[Cut back to reality. Max and Gumdrops look at each other in confusion. Sally is lifting her hands up and down over Max's head as if she was hitting him with the mallet. In the GA style, it's supposed to look weird and awkward. Max starts snapping his fingers in front of Sally's eyes, but she doesn't blink.]
Max: Hello?
[Gumdrops walks up to Max with the remote his mouth to show what happened.]
Max: [Worried] Wait, she was watching TV.... all night!?
[Gumdrops nods his head up and down rapidly.]
Max: Oh this can't be good.
[Sally is running around the room. She turns her head around as she does so and blows a raspberry at Max. As she does so she slams right into a wall. Several things fall off of a shelf above her and start crashing on her head.]
Max: You keep an eyes on her. I have to go check on something.
[Max runs off and after a beat, Gumdrops takes a double-take towards him, panicked. Sally rises up behind him and Gumdrops nervously starts sweating. Sally's eyes are static as she speaks.]
Sally: And welcome to Summerway Championship Pillowfighting! In today's match, Sally Dunn will bring the pain!
[Sally starts pummeling Gumdrops with a pillow until feathers fly out. The feathers create a transition to Max searching through the attic.]
Max: It should still be up here.
[Max comes across a bookshelf built into the wall.]
Max: Here they are.
[Max starts leafing through the books]
Max: Here it is, home remedies. I just hope whatever Sally has is in here.
[There's a crash in the house that causes the whole thing to shake. Cut to Robert and Autumn waking up in their bed.]
Autumn: Sally's destroyed the house, hasn't she?
Robert: Probably.
Autumn: I'll start the coffee.
Max: Hello?
[Gumdrops walks up to Max with the remote his mouth to show what happened.]
Max: [Worried] Wait, she was watching TV.... all night!?
[Gumdrops nods his head up and down rapidly.]
Max: Oh this can't be good.
[Sally is running around the room. She turns her head around as she does so and blows a raspberry at Max. As she does so she slams right into a wall. Several things fall off of a shelf above her and start crashing on her head.]
Max: You keep an eyes on her. I have to go check on something.
[Max runs off and after a beat, Gumdrops takes a double-take towards him, panicked. Sally rises up behind him and Gumdrops nervously starts sweating. Sally's eyes are static as she speaks.]
Sally: And welcome to Summerway Championship Pillowfighting! In today's match, Sally Dunn will bring the pain!
[Sally starts pummeling Gumdrops with a pillow until feathers fly out. The feathers create a transition to Max searching through the attic.]
Max: It should still be up here.
[Max comes across a bookshelf built into the wall.]
Max: Here they are.
[Max starts leafing through the books]
Max: Here it is, home remedies. I just hope whatever Sally has is in here.
[There's a crash in the house that causes the whole thing to shake. Cut to Robert and Autumn waking up in their bed.]
Autumn: Sally's destroyed the house, hasn't she?
Robert: Probably.
Autumn: I'll start the coffee.
[Cut to Max, Robert, and Autumn in the kitchen. Robert is drinking coffee at the table while Autumn is pouring herself a cup. Max is reading the book.]
Max: Chicken pox, Bluetongue Disease, Dragon Fever, ah ha, here it is--
[Max places the book down to reveal a page entitled "Television Vision" in fancy lettering, complete with pictures of said disease. In one picture, a couple of children are watching a television set with a zombie movie on screen. In the other picture, the two kids are walking around like zombies.]
Robert: Television... Vision?
[Autumn walks over to the book.]
Autumn: [Reading] When a kid watches too much TV in too short a time, the shows that they have seen will infect and overpower their imagination and force them to act out what they've seen.
Robert: I told her that she shouldn't have been watching TV all night.
Autumn: You, Mr. Fun?
Robert: Hey, just because I'm fund doesn't mean I'm irresponsible.
Max: Nevermind. Let's just see if we can figure out how we can stop it.
Autumn: It says that it goes away with time. We have to wait.
[Cut to Gumdrops, dressed up as a rockstar, with a star painted over his left eye. He's got an electric guitar strapped to his back.]
Sally: {Voice over} [British Accent] Where are you goin' mate? We can't break up the band now. We gotta conquer the world man.
Autumn: How many channels do we have?
Max: The standard cable package.
Autumn: So 100,000 channels?
Max: Yup.
[Gumdrops rushes and hides underneath the kitchen table, frightened and sweating. Sally enters the room dressed up as a rockstar herself. She ends up sliding off balance, and she falls and crashes.]
Sally: [British accent] Don't kill the music.
Max: Chicken pox, Bluetongue Disease, Dragon Fever, ah ha, here it is--
[Max places the book down to reveal a page entitled "Television Vision" in fancy lettering, complete with pictures of said disease. In one picture, a couple of children are watching a television set with a zombie movie on screen. In the other picture, the two kids are walking around like zombies.]
Robert: Television... Vision?
[Autumn walks over to the book.]
Autumn: [Reading] When a kid watches too much TV in too short a time, the shows that they have seen will infect and overpower their imagination and force them to act out what they've seen.
Robert: I told her that she shouldn't have been watching TV all night.
Autumn: You, Mr. Fun?
Robert: Hey, just because I'm fund doesn't mean I'm irresponsible.
Max: Nevermind. Let's just see if we can figure out how we can stop it.
Autumn: It says that it goes away with time. We have to wait.
[Cut to Gumdrops, dressed up as a rockstar, with a star painted over his left eye. He's got an electric guitar strapped to his back.]
Sally: {Voice over} [British Accent] Where are you goin' mate? We can't break up the band now. We gotta conquer the world man.
Autumn: How many channels do we have?
Max: The standard cable package.
Autumn: So 100,000 channels?
Max: Yup.
[Gumdrops rushes and hides underneath the kitchen table, frightened and sweating. Sally enters the room dressed up as a rockstar herself. She ends up sliding off balance, and she falls and crashes.]
Sally: [British accent] Don't kill the music.
[Cut to a POV shot from Sally's point of view as the others look down on her with concern.]
Autumn: Sally, are you okay?
[Canned laughter]
[The screen goes static. Cut to an establishing shot of Summerway. Piano riff as a 90's sitcom theme song starts playing. As the lyrics start going, it cuts to the Dunn family in a car driving over the Summerway bridge. The title "Sally, Are You Okay?" is transposed over this shot.]
[Cut to Sally tumbling at the camera in a field. She smiles while her credit "Sally Dunn as Sally" appears. Then the city behinds her catches on fire. Cut to Max reading his comic and drinking hot chocolate. He looks at the camera, very confused. He gets his credit "Max Dunn as Sally's brother." Cut to Autumn given a report card in class at school. The credit "Autumn Dunn as 'sitcom mom'" appears on screen. Cut to Gumdrops wearing a suit and tie in an office. He turns to the camera and smiles "Gumdrops Dunn as 'sitcom dad'"]
Robert: {Voice over} Wait a minute.
[Cut to Gumdrops walking Robert through the street. Robert is wearing fake pony ears and a fake pony tail and a leash. Gumdrops is carrying the list. Robert looks awkwardly at the camera. "Robert Dunn as 'the pet pony.'"]
Robert: Why do I have to be the pet?
[Cut to Talula babbling on at town hall. She's looking snobbish. The credit appears "And guest starring Talula as 'Stupid Doody Head'".]
[Cut back to the kitchen. Everyone is now in very 90's-esque clothing that is reminiscent of something that would be seen on Full House or Saved by the Bell.]
Max: Sally, are you okay? You fell down.
[Dramatic music sting.]
[Sally gets up.]
Sally: Oh... yeah, I guess I did.
[Canned laughter]
Autumn: I'm afraid I've got--
[Dramatic close up]
Autumn: Some bad news.
[Dramatic music sting.]
Sally: What could it be?
Autumn: You've got--
[Dramatic close up]
Autumn: A disease.
[Dramatic music sting.]
Autumn: Television vision.
[Extreme dramatic close up, and even more frantic dramatic music sting.]
Sally: But I've got to debate Talula today!
[The dramatic music sting gets more deranged. Max runs up]
Max: And I've got two dates to the prom!
[Beat]
Sally: What's a prom?
[Cut to Gumdrops]
Gumdrops: Well as your father, I must insist that you stay home.
Background audience: Oooh.
Sally: But dad! I'm never gonna beat Talula if I can't debate her.
Gumdrops: Sally dear...
[The music has a heartfelt swell.]
Gumdrops: You simply must realize that you can't win every single battle.
Sally: But--
Gumdrops: Don't argue. Go and feed your pony.
[Sally grumbles and pulls a bunch of carrots from the fridge and puts them in Gumdrops' bowl. Robert begrudgingly starts eating them.]
Autumn: Hey, if I knew I could have gotten carrots I would have been the pony.
[Robert sticks his tongue out at Autumn.]
Autumn: Oh Sally dear, I think that your pony needs a makeover.
[Robert looks angry and gives an angered horse noise.]
Autumn: Sally, are you okay?
[Canned laughter]
[The screen goes static. Cut to an establishing shot of Summerway. Piano riff as a 90's sitcom theme song starts playing. As the lyrics start going, it cuts to the Dunn family in a car driving over the Summerway bridge. The title "Sally, Are You Okay?" is transposed over this shot.]
[Cut to Sally tumbling at the camera in a field. She smiles while her credit "Sally Dunn as Sally" appears. Then the city behinds her catches on fire. Cut to Max reading his comic and drinking hot chocolate. He looks at the camera, very confused. He gets his credit "Max Dunn as Sally's brother." Cut to Autumn given a report card in class at school. The credit "Autumn Dunn as 'sitcom mom'" appears on screen. Cut to Gumdrops wearing a suit and tie in an office. He turns to the camera and smiles "Gumdrops Dunn as 'sitcom dad'"]
Robert: {Voice over} Wait a minute.
[Cut to Gumdrops walking Robert through the street. Robert is wearing fake pony ears and a fake pony tail and a leash. Gumdrops is carrying the list. Robert looks awkwardly at the camera. "Robert Dunn as 'the pet pony.'"]
Robert: Why do I have to be the pet?
[Cut to Talula babbling on at town hall. She's looking snobbish. The credit appears "And guest starring Talula as 'Stupid Doody Head'".]
[Cut back to the kitchen. Everyone is now in very 90's-esque clothing that is reminiscent of something that would be seen on Full House or Saved by the Bell.]
Max: Sally, are you okay? You fell down.
[Dramatic music sting.]
[Sally gets up.]
Sally: Oh... yeah, I guess I did.
[Canned laughter]
Autumn: I'm afraid I've got--
[Dramatic close up]
Autumn: Some bad news.
[Dramatic music sting.]
Sally: What could it be?
Autumn: You've got--
[Dramatic close up]
Autumn: A disease.
[Dramatic music sting.]
Autumn: Television vision.
[Extreme dramatic close up, and even more frantic dramatic music sting.]
Sally: But I've got to debate Talula today!
[The dramatic music sting gets more deranged. Max runs up]
Max: And I've got two dates to the prom!
[Beat]
Sally: What's a prom?
[Cut to Gumdrops]
Gumdrops: Well as your father, I must insist that you stay home.
Background audience: Oooh.
Sally: But dad! I'm never gonna beat Talula if I can't debate her.
Gumdrops: Sally dear...
[The music has a heartfelt swell.]
Gumdrops: You simply must realize that you can't win every single battle.
Sally: But--
Gumdrops: Don't argue. Go and feed your pony.
[Sally grumbles and pulls a bunch of carrots from the fridge and puts them in Gumdrops' bowl. Robert begrudgingly starts eating them.]
Autumn: Hey, if I knew I could have gotten carrots I would have been the pony.
[Robert sticks his tongue out at Autumn.]
Autumn: Oh Sally dear, I think that your pony needs a makeover.
[Robert looks angry and gives an angered horse noise.]
[Cut to Max talking to April and Molly in the living room.]
Max: And that's why we can't let Sally leave this house.
April: But Max dear, this debate is quite important. If Sally does not show up, she will be seen as a coward. It shall be scandmulous.
Max: I know, I know. That's why I;m hoping that it wears off before 6 PM.
Molly: Where's Sally now?
Max: I had Autumn and Robert distract her.
[Cut to Sally in her room. In her hand, she's got a mop and is standing behind a cardboard box setup like a desk. Robert and Autumn are watching her. Robert has ribbons and bows in his hair as if he survived a makeover meant for Gumdrops.]
Sally: And the Super Mop can clean up 20 different kinds of ink without any hesitation.
[Sally demonstrates by spilling paints over the floor and mopping them up, except it doesn't clean up anything and it just makes a mess.]
Autumn: [Whispers] Why was she watching infomercials?
[Sally turns towards Autumn.]
Sally: Oh does one of our audience members have a question about the spectacularness that IS the Super Mop!?
Autumn: Um... yes, does it have any other uses beyond... cleaning stuff?
[Sally grows a hugely wide smile]
Sally: Only eleventy bajillion!
Robert: [Whispers] Guess we're going to be learning about mops for awhile.
Sally: There's nothing to "learn" with the Super Mop. You just watch and be amazed and the Super Mop does all the work for you!
Max: And that's why we can't let Sally leave this house.
April: But Max dear, this debate is quite important. If Sally does not show up, she will be seen as a coward. It shall be scandmulous.
Max: I know, I know. That's why I;m hoping that it wears off before 6 PM.
Molly: Where's Sally now?
Max: I had Autumn and Robert distract her.
[Cut to Sally in her room. In her hand, she's got a mop and is standing behind a cardboard box setup like a desk. Robert and Autumn are watching her. Robert has ribbons and bows in his hair as if he survived a makeover meant for Gumdrops.]
Sally: And the Super Mop can clean up 20 different kinds of ink without any hesitation.
[Sally demonstrates by spilling paints over the floor and mopping them up, except it doesn't clean up anything and it just makes a mess.]
Autumn: [Whispers] Why was she watching infomercials?
[Sally turns towards Autumn.]
Sally: Oh does one of our audience members have a question about the spectacularness that IS the Super Mop!?
Autumn: Um... yes, does it have any other uses beyond... cleaning stuff?
[Sally grows a hugely wide smile]
Sally: Only eleventy bajillion!
Robert: [Whispers] Guess we're going to be learning about mops for awhile.
Sally: There's nothing to "learn" with the Super Mop. You just watch and be amazed and the Super Mop does all the work for you!
[Cut to downstairs. April is looking through the home remedies book.]
Molly: I dunno... Television Vision is a tough one. I had it once.
April: You did?
Molly: Yeah. I thought I was a Faeria Princess for like a week.
[Jump cut to Molly prancing through her garage, wearing a princess dress. Small blue birds start dusting the walls. Mice begin organizing the shelves, and even a deer starts fixing a kid's engine, leading the owner of said car to have a very confused expression.]
April: Well, imagination can be quite the powerblouse.
Max: And I don't know any kid who has an imagination more powerful than Sally's.
[The three of them look at each other worried.]
Molly/April/Max: We need to fix this now.
Max: But how? Television Vision doesn't have a cure. It's just supposed to work its way through your system.
Molly: What if we gave her a better fantasy? If we show her that her 'magination is better. Then we might kick the TV out outta it.
Max: It's worth a shot. But what can we come up with?
Molly: Hey April, you still have that oufit you wore last Bunny Day, right?
April: Yeah, why do you ask?
[Cut to April angrily standing outside of Sally's room, wearing rabbit ears. Her face is painted up with whiskers and a cotton tail. Molly is standing in front of her.]
April: This had better work. Under no other circumstance would I wear an outfit so hideously out of date.
Molly: It should work if yeah keep up the act.
[April opens the door to Sally's room and starts hopping around, holding a piece of cardboard with the word "watch" painted on it. Autumn and Robert look on in confusion. Robert remains in his made-over state.]
April: Oh dear, I am afraid that I am late for a very important altercation.
[Molly facepalms]
Molly: That's what yeah call acting?
April: It's not my fault that--
Sally: Clown!
April: Clown!? Do I really look like a--
Molly: Just roll with it!
[April rolls her eyes. Cut to Sally's fantasy world. April is about half the height that she usually is, and dressed up like the fusion of a clown and a rabbit.]
April: um... yes Sally. I am here to take you to...
[She looks up at Sally's bed.]
April: Slumberland. A princess awaits you there, and she has specifically requested you to be her playmate. Just take this urm... ladder here and you shall be on your way.
[A rope ladder falls from the night sky painted onto Sally's roof, through the branches. April starts climbing it and Sally follows after. They climb up and it's night time. In the background is a gigantic city. April climbs it, and Sally follows along. They climb up through the branches and what should obviously be the ceiling. The ladder continually spirals up into the endless night sky. Sally looks over to see a gigantic city in the background.]
[Cut to Molly looking on in the real world. April and Sally are climbing in place.]
April: And we're climbing and we're climbing.
Molly: Well, whatever works.
[Cut back to Sally's fantasy world. The ladder climbs up and up to the night time sky. There's nothing that it's connected to.]
Sally: This ladder doesn't go to anything.
April: That's not true. It goes to the uh... the moon!
[The camera cuts to the moon, which has a face on it. This sequence is a reference to Little Nemo and it should have a visually similar design. April rocks the ladder back and forth and then she jumps, landing in the moon's mouth. Sally is about to do the same, but she stops when everything begins shaking. The moon changes its expression and looks at Sally.]
Moon: And just who are you?
[Sally looks to it]
Sally: I... dunno. I'm beginning to forget. I've been so many people today from a magical girl to a member of the Clue Crew.
Moon: Well, what do you want?
Sally: I guess... I want to get in.
Moon: You have to guess what you want? I thought most kids your age KNEW what they wanted. I know I did back at your age.
Sally: Can you tell me who I am?
Moon: Only you cal tell you who you are.
Sally: But I don't know who I am.
Moon: What we do is what we are.
Sally: What?
[The steps of the ladder break away, leaving Sally standing on stilts that go infinitely down to the world below. She is barely able to keep her balance and starts falling forward. She screams and then there's a major splash.]
[Sally opens her eyes and she's become a mermaid. In the distance is a large castle.]
Sally: [To herself] What we do is what we are?
Molly: I dunno... Television Vision is a tough one. I had it once.
April: You did?
Molly: Yeah. I thought I was a Faeria Princess for like a week.
[Jump cut to Molly prancing through her garage, wearing a princess dress. Small blue birds start dusting the walls. Mice begin organizing the shelves, and even a deer starts fixing a kid's engine, leading the owner of said car to have a very confused expression.]
April: Well, imagination can be quite the powerblouse.
Max: And I don't know any kid who has an imagination more powerful than Sally's.
[The three of them look at each other worried.]
Molly/April/Max: We need to fix this now.
Max: But how? Television Vision doesn't have a cure. It's just supposed to work its way through your system.
Molly: What if we gave her a better fantasy? If we show her that her 'magination is better. Then we might kick the TV out outta it.
Max: It's worth a shot. But what can we come up with?
Molly: Hey April, you still have that oufit you wore last Bunny Day, right?
April: Yeah, why do you ask?
[Cut to April angrily standing outside of Sally's room, wearing rabbit ears. Her face is painted up with whiskers and a cotton tail. Molly is standing in front of her.]
April: This had better work. Under no other circumstance would I wear an outfit so hideously out of date.
Molly: It should work if yeah keep up the act.
[April opens the door to Sally's room and starts hopping around, holding a piece of cardboard with the word "watch" painted on it. Autumn and Robert look on in confusion. Robert remains in his made-over state.]
April: Oh dear, I am afraid that I am late for a very important altercation.
[Molly facepalms]
Molly: That's what yeah call acting?
April: It's not my fault that--
Sally: Clown!
April: Clown!? Do I really look like a--
Molly: Just roll with it!
[April rolls her eyes. Cut to Sally's fantasy world. April is about half the height that she usually is, and dressed up like the fusion of a clown and a rabbit.]
April: um... yes Sally. I am here to take you to...
[She looks up at Sally's bed.]
April: Slumberland. A princess awaits you there, and she has specifically requested you to be her playmate. Just take this urm... ladder here and you shall be on your way.
[A rope ladder falls from the night sky painted onto Sally's roof, through the branches. April starts climbing it and Sally follows after. They climb up and it's night time. In the background is a gigantic city. April climbs it, and Sally follows along. They climb up through the branches and what should obviously be the ceiling. The ladder continually spirals up into the endless night sky. Sally looks over to see a gigantic city in the background.]
[Cut to Molly looking on in the real world. April and Sally are climbing in place.]
April: And we're climbing and we're climbing.
Molly: Well, whatever works.
[Cut back to Sally's fantasy world. The ladder climbs up and up to the night time sky. There's nothing that it's connected to.]
Sally: This ladder doesn't go to anything.
April: That's not true. It goes to the uh... the moon!
[The camera cuts to the moon, which has a face on it. This sequence is a reference to Little Nemo and it should have a visually similar design. April rocks the ladder back and forth and then she jumps, landing in the moon's mouth. Sally is about to do the same, but she stops when everything begins shaking. The moon changes its expression and looks at Sally.]
Moon: And just who are you?
[Sally looks to it]
Sally: I... dunno. I'm beginning to forget. I've been so many people today from a magical girl to a member of the Clue Crew.
Moon: Well, what do you want?
Sally: I guess... I want to get in.
Moon: You have to guess what you want? I thought most kids your age KNEW what they wanted. I know I did back at your age.
Sally: Can you tell me who I am?
Moon: Only you cal tell you who you are.
Sally: But I don't know who I am.
Moon: What we do is what we are.
Sally: What?
[The steps of the ladder break away, leaving Sally standing on stilts that go infinitely down to the world below. She is barely able to keep her balance and starts falling forward. She screams and then there's a major splash.]
[Sally opens her eyes and she's become a mermaid. In the distance is a large castle.]
Sally: [To herself] What we do is what we are?
[Cut to reality, with April sitting down annoyed on the couch, still in costume. Max is annoyed at the both of them.]
Max: Seriously? It didn't work.
Molly: Looks like we gotta go back ta the drawing board.
April: What if we... bored her out of it?
[Max and Molly look at April.]
Max: I mean, it's worth a shot.
April: And I know just the game to do it.
[April pulls out a deck of playing cards.]
April: There's no way that Sally can find a game of Go Fish interesting.
[Cut to Sally and April standing outside in the backyard. April pulls out an eight of hearts.]
April: Looks like I've got another good card. I'll take any eights you have.
[Sally looks at her cards for a moment. Her eyes flash static. Close up on Sally's face. Her eyes widen with determination. The whole yard and everyone in it is given an anime aesthetic.]
Sally: It's time to play.
April: W-what?
Sally: I HAVE NO EIGHTS!
April: It's just... Go Fish. A stupid card game. There's no way--
[Cut to Sally with over-the-top anime hair.]
Sally: (Laughs) You would think so April, but the power of my heart will let me win this card game and save the world from your evil!
[April, frightened, takes a step back.]
April: No, it's not possible!
Sally: It's possible, April. And with my move I shall defeat you.
Max: Seriously? It didn't work.
Molly: Looks like we gotta go back ta the drawing board.
April: What if we... bored her out of it?
[Max and Molly look at April.]
Max: I mean, it's worth a shot.
April: And I know just the game to do it.
[April pulls out a deck of playing cards.]
April: There's no way that Sally can find a game of Go Fish interesting.
[Cut to Sally and April standing outside in the backyard. April pulls out an eight of hearts.]
April: Looks like I've got another good card. I'll take any eights you have.
[Sally looks at her cards for a moment. Her eyes flash static. Close up on Sally's face. Her eyes widen with determination. The whole yard and everyone in it is given an anime aesthetic.]
Sally: It's time to play.
April: W-what?
Sally: I HAVE NO EIGHTS!
April: It's just... Go Fish. A stupid card game. There's no way--
[Cut to Sally with over-the-top anime hair.]
Sally: (Laughs) You would think so April, but the power of my heart will let me win this card game and save the world from your evil!
[April, frightened, takes a step back.]
April: No, it's not possible!
Sally: It's possible, April. And with my move I shall defeat you.
April: Choose your card Sally, so I can prepare your demise!
[Sally looks at her cards.]
Sally: Very well. I ASK FOR YOUR TENS!
[Cut to Max with an over-the-top expression of surprise. Molly jumps happily.]
Molly: Go Sally!
April: Noooooo! I have three of them!
[Beat]
Sally: My pool of cards grows ever thinner.
[April angrily looks at her cards. Then April starts laughing. The laugh grows and grows until it's over-the-top and maniacal.]
April: Sorry Sally girl, but it looks like you're losing this round. For I DEMAND YOUR ACES!
[Max and Molly both get surprised expressions. Sally just looks, her eyes wavering, and Sally hands over her aces.]
April: You'll never win,
[Sally looks to her cards]
Sally: You are... what you do.
April: What?
[The camera pans by Sally as she smiles]
Sally: A wise man once told me that. You are what you do. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I think I do.
April: You only have three pairs, and I have five. I'm still going to win this match. Quit this nonsense and ask for your next card, Sally.
[April gives a maniacal laugh.]
April: We wouldn't want this to become a filler episode, now would we?
Molly: A filler episode?
Max: [Explaining in a way similar to Yu-Gi-Oh's explanation of card effects. In some anime that are based on a manga, the show tends to catch up to the manga so they have to make up random nonsense for a couple dozen episodes while they want for the manga to get ahead.
[Sally looks to her hand.]
Sally: I ask for your threes.
[April takes a step back.]
April: I... have one. How did you know?
[Sally smiles]
Sally: You are what you do. Back before, when I was worried or scared, I did nothing. And if I do nothing now that's what the kids of Summerway will think that I am.
[The music swells in a triumphant fashion.]
April: That Television Vision you're inflicted with will serve you nothing but disaster, Sally. I ask for your fives.
Sally: Well you'll have to GO FISH!
[Cut to Molly and Max]
Molly: We're still talkin' about the card game, right?
Max: I'm just about done following this, to be honest.
Sally: I'm going to go that debate and there's NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME!
[Sally throws her cards down and immediately starts flying into the sky. Cut to the real world, where's she's trying and failing to climb over the fence.]
Max: We can't let her go like this. She'll humiliate herself!
[Sally looks at her cards.]
Sally: Very well. I ASK FOR YOUR TENS!
[Cut to Max with an over-the-top expression of surprise. Molly jumps happily.]
Molly: Go Sally!
April: Noooooo! I have three of them!
[Beat]
Sally: My pool of cards grows ever thinner.
[April angrily looks at her cards. Then April starts laughing. The laugh grows and grows until it's over-the-top and maniacal.]
April: Sorry Sally girl, but it looks like you're losing this round. For I DEMAND YOUR ACES!
[Max and Molly both get surprised expressions. Sally just looks, her eyes wavering, and Sally hands over her aces.]
April: You'll never win,
[Sally looks to her cards]
Sally: You are... what you do.
April: What?
[The camera pans by Sally as she smiles]
Sally: A wise man once told me that. You are what you do. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I think I do.
April: You only have three pairs, and I have five. I'm still going to win this match. Quit this nonsense and ask for your next card, Sally.
[April gives a maniacal laugh.]
April: We wouldn't want this to become a filler episode, now would we?
Molly: A filler episode?
Max: [Explaining in a way similar to Yu-Gi-Oh's explanation of card effects. In some anime that are based on a manga, the show tends to catch up to the manga so they have to make up random nonsense for a couple dozen episodes while they want for the manga to get ahead.
[Sally looks to her hand.]
Sally: I ask for your threes.
[April takes a step back.]
April: I... have one. How did you know?
[Sally smiles]
Sally: You are what you do. Back before, when I was worried or scared, I did nothing. And if I do nothing now that's what the kids of Summerway will think that I am.
[The music swells in a triumphant fashion.]
April: That Television Vision you're inflicted with will serve you nothing but disaster, Sally. I ask for your fives.
Sally: Well you'll have to GO FISH!
[Cut to Molly and Max]
Molly: We're still talkin' about the card game, right?
Max: I'm just about done following this, to be honest.
Sally: I'm going to go that debate and there's NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME!
[Sally throws her cards down and immediately starts flying into the sky. Cut to the real world, where's she's trying and failing to climb over the fence.]
Max: We can't let her go like this. She'll humiliate herself!
[Now begins the chase scene. Sally runs towards the car. Her eyes flash static and the world becomes nighttime. She looks back. Max, Molly, and April are all zombies. They're moving as fast as they can. Sally gets to the car and opens it. She puts in her key and starts turning the ignition.]
Sally: Come on! Come on! Start!
[The car ignition turns, but the car keeps stalling. The zombies keep tapping on the class. Sally opens one of the door and slams Max in the face. Then she bolts off running. Cut back to the real world. Max rubs his nose. April and Molly looks on. The car is running.]
Molly: Why did she start the car and run and off?
April: Doesn't matter, after her!
[Cut to Sally running as pencil sketches. The music becomes overpowering. Molly, April, and Max are chasing her dressed up as the racers. Sally turns down an alleyway. They follow her until they come to a three way intersection. Each of them decide to go in a different way. Cut to Sally in a little outlet. She's sweating and nervous. Max runs by. Sally looks towards him and runs off in the opposite direction.]
[Sally runs by a store with a display of television sets. Each of them has brightly colored bars, in contrast to the pencil drawings. Molly is head of Sally, and Max is behind her. In order to escape, Sally turns to the televisions and jumps inside.]
[This transitions to Sally having jumped out of tree with a television icon on it. Sally looks at her hand and sees that she's now made of claymation. Sally finds herself surrounded by a bunch of televisions, and each one of them has her in a different style of animation. She hears some rustling coming from the direction that she was in, and so she jumps into another television. April, Max, and Molly pop into this claymation world just in time to find Sally gone.]
[Cut to Sally tumbling onto a steel beam in a construction zone. She's a baby in this scene, with pigtails. Molly is standing on a partially constructed buildings.]
Molly: Hey! There she is!
[Sally looks behind her and has an over-the-top expression of surprise, as she sees April and Max behind her. Sally looks to the side and rolls over the edge as they get closer. A second later she's on a moving steel beam.]
April: We were so close!
[A steel beam goes by and hits her in a slapstick fashion. Baby Sally blows them a raspberry and suddenly she's on a conveyor belt.]
Max: Come back here Sally!
[Max gets onto the conveyor belt and predictably starts getting smashed by various construction equipment along the way until he gets beaten down into a cube shape in cartoonish fashion.]
Max: Why do so many cartoons have babies going through construction zones!?
Sally: Come on! Come on! Start!
[The car ignition turns, but the car keeps stalling. The zombies keep tapping on the class. Sally opens one of the door and slams Max in the face. Then she bolts off running. Cut back to the real world. Max rubs his nose. April and Molly looks on. The car is running.]
Molly: Why did she start the car and run and off?
April: Doesn't matter, after her!
[Cut to Sally running as pencil sketches. The music becomes overpowering. Molly, April, and Max are chasing her dressed up as the racers. Sally turns down an alleyway. They follow her until they come to a three way intersection. Each of them decide to go in a different way. Cut to Sally in a little outlet. She's sweating and nervous. Max runs by. Sally looks towards him and runs off in the opposite direction.]
[Sally runs by a store with a display of television sets. Each of them has brightly colored bars, in contrast to the pencil drawings. Molly is head of Sally, and Max is behind her. In order to escape, Sally turns to the televisions and jumps inside.]
[This transitions to Sally having jumped out of tree with a television icon on it. Sally looks at her hand and sees that she's now made of claymation. Sally finds herself surrounded by a bunch of televisions, and each one of them has her in a different style of animation. She hears some rustling coming from the direction that she was in, and so she jumps into another television. April, Max, and Molly pop into this claymation world just in time to find Sally gone.]
[Cut to Sally tumbling onto a steel beam in a construction zone. She's a baby in this scene, with pigtails. Molly is standing on a partially constructed buildings.]
Molly: Hey! There she is!
[Sally looks behind her and has an over-the-top expression of surprise, as she sees April and Max behind her. Sally looks to the side and rolls over the edge as they get closer. A second later she's on a moving steel beam.]
April: We were so close!
[A steel beam goes by and hits her in a slapstick fashion. Baby Sally blows them a raspberry and suddenly she's on a conveyor belt.]
Max: Come back here Sally!
[Max gets onto the conveyor belt and predictably starts getting smashed by various construction equipment along the way until he gets beaten down into a cube shape in cartoonish fashion.]
Max: Why do so many cartoons have babies going through construction zones!?
[Cut to Sally driving on a motorcycle through a dystopian city. She's wearing a long dark trenchcoat. April is right on Sally's tail and is shooting lasers at her. Sally ducks down.]
Sally: I'm going to this debate whether you want me to or not!
April: Sally, we're only doing this because we care about you.
Sally: If you cared, you'd trust me!
[April fires her laser again. Sally tilts her motorcycle as hard as she can. The laser hits the rear-view mirror on Sally's motorcycle and redirects back towards April. April's motorcycle explodes. Sally smiles. Then she breaks through a "bridge out" sign. Up ahead the bridge is clearly out. Sally jumps off of the motorcycle and it goes off the bridge and explodes on the other side. Sally falls down safely.]
[The ground begins rolling.. Sally looks to her side. Cut to Molly rolling down the streets as an Indiana Jones-esque boulder. Sally looks to herself and sees that she's wearing an adventurer archaeologist outfit The background has changed to the stone ruins in the jungle. Sally begins running as the Molly boulder chases her down. Sally continuously runs. She reaches to her side and pulls out a jump rope. she uses this as a whip and leaps over a pit of spikes. As she's running, she passes by a little kid sweeping in front of a store front, which has the same aesthetic as the rest of the environment.]
Sally: Hey kid, can I borrow that?
Little kid: My broom?
Sally: Yeah.
Little kid: Why?
Sally: Uh... cake!
Little kid: That's as good as an explanation I'm gonna get, isn't it?
Sally: Yeah.
[The little kid hands over his broom.]
[Sally grabs the broom and nods. The rumbling gets louder and louder. Sally looks back behind her and the Molly boulder is getting closer and closer. Sally sits on the broom and looks towards the sky. Sally is now dressed in purplish-back witch's robes. She takes off. The boulder is exceedingly close to her, but she manages to fly off and then up as the boulder keeps going.]
Sally: I'm going to this debate whether you want me to or not!
April: Sally, we're only doing this because we care about you.
Sally: If you cared, you'd trust me!
[April fires her laser again. Sally tilts her motorcycle as hard as she can. The laser hits the rear-view mirror on Sally's motorcycle and redirects back towards April. April's motorcycle explodes. Sally smiles. Then she breaks through a "bridge out" sign. Up ahead the bridge is clearly out. Sally jumps off of the motorcycle and it goes off the bridge and explodes on the other side. Sally falls down safely.]
[The ground begins rolling.. Sally looks to her side. Cut to Molly rolling down the streets as an Indiana Jones-esque boulder. Sally looks to herself and sees that she's wearing an adventurer archaeologist outfit The background has changed to the stone ruins in the jungle. Sally begins running as the Molly boulder chases her down. Sally continuously runs. She reaches to her side and pulls out a jump rope. she uses this as a whip and leaps over a pit of spikes. As she's running, she passes by a little kid sweeping in front of a store front, which has the same aesthetic as the rest of the environment.]
Sally: Hey kid, can I borrow that?
Little kid: My broom?
Sally: Yeah.
Little kid: Why?
Sally: Uh... cake!
Little kid: That's as good as an explanation I'm gonna get, isn't it?
Sally: Yeah.
[The little kid hands over his broom.]
[Sally grabs the broom and nods. The rumbling gets louder and louder. Sally looks back behind her and the Molly boulder is getting closer and closer. Sally sits on the broom and looks towards the sky. Sally is now dressed in purplish-back witch's robes. She takes off. The boulder is exceedingly close to her, but she manages to fly off and then up as the boulder keeps going.]
[Cut to Sally closing her eyes as she flies through the sky on the broom.]
Sally: This is awesome!
[Sally does a loop-de-loop in the sky. Then she looks and sees something up ahead. It's a fusion of a flying castle and Summerway's town hall.]
Sally: Town hall!
[Green lasers shoot past Sally.]
Sally: Again with the lasers!? Why did I watch so many shows with lasers!?
[Max is chasing Sally down in a spaceship,. April and Molly are also on the spaceship, each being robots. Molly is a golden small robot, and April is a more animesque robot.]
Molly: The chances of stopping her at this point are 725 to 1.
Max: I know my sister. I know the odds.
[Cut to Sally outside, trying to fly ahead of the spaceship.]
Sally: Why won't you let me do this!?
Max: I don't want you getting hurt or embarrassed.
[Max fires more lasers. They hit Sally's broom, and it starts creating black smoke.]
Sally: You don't trust me!
Max: It's not that. You're sick right now.
Sally: I can DO this.
[Max fires his lasers again, but Sally manages to avoid them.]
Sally: I only got this stupid Television Vision because I was afraid I couldn't!
Max: Wait, what?
Sally: I know I can humiliate myself, Max, but that'd be better than doing nothing and just letting Talula stay mayor forever!
[Max thinks for a beat]
April: If I am not mistaken, you have given up pursuit.
Max: She's right.
April: But she could become a laughing stock. We're her friends, we can't let her do this.
[Sally jumps off of her broom and starts falling. Max's spaceship breaks away piece by piece and all four friends start falling towards the ground, each in their base costumes and form.]
Sally: I can only do this because you're my friends.
Molly: What do yeah mean?
Sally: It doesn't matter if everyone else in the world laughs at me if I know that yo guys won't.
April: We're just trying to look out for you.
Sally: Then let me do this.
[Max, April, and Molly look at each other. Max is the first to nod. April, and then Molly follow along. Sally gives a beaming smile.]
Sally: This is awesome!
[Sally does a loop-de-loop in the sky. Then she looks and sees something up ahead. It's a fusion of a flying castle and Summerway's town hall.]
Sally: Town hall!
[Green lasers shoot past Sally.]
Sally: Again with the lasers!? Why did I watch so many shows with lasers!?
[Max is chasing Sally down in a spaceship,. April and Molly are also on the spaceship, each being robots. Molly is a golden small robot, and April is a more animesque robot.]
Molly: The chances of stopping her at this point are 725 to 1.
Max: I know my sister. I know the odds.
[Cut to Sally outside, trying to fly ahead of the spaceship.]
Sally: Why won't you let me do this!?
Max: I don't want you getting hurt or embarrassed.
[Max fires more lasers. They hit Sally's broom, and it starts creating black smoke.]
Sally: You don't trust me!
Max: It's not that. You're sick right now.
Sally: I can DO this.
[Max fires his lasers again, but Sally manages to avoid them.]
Sally: I only got this stupid Television Vision because I was afraid I couldn't!
Max: Wait, what?
Sally: I know I can humiliate myself, Max, but that'd be better than doing nothing and just letting Talula stay mayor forever!
[Max thinks for a beat]
April: If I am not mistaken, you have given up pursuit.
Max: She's right.
April: But she could become a laughing stock. We're her friends, we can't let her do this.
[Sally jumps off of her broom and starts falling. Max's spaceship breaks away piece by piece and all four friends start falling towards the ground, each in their base costumes and form.]
Sally: I can only do this because you're my friends.
Molly: What do yeah mean?
Sally: It doesn't matter if everyone else in the world laughs at me if I know that yo guys won't.
April: We're just trying to look out for you.
Sally: Then let me do this.
[Max, April, and Molly look at each other. Max is the first to nod. April, and then Molly follow along. Sally gives a beaming smile.]
[Cut to reality before the town hall meeting. Max, Sally, April, and Molly are all standing in front of the town hall. Molly pulls out a pocket watch.]
April: Wait, you had a real watch all along!? What did I make this thing for?
[April pulls out the watch from earlier]
Sally: Rabbit!
[April rolls her eyes.]
Molly: I'm guessin' that the Television Vision still hasn't worn off.
[Sally's eyes become static and we see the world from her point of view once again. Molly, Max, and April go through a magical girl transformation.]
Max: There's no time for this. It's now or never, Sally.
Sally: Exactly.
April: Wait, you had a real watch all along!? What did I make this thing for?
[April pulls out the watch from earlier]
Sally: Rabbit!
[April rolls her eyes.]
Molly: I'm guessin' that the Television Vision still hasn't worn off.
[Sally's eyes become static and we see the world from her point of view once again. Molly, Max, and April go through a magical girl transformation.]
Max: There's no time for this. It's now or never, Sally.
Sally: Exactly.
[Cut to Sally standing nervously at her podium. She tries smiling, but she can't quite manage it. There's a large audience watching her.]
Nature documentary narrator: {voice over} And the helpless Sally nervously enters the territory of her ferocious predator, knowing that she may very well be torn apart on the spot.
Sally: SHUT UP!
[Cut to the audience, where everyone is very confused as to why Sally had just said that. Max, Molly, and April look on concerned. Molly even starts biting her nails.]
Sally: (Forced laughter).
[Sally's eyes become static again and she blankly looks towards the audience.]
[Cut to Talula exiting the town hall, walking very regally.]
Talula: I must apologize for my delay.
[Talula looks over to Sally, who is staring at the sky with static in her eyes.]
Talula: And I thought that my opponent wouldn't show up, but I suppose that even I can be wrong once in my life. Is she... okay?
[Harper walks up, holding a microphone.]
Harper: Can we start askin' the questions now?
Sally: Uh-huh...
Talula: Yes, quite.
Harper: Alright, what's your onion, I mean opinion on that new Racer Racer episode.
Talula: I thought that it was... okay. I could see why anyone could like it.
Harper: Ms. Sally, same question.
[Sally shakes her head and looks to Talula. Then she looks to the audience, who are expecting an answer.]
Sally: Oh! That one was pretty cool! It was all like vroom vroom!
[Sally starts making mock car noises as she runs around the yard. The audience remains silent as Sally just goes on and on about what she's talking about. Talula almost snickers as Sally goes on and on about the topic.]
Sally: My favorite part of the episode was when you thought that Chase was the bad guy, but it turned out that it wasn't really him at all.
Harper: I know! Like that twist was super cool!
[Talula seems surprised]
Sally: Yeah, I can't wait to see how they're gonna make the next episode.
[We're given a brief montage of Talula giving very restrained answers to the questions. Meanwhile, Sally acts them out. She looks ridiculous at points, but more importantly, she looks passionate. When the audience laughs, she laughs with them. Not everyone seems to be sold, but things go much better than expected.]
Nature documentary narrator: {voice over} And the helpless Sally nervously enters the territory of her ferocious predator, knowing that she may very well be torn apart on the spot.
Sally: SHUT UP!
[Cut to the audience, where everyone is very confused as to why Sally had just said that. Max, Molly, and April look on concerned. Molly even starts biting her nails.]
Sally: (Forced laughter).
[Sally's eyes become static again and she blankly looks towards the audience.]
[Cut to Talula exiting the town hall, walking very regally.]
Talula: I must apologize for my delay.
[Talula looks over to Sally, who is staring at the sky with static in her eyes.]
Talula: And I thought that my opponent wouldn't show up, but I suppose that even I can be wrong once in my life. Is she... okay?
[Harper walks up, holding a microphone.]
Harper: Can we start askin' the questions now?
Sally: Uh-huh...
Talula: Yes, quite.
Harper: Alright, what's your onion, I mean opinion on that new Racer Racer episode.
Talula: I thought that it was... okay. I could see why anyone could like it.
Harper: Ms. Sally, same question.
[Sally shakes her head and looks to Talula. Then she looks to the audience, who are expecting an answer.]
Sally: Oh! That one was pretty cool! It was all like vroom vroom!
[Sally starts making mock car noises as she runs around the yard. The audience remains silent as Sally just goes on and on about what she's talking about. Talula almost snickers as Sally goes on and on about the topic.]
Sally: My favorite part of the episode was when you thought that Chase was the bad guy, but it turned out that it wasn't really him at all.
Harper: I know! Like that twist was super cool!
[Talula seems surprised]
Sally: Yeah, I can't wait to see how they're gonna make the next episode.
[We're given a brief montage of Talula giving very restrained answers to the questions. Meanwhile, Sally acts them out. She looks ridiculous at points, but more importantly, she looks passionate. When the audience laughs, she laughs with them. Not everyone seems to be sold, but things go much better than expected.]
[Cut to later, after the debate is over. Talula is pinching her nose, annoyed. Melissa comes up with a mug of hot chocolate.]
Talula: Why do kids never ask the important questions?
Melissa: Well to some kids, the most important question is what their mayor thinks of their favorite episode of Snatchemon.
[Cut to kids leaving the town hall yard.]
Kid #1: I dunno... that Sally kid seems kinda weird.
Kid #2: [Excited] Yeah, but she knows every Snatchemon. Not even I knew that many of 'em.
Kid #1: But can she run the town?
Kid #2: She's a kid just like us, of course she can.
[Sally comes walking out of the town hall yard, looking unsure and looking up at the sky, which has gotten to sunset.]
Sally: Well, the Television Vision is gone. Let's go home. It's getting cold.
April: That went... better than expected. You stayed pretty calm.
Sally: Yeah, it's pretty easy when the other guy is dressed up as Denny the Dinosaur.
[Cutaway to Talula frolicking through a field, dressed up as a Barney-like dinosaur creature.]
[Back in reality, Max, Molly, and April laugh.]
Max: I wonder what Autumn and Robert were up to all this time?
[Cut to Autumn and Robert watching TV, static over their eyes.]
Autumn/Robert: [Mantra] Super Mop. Super Mop. Super Mop.
Talula: Why do kids never ask the important questions?
Melissa: Well to some kids, the most important question is what their mayor thinks of their favorite episode of Snatchemon.
[Cut to kids leaving the town hall yard.]
Kid #1: I dunno... that Sally kid seems kinda weird.
Kid #2: [Excited] Yeah, but she knows every Snatchemon. Not even I knew that many of 'em.
Kid #1: But can she run the town?
Kid #2: She's a kid just like us, of course she can.
[Sally comes walking out of the town hall yard, looking unsure and looking up at the sky, which has gotten to sunset.]
Sally: Well, the Television Vision is gone. Let's go home. It's getting cold.
April: That went... better than expected. You stayed pretty calm.
Sally: Yeah, it's pretty easy when the other guy is dressed up as Denny the Dinosaur.
[Cutaway to Talula frolicking through a field, dressed up as a Barney-like dinosaur creature.]
[Back in reality, Max, Molly, and April laugh.]
Max: I wonder what Autumn and Robert were up to all this time?
[Cut to Autumn and Robert watching TV, static over their eyes.]
Autumn/Robert: [Mantra] Super Mop. Super Mop. Super Mop.
