Fanon:Big Nate: Halloween Quest/Transcript

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(Episode begins on Nate screaming and running, with Francis, Teddy, Chad, Dee Dee, and Randy all doing the same thing, all of whom are dressed in fantasy costumes. An evil pirate ghost is chasing them.)

Nate: (voice-over) OK, so you're all wondering why I, Nate, along with Francis, Teddy, Chad, Dee Dee, and Randy - Yes, Randy! - are dressed in ridiculously fun fantasy costumes while being chased by an evil pirate story. (all 6 of the kids reach a dead-end, and the ghost approaches them, then the scene pauses) Well, it's a great heck of a lot to explain. Let's go back a couple weeks, shall we?

(rewinds to Nate sleeping in his room. The alarm goes off and Nate turns it off.)

Nate: It's time. Aeon Quest time!

(quick montage of Nate showering, putting his school clothes on and gulping down his breakfast)

Mr. Wright: Morning, Nate! What's all the rush about? Today's a Saturday.

Nate: I know, but today's the day a new episode of Aeon Quest is on, mine and Francis' favorite TV show of all time! I'm gonna watch it at his house. Is that cool?

Mr. Wright: What's wrong with our TV?

Nate: Does ours have cable?

Mr. Wright: Good point, it doesn't. Carry on then! Don't stay out too long.

Ellen: (mumbling) Pfft, such a stupid childish show...

Nate: What was that, Ellen?!

Ellen: Oh nothing! Hope you and your friend enjoy the show, while I watch real entertainment.

Nate: Of course, by "real entertainment" you mean figure skating. Anyway, I gotta go now!

(Nate walks to Francis' house, where Francis opens the front door)

Francis: Hey, Nate!

Nate: Francis! Ready for some Aeon Quest?

Francis: Absolutely! Let's do this.

(Nate and Francis sit down on the couch, and Francis turns the TV on with the remote. The show begins with Jim and Fetch high-fiving each other with a loud BANG sound effect)

''Aeon Quest! We are the best, travelling all across the land. With 13-year-old Jim and his dog Fetch, if you need help we'll give you a hand. Yeah, Aeon Quest!''

(That show's episode begins with Jim walking his pet dog around their neighborhood)

Jim: Hmm hmm, just walking my dog, the coolest dog of Planet Earth, Fetch! (notices something peeking out of a sewer drain) Hey, what's this? (takes it out, it's some kind of book) A book? Pfft, as if I didn't have enough to read back at home. (opens the book) Uh, what's this message? "Add more power to my hands, bring me to the Oddlands." What the heck does this mean? (suddenly a bright beam of light shines from the book and starts sucking Jim and Fetch in) Oh God, what's happening?! DON'T LOSE ME, FETCH!!! (screams until he and Fetch disappear into the book which then falls back into the sewer drain. Jim wakes up in an empty field) Ugh, what just happened? What time is it? Lemme check my watch. (looks down on his right arm which now appears to be mechanical) Wha-? AAAH!!! I have a robotic arm! Did I lose my original arm?!

Fetch: It's a mechanical glove, dude. Relax! Your real arm's not gone.

Jim: Oh OK, thanks, I- Wait, who said that?

Fetch: Turn around, boy. (Jim turns around and sees Fetch who's now Jim's size) It's me, your dog Fetch!

Jim: Fetch! You can talk?! And you're the same size as me?

Fetch: Yep, and I can shrink and grow different sizes. Check it out! (shrinks and grows back and forth before settling back to Jim's size)

Jim: Wow, that's so cool! I wonder what my mechanical glove can do.

Fetch: Press the buttons, there's one on each finger.

Jim: (presses the buttons on his fingers, and a weapon pops out from them) Kitchen knife, stake, sword, portable fan, Swiss Army Knife... Wow, this is wicked! So where on Earth are we, if we're still on Earth?

Edwin: (sinister voice) The Oddlands...

Jim: (turns around to see Edwin) V-v-v-VAMPIRE!!! Get back, I have a stake that I'm not afraid to use! You're lucky I don't have garlic.

Edwin: Hey, whoa, chill! I'm not evil, OK? My name is Edwin, the 17-years-old vampire prince. 1117 years old, to be exact! I can help you and your dog pal and find your way around the Oddlands.

Jim: Oh so this is the world that book was mentioning. Thanks, Edwin! My name is Jim.

Fetch: I'm Fetch! Wait, why are you out here? Don't vampires burn out in the sun?

Edwin: Umbrella, dude. (points up to reveal the umbrella he's holding) Protect vampires from the sun, other species from the rain, bad luck when used indoors.

Jim: What's that in your other hand, a halberd?

Edwin: Yep, but it's also a keytar! (does a quick halberd-keytar solo)

Fetch: Nice!

Jim: Show us around please!

Edwin: No prob, man! (quick montage of Edwin touring Jim and Fetch around the Oddlands before reaching his home in a cave) This is my place, come on in! I'd like you to meet a friend of mine, YLO! (points to a video game console system)

Jim: Your friend is a video game? That's funny, man.

YLO: Hello, I'm YLO!

Jim: Yipe! It's alive.

YLO: Of course I am! LOL.

Fetch: Hello, YLO!

Edwin: Show these two guys what you can do, YLO!

YLO: OK, I can be a music player (plays music), camera (camera click), alarm clock (alarm ring), and flashlight. (turns on flashlight)

Jim: Wow, scientifical!

Edwin: C'mon guys, there's one more person to meet. (he, Jim, Fetch, YLO, walk out and head to a large tree palace)

Jim: Why are we going to a royal castle that looks like a big tree?

Edwin: You'll see. (the group enter the castle and see a beautiful princess) This is the lovely Princess Cereta Crow!

Cereta Crow: Greetings, boys! Just call me Cereta Crow.

Jim: Wow, she's hot.

Edwin: HEY! (slaps the back of Jim's head) (whispering) She's my crush, not yours. Remember that now.

Jim: OK, sorry.

Edwin: Cereta Crow, care to tell us some things about yourself?

Cereta Crow: Well, I can tell you about my time ruling the kingdom... (one of the tree walls has a hole burned through. King Flameson appears from there and carries the princess) After you save me first!

Flameson: The princess is mine! YEAHAHAHAHA!!! (he leaves with the princess)

Cereta Crow: HELP!!!!

Jim: Who was that who took the princess?!

Edwin: That's the fire King Flameson.

Fetch: He's a bad guy, right?

Edwin: Of course! He wants to marry the princess, and if she refuses to marry him, he would burn her to death along with the tree palace.

Jim: Yikes. Let's save her!

(scene switches to the Fire Kingdom, where Cereta Crow is trapped in a wooden cage with a metal floor)

Flameson: Do you wish to marry me, princess? Just say the words "I do" so we can get this marriage overwith.

Cereta Crow: NEVER!!! I won't ever marry a sucky kidnapping jerk like you!

Flameson: Fine then! Get ready to burn to death, you little-

Jim: (he, Fetch, Edwin, and YLO crash in through a wall) Oh no you won't! (Jim kicks Flameson, causing Flameson's fire powers to misaim and hit a few of the wooden cage bars, setting the princess free)

(A battle ensues with the guys using their weapons and powers, while Flameson deflects them all. Fetch unties Flameson's necklace that is the source of Flameson's power, leaving Flameson powerless)

Flameson: Oh no!! My powers!

Fetch: (punches Flameson through the hole in a wall out of the palace) Happy landings, King!

Flameson: (falling offscreen) Curse you, Edwin, YLO, and that boy with a mechanical weapon glove and talking dog that can shrink and grow! Curse you all!!!

Cereta Crow: You did it, boys! Thank you.

Edwin: No problem, shall we head back to the tree palace?

Jim: Maybe you can tell us about your reign there!

Cereta Crow: Yes, of course!

(show ends, scene zooms out from the TV and back to Nate and Francis)

Nate: Best episode EVER!!!

Francis: Indeed!

Nate: Hey, Halloween is coming soon! Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Francis: Dress up as Jim and Fetch on Halloween night?

Nate: Y'know it!

Francis: Let's ask Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee if they would be up to dressing up as the other characters.

Nate: Yeah! On Monday, maybe?

(Timecard: Monday, at the school cafetorium...)

Nate: (sitting in the lunch table with Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee) So, you all heard of the cartoon, Aeon Quest?

Teddy: Yeah, but I don't like it...

Nate: Oh, OK then....

Teddy: I LOVE IT!!! That show is so funny!

Dee Dee: And fabulous!

Chad: And fantastic!

Nate: YES!!! You're all just what we need for the perfect Halloween plan!

Francis: Yeah, Nate and I are planning to dress up as Jim and Fetch, respectively. Are you all up to joining the team?

Teddy: Freaking heck yeah, man! This will be perfect! I'll be Edwin, and I have a keytar at home so I can turn it into his keytar-halberd hybrid.

Chad: I'll be YLO.

Dee Dee: And I'm gonna be the lovely Princess Cereta Crow.

Nate: All right, this will be epic! Hands in, gang. On five. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...

Nate, Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee: DRESS FOR AEON QUEST!!! ("Aeon Quest" echoes)

Kid #1: Aeon Quest?

Kid #2: Did someone say "Aeon Quest"?!

Kid #3: OMG, I love Aeon Quest!

Kid #4: The #1 most-watched kids' show in the city!

Kid #5: You go with that idea, gang!

(A swarm of fellow middle-school kids carry Nate, Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee in a wave)

Kids: AEON QUEST! AEON QUEST! AEON QUEST! AEON QUEST!

Nate: Nothing could be better than this!

(As the kids carry the group away, a mysterious dark figure suspiciously looking like and sounding like Randy stands in the shadows)

Mysterious figure: (muttering) UGH, that show sucks. I hate it, why can't King Flameson win? It makes me angry! And I know just how to get his sweet victory...

(scene switches to Nate entering his home)

Nate: I'm home!

Mr. Wright: Hi, Nate! Anything interesting in school today?

Nate: Yep! My friends and I have just come up with a plan to dress up as the main characters of our favorite show, Aeon Quest, on Halloween!

Mr. Wright: That's good to hear.

Ellen: UGH, again with Aeon Quest! Why don't you just grow up and stop imitating a kiddy show?!

Nate: Why don't YOU grow up and shut your big fat-

Mr. Wright: Oh, that's right, Halloween! I gotta get some good treats.

Nate: (face-palms) Oh no.

Mr. Wright: What's wrong, Nate?

Nate: Dad, please let me tag along with you to buy Halloween candy! I can't trust you to do it yourself like LAST year!

Mr. Wright: So I like to hand out healthy treats! Is that so wrong?

Nate: When the treats are baby carrots, yes.

Mr. Wright: Not JUST baby carrots! Remember the spinach dip?

Nate: Yeah, I remember. (Nate 2-D drawing sequence begins) The trick-or-treaters hated it so much they egged the house (trick-or-treaters egg the house), toilet-paper it (trick-or-treaters throw toilet paper at the house), and set it on freaking fire! (trick-or-treaters throw torches at the house, setting it on fire) You might think all this is an exaggeration, but hey, you should've been there. (Drawing shows firefighters putting out the fire and the vandals/arsonists being arrested by police, then Nate 2-D drawing sequence ends. Scene zooms out of the drawing Nate is making in the car he's riding when his dad. He looks outside to see the grocery store driven past) Hold on. What are we doing?

Mr. Wright: Shopping for Halloween candy!

Nate: The grocery store is THAT way!

Mr. Wright: The grocery store isn't the ONLY place to buy treats! See? We're here!

Nate: I refuse to shop for candy at a store called "Tree, Root and Twig".

Mr. Wright: You'll love it! The plantain chips are KILLER!

(scene switches to Nate and Mr. Wright at the store)

Store lady: (approaching them) Hi, can I help you?

Mr. Wright: Yes, I hope so... I'm looking for Halloween treats that are healthy AND delicious!

Store lady: Ah! Say no more! I've got some yummies over here the kiddos will LOVE!

Nate: (thinking) Nothing good ever happens around adults who call us "kiddos".

Store lady: HERE'S a fun treat for Halloween! Take a piece of celery and attach it to a sliced cube of fat-free cheese! I call them "Witches' Brooms"!

Mr. Wright: Say, that IS fun! Isn't that fun, Nate?

Nate: No, it's not. Dad, just ONCE can't you be like all the other parents on Halloween? Why is it a crime to give kids CHOCOLATE?

Store lady: You want chocolate? Try THIS! (Nate tries a couple nibbles of the healthy chocolate and coughs a bit) It's made from cacao powder, stevia, and unsweetened soy milk! (Nate spits it out in disgust)

(scene switches to Nate and Mr. Wright leaving the store)

Mr. Wright: Well, Nate, I know you disapprove of my approach to Halloween treats, but I think kids will ENJOY having an alternative to traditional candy!

Nate: Sure, I can hear them now: "All these Snickers and Butterfinger bars are okay, but y'know what's REALLY tasty? These FREEZE_DRIED MANGO CHIPS!"

Mr. Wright: THAT'S the spirit! And don't forget the "Witches' Brooms".

Nate: I'm sure no one will.

(Timecard: One week left before Halloween, at the school cafetorium...)

Nate: (sitting in the lunch table with Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee) So, we all need money to buy our Aeon Quest costumes. Let's see what we have. (they all put the money they have on the table) 5 dollars and 10 cents...and a container of mints, ooh, don't mind if I do! But seriously, that's it?!?

Teddy: My allowance is not really big.

Chad: My gram never gives me any money.

Francis: Now what do we do?

Dee Dee: Guys, come to my house after school! I have a special surprise for you all.

Chad: Ooh, more candy?!

Nate: I don't think so, Chad.

Dee Dee: You'll see.

(as the group continues talking (audibly unclear), a mysterious dark figure suspiciously looking like and sounding like Randy stands in the shadows)

Mysterious figure: (muttering) This might be what I'm looking for...

(Scene switches to Nate, Francis, Teddy, and Chad walking to Dee Dee's house, where Dee Dee opens the front door)

Dee Dee: Hey guys! Come on in! And take off your shoes, we're trying to keep our rugged floors clean. (the boys take our their shoes and follow Dee Dee)

Nate: So where's the surprise?

Dee Dee: In my room, which we're entering right now! See that closet over there? Open it and see for yourselves!

Nate: (opens the closet. He, Francis, Teddy, and Chad see costumes of all the Aeon Quest main characters) No. Freaking. Way!

Francis: Oh my God!

Teddy: Whaaaaaat???

Chad: Sweet!

Nate: DEE DEE!!! How did you buy all these?!

Dee Dee: I won a Summer talent show last August and bought the costumes with the money I won.

Nate: That's awesome! Thank you!

Dee Dee: No problem! So why don't you boys come here everyday for costume rehearsals until the big day?

Nate, Francis, Teddy, and Chad: Deal!

Chad: Hey, got any snacks?

Dee Dee: Of course! Let's go to the kitchen!

Chad: Yay!

(The group goes downstairs to the kitchen. As soon as the group is out of sight, the mysterious figure appears through the open front door and sneaks upstairs with no one looking, then a few seconds later, comes back downstairs with the King Flameson costume)

Dee Dee: (off-screen) Hey, I think the front door is left opened. Could someone close it please?

Francis: I will. (the mysterious figure quickly dashes out, closes and locks the door) Oh, it is closed. Never mind, Dee Dee, it's closed!

(one-minute montage shows the group rehearsing their costumes and character lines at Dee Dee's house in the days leading up to Halloween. On the last day before Halloween, Nate was about to throw the grocery bag of healthy treats into the trash bin.)

Mr. Wright: NATE!!!! What are you doing?!

Nate: I'm about to do the many trick-or-treaters a favor and get rid of this trash!

Mr. Wright: (swipes the bag of healthy treats from Nate) No you're not! I'M doing the many trick-or-treaters a favor and handing out healthy sugar-free fat-free treats. If you ever try to sabotage my plan again, then there would be no trick-or-treating for you this year.

Nate: Yes, Dad. Don't wanna miss the great Aeon Quest plan.

(Timecard: Halloween! AHAHAHA!!!)

Nate: (puts on his Jim costume and mechanical glove (a silver-painted cardboard prop), grabs his trick-or-treating bag, and starts heading to the front door) Well, I'm off, ready to put our plan in action!

Mr. Wright: You're still respecting my plan to hand out healthy treats, right?

Nate: Yeah, but if the house ends up getting destroyed, don't say I didn't warn you. (meets Francis, Teddy, and Chad, dressed up as Fetch, Edwin (with his halberd-keytar), and YLO, respectively) Hey, guys!

Francis: YO!! Shall we meet Dee Dee at her house?

Nate: Scientifical!

(Nate, Francis, Teddy, and Chad walk to Dee Dee's house, where Dee Dee opens the front door, dressed up as Princess Cereta Crow)

Dee Dee: Hey, boys! I'm ready to go.

Teddy: I am so in love with her right now.

Chad: What?

Teddy: Nothing.

Francis: So, where should we go first?

Nate: Let's try that house across that street.

Francis: Good idea!

(The group walk to the first house. An old man opens the door.)

Old man: Hello?

Nate, Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee: TRICK OR TREAT!!!

Old man: Oh! Uh, what are you youngsters supposed to be?

Nate: We're characters from the greatest cartoon of all time, Aeon Quest! It's scientifical!

Old man: Aeon Quest? I've never watched that show, sonny.

Nate: What?! Er, hold on a second, sir. Group huddle, guys! (whispering) What now? He doesn't watch the show!

Francis: (whispering) Yeah, how?

Chad: (whispering) Hey, why don't you two pretend you're fighting King Flameson and say some sick "war smack"?

Nate: (whispering) "War smack"? Oh, you mean when Jim and Fetch pull off some cool smack-talk when fighting King Flameson? Yeah, we can do that! I'm good at smack-talking in basketball, it's my power.

Dee Dee: (whispering) Let's see what you guys got!

Teddy: (whispering) Yeah, what she said!

Nate: OK, let's do this. Check this out, sir! "Hey, King! Your mom wants to ground for your evilness so bad that it would take a tractor to dig you out."

Francis: "I'll punch you so hard that you would have to be held in a binder!"

Old man: (chuckles) Woo yeah, that's funny! All right, kids, come here and have some good candy.

Nate, Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee: (after receiving the candy) Thank you, sir!

Old man: Come again next year!

Nate: So what's next?

Francis: Hmm, how about that blue house there?

Chad: Looks normal to me.

Dee Dee: Let's check it out!

Teddy: Agreed!

(The group walk to the blue house. Nate knocks on the door, and a teen-punk opens it.)

Teen-punk: What do you kids want?

Nate, Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee: TRICK OR TREAT!!!

Teen-punk: NO. Beat it, weirdos!

Nate: Wait, don't you wanna know what we (teen-punk slams door shut) are?

Dee Dee: Jeez, what a rude dude!

Chad: So, shall we go to the next-

Teddy: NO! We came here for candy and we ain't leaving without some.

Nate: That's the spirit, Teddy! Let's teach this selfish jerk a lesson in manners. (starts pounding on door while Teddy starts whacking the wall with his halberd-keytar) We know you're in here! And I'm sure you have candy! Share with us now or face the consequences, you candy hog!

(Francis notices through a window with open curtains a middle-aged lady using her phone)

Teen-punk's mom: 9-1-1...

Francis: Oh crud! We gotta go! The teen's mom is calling the police on us!

Dee Dee: NOOO!!! I don't wanna end up in jail! I got my Hollywood career planned ahead of me!

Chad: I heard the prison food sucks.

Francis: So stop whining about it! GO GO GO!!! (Chad and Dee Dee run off, but Francis notices Nate still pounding the door and screaming, and Teddy still whacking the wall) Good God, are you kidding me?! GUYS, STOP!!! We gotta go! (swipes the halberd-keytar from Teddy)

Teddy: Wha-? HEY!

Nate: (Francis smacks him in the head with the halberd-keytar) OW! What the heck?!?

Francis: You guys gotta stop and get out of here, if you don't wanna get sent to juvie! Let's leave! NOW!!!

(Nate, Teddy, and Francis run off and catch up with Chad and Dee Dee)

Nate: Whew! Thanks for saving our butts from being thrown to prison, Francis.

Teddy: Yeah, but then again, they probably wouldn't recognize our actual selves in these costumes.

Francis: No prob. Let's just go to the next street and choose the first house we find.

Nate: Sounds good.

(The group walk to the house they find. A lady carrying her toddler son opens the door.)

Nate, Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee: TRICK OR TREAT!!!

Toddler's mom: Well! You must be the characters from that show my nephew likes to watch, Aeon Quest! I wouldn't let my kid watch it though because-

Toddler: V-v-v-VAMPIRE!!! Don't hurt me! (starts crying)

Toddler's mom: He's just wearing a costume, kiddo. Don't be scared, mommy's got you!

Teddy: Hey, I'm not that scary! Am I?

Dee Dee: You hide somewhere. I got an idea! (Teddy runs off and hides in a nearby bush, while Dee Dee starts singing operatically) Hush little baby, don't say a word....

Teddy: (hiding in bush) Seriously, am I really that scary?

Nate: (hiding in bush) No, man, you look really cool!

Teddy: Hey, thanks, I- YIPE! You hiding too, Nate?!

Nate: Yeah, I couldn't take Dee Dee's singing anymore.

Teddy: Well it's not as bad as your singing that's like a man-made natural disaster.

Nate: Shut up! I think the singing stopped. Let's get out of this prickly leafy mess. (he and Teddy leave the bush)

Dee Dee: Hey guys, it worked! The toddler calmed down and the lady gave us candy. I even asked her to give me a little extra, so I can give it to you two.

Nate: Thanks, Dee Dee!

Teddy: You don't think I look scary, do you, Dee Dee?

Dee Dee: No, not at all! You look wicked.

Teddy: Thanks!

Francis: Better stay away from younger kids just in case.

Chad: I wish I could reach my growth spurt so people could stop mistaking me as a toddler.

Francis: Anyway, let's try that house next door. I know its owner.

Nate: Cool!

(The group walk to that next house. Nate knocks on the door, but nobody opens. After a few moments...)

Teddy: Nobody home?

Nate: Hmm... He probably didn't hear it clearly. I'm gonna try the doorbell. (rings doorbell, then after a few moments...) Hmm... A few more times, maybe.

(Timecard: A few annoying minutes later....)

Nate: (constant ringly doorbell) Why - won't - you - respond?!

Francis: Nate, please stop. I'm gonna call to check on him, I have his number. (dials number) Hello, are you home? Mm hmm... Mmm... I see... OK, bye. (hangs up) He's on vacation. No wonder there's no response!

Nate: So, where should we go next?

Francis: Actually I think it's time when he head home.

Nate: WHAT?! Why?

Teddy: Dude, we can't give up now, we got more loot to fill!

Chad: I'm still hungry.

Francis: Yeah, I know, but I'm already pooped as heck, and judging by the time, I'm sure most people are already asleep and we might be past our curfew and bedtime. Not to mention it's a school night.

Nate: Are you crazy?! This is Halloween, the candy lottery! We gotta keep going until we fill up our bags!

Francis: Look, either we go home or get sent home by police with a nasty punishment from our parents.

Nate: Or maybe you can go home and we can keep going without you, you fun-spoiling brown-nosing-

Dee Dee: AAAAAAH!!!!!

Nate: DEE DEE?!?! (turns around and sees Dee Dee being carried away by someone in a King Flameson costume)

Mysterious figure: The princess is mine! YEAHAHAHAHA!!!

Cereta Crow: HELP!!!!

Nate: Who was that who took the princess?!

Teddy: That's the fire King Flameson.

Nate: DUH! I know that, but why would someone dress up as King Flameson just to steal Dee Dee?

Francis: I don't know, but let's find out!

Chad: Ooh, are we actually role-playing Aeon Quest?

Nate: YES!!! Well said, Chad! I mean, yeah, we're gonna save the princess, and by "princess", I mean, Dee Dee. Let's go!

(the boys chase after Flameson and Dee Dee who both enter an old abandoned house)

Francis: Guys, slow down!

Nate: What now?!

Francis: That's the haunted Chapman House.

Nate: Good Lord, that house?

Francis: Yep. Legend has it that deep in the dark basement of that house is Cap'n Chapman's treasure chest filled with tons of gold and candy that is purified to never expire no matter how old they are. Anyone could take it, but no one has ever dared, because if they do, they have only one minute to escape the house or be trapped and killed by the ghost of Cap'n Chapman with their souls forced to join the crew of the ghost ship. It is a scary legend.

Teddy: So we can get in to track down Flameson, rescue Dee Dee, and maybe also get truckloads of gold and candy, but if we don't get out on time, we're screwed?

Chad: Umm, I really think we should head home.

Francis: Nicely said, Chad. What's more important, heading back home responsibly, or risking it all by staying in character, getting a huge reward of sorts, and- (notices that Nate and Teddy have already disappeared into the house) Of course it's that last option. Let's get in, Chad.

Chad: O-O-OK... (he and Francis, using the latter's phone flashlight, silently enter the house and find Nate and Teddy)

Nate: Francis! Chad! Glad you can make it.

Francis: (whispering) Shhh. Don't wake up the ghost. Let's just track down Flameson, rescue Dee Dee, get the treasure, and get the heck out of here.

(scene switches to somewhere in the haunted house, where Dee Dee is tied up to a chair)

Mysterious figure: Do you wish to marry me, princess? Just say the words "I do" so we can get this marriage overwith.

Dee Dee: Dude, I'm 11! And even if I'm older, I won't ever marry a sucky kidnapping jerk like you!

Mysterious figure: Fine then! I'll just leave you to be haunted to death, you little-

Nate: (he, Francis, Teddy, and Chad barge in through the door) Oh no you won't!

Francis: (punches Flameson onto a wall) Wow, I've never punched someone hard before! I should limit myself from watching cartoons with that kind of violence. You guys free Dee Dee. I'll deal with this dude.

Nate: Ten-four! (he, Teddy, and Chad start untying Dee Dee)

Francis: The jig is up, King! Time to see who you really are. (takes off the Flameson mask to reveal that the mysterious figure is none other than...)

Nate, Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee: RANDY?!?!?

Randy: Yeah yeah, it's me. Guilty as charged!

Francis: Randy. What- the- what?!

Randy: OK, I'll tell what's going on. I snuck into Dee Dee's house to nab that King Flameson costume, and-

Dee Dee: (already untied) WHAT?! Costume robber!

Randy: Hey, just hear me out please! See, the reason I stole the costume and kidnapped Dee Dee is because King Flameson is the only character and thing I like from the show, and he always get defeated which sucks for me. I just wanna experience Flameson winning for once. Just once!

Francis: I see. Well, maybe King Flameson can win. I've seen show episodes where a villain gets defeated, but in the episode after that, he and the heroes reconcile and become friends or something like that.

Randy: You think so?

Francis: Yeah, it's likely!

Nate: Dude, spoiler warning!

Francis: I don't know for sure, Nate, chill! Anyway, listen, Randy, this is not a kids' show, this is real life. We actually are in a haunted house!

Randy: Pfft. Why don't you get your reality checked?? Everyone knows there's no such thing as gho-OHHH, what the hex is that?!

(the rest of the group turns around and sees an evil pirate ghost approaching them)

Cap'n Chapman: Yar-har-har!!! I'm tha ghost of Cap'n Chapman, and ye bloody scallywag intruders will be mine for me crew!

Nate: ZOINKS! It's a ghost! RUN!!!

(The group including Randy run away from the ghost all over the haunted house. The chase goes on for a minute, accompanied by rock music. All 6 of the kids reach a dead-end, and the ghost comes close.)

Nate: Well, here we are, the mess I said we would be trapped then.

Francis: What do you mean? You never said we would be trapped here.

Chad: I-I-Is this the end of us?

Francis: (notices a dog-whistle in a bookshelf) Nate, you're the closest to that bookshelf! Grab the whistle peeking out of there and blow it!

Nate: Why?! There's no time to-

Francis: DO IT! JUST DO IT!!!

Nate: OK, OK! (runs to bookshelf)

Cap'n Chapman: I have ye now, ye scurvy-

(Nate blows the whistle hard, hypnotizing the ghost)

Francis: The Ghost Tamer. It has a frequency so high that even dogs or cats can't hear it, but ghosts can and it's a pleasant noise for them to get hypnotized and follow the user's command for 10 minutes.

Cap'n Chapman: Yarr, that's correct, me matey! What do ye kids need?

Nate: Trick or treat, er... Mr. Chapman, is it?

Cap'n Chapman: It's CAP'N Chapman, but I shall listen.

Nate: We don't mean to intrude, but we would like to have some candy for Halloween tonight, so could you please lead us to the basement where your treasure chest of candy is? If we take too much, we'll pay you back later. OK thanks!

Cap'n Chapman: Of course, laddy! Right this way. (the group follows him down the basement, and soon they find the treasure chest) Here ye arr!

(Nate opens the chest, revealing massive amounts of gold and candy)

Nate, Francis, Teddy, Chad, Dee Dee, and Randy: WOW!!!

Nate: We're rich!

Teddy: Look at all this loot!

Chad: I'm in heaven!

Dee Dee: I can buy hundreds of Aeon Quest costumes!

Francis: Hey, not to rain on this treasure parade, but we have only 5 minutes left for the ghost's trance.

Randy: Yeah, I think Cap'n Crabbypants is gonna snap again.

Nate: Don't worry, I know how to keep the trance lasting a bit. Cap'n, we would like to thank you for letting us having your candy. Here, have a few pieces of the candy we've received from other houses, as a gift of our gratitude. Yo-ho-ho, ghost pirates rule!

Cap'n Chapman: Arr, ye good hearty! Hope ye kids enjoy that treasure!

Nate, Francis, Teddy, Chad, Dee Dee, and Randy: Thank you, sir!

(scene switches to the group leaving the haunted house with the treasure chest)

Francis: Well, fun's fun, but I think now we can call it.

Nate: Yep, our candy bags now reach the limit!

Teddy: MORE than the limit. Look at how full all our bags are, and there's still a lot more left. So how?

Randy: I have an idea. Lets go to a homeless shelter.

Francis: Homeless shelter? Oh, you mean donate food and money there?

Randy: Yeah, here are some people there who lost their homes after a recent tornado in nearby states and need food and money to help with their goal of getting enough to be able to go back to their normal lives, and that's what my family experienced once that made us move to this state.

Nate: Wow, that's such a generous idea, Randy!

Teddy: Every little bit helps, right?

Dee Dee: We're gonna be doing a good deed!

Chad: We still get to keep the candy in our bags, right?

Francis: Yeah, of course!

(scene switches to the group leaving the homeless shelter after donating the candy and gold there)

Nate: Y'know, Randy, all this time I thought you were just a bullying jerkbag, but it's great to see you doing such a great deed.

Dee Dee: Yeah, it was really, really nice.

Francis: I agree. Think of how many lives you made better!

Teddy: Yeah, nice one, dude!

Chad: So sweet!

Randy: Oh you guys!

Dee Dee: Hey, I have another idea! Why don't you guys come over to my house on Saturday morning? We can all watch the next episode of Aeon Quest!

Francis: And hey, maybe that episode can have that scenario from other shows I was talking about. Right, Randy?

Randy: Yeah, I guess... Oh, what the hey. Deal!

Nate, Francis, Teddy, and Chad: Deal!

Dee Dee: Fabulous! Can't wait to see you all then!

Nate: Yeah, but for now, I'm ready to hit the hay, and- Wait, do I see something bright, smelling like smoke? (The group see a house set on fire, with firefighters putting out the fire and vandals/arsonists being arrested by police. Nate face-palms.) My house... (kneels and looks up to the sky) WHY DO YOU NEVER LEARN, DAD????

Dee Dee: No worries, Nate. You can stay in my house until yours gets fixed.

Nate: Oh, thank you, Dee Dee!

(newspapers show the following headlines "Kids save homeless shelter with tons of gold and candy. Hailed heroes!" and "Angered trick-or-treaters burn house whose owner was handing out fruits and veggies. Firefighters and police show up." Scene zooms out to show Francis reading the newspaper while hanging out with the rest of the group)

Francis: We make a great team, do we?

Dee Dee: Yeah!

Teddy: Yep!

Chad: Absolutely!

Randy: Mm hmm.

Nate: I just wish Dad could learn his lesson so our house wouldn't burn down.

Dee Dee: Actually I have some good news to-

Francis: Hold the phone, Dee Dee! The scene I've predicted is about to go on. Are you paying attention, Randy?

(scene zooms into the show)

Jim: King, you need to understand that kidnapping a princess is wrong. Why are you doing this?!

Fetch: Yeah, don't make us hurt you!

Flameson: I just wanted...to be happy.

Jim: What?

Fetch: Huh?

Flameson: It's true! I have been lonely and sad ever since a huge rain storm wiped out half of the kingdom and killed my wife, so I needed someone to live with to be happy and nice to me.

Jim: [With pity] Awww...

Fetch: I guess his charred heart has some good gold in it.

Jim: Hold on, King. You may be friends and hang out with us if you'd like.

Flameson: Well... OK.

Jim and Fetch: Nice!

Edwin: Radical!

YLO: Yay!

Cereta Crow: But no more capturing me, OK?

Flameson: Got it!

(show ends, scene zooms out from the TV and back to the 6 kids)

Nate: Hmmm.... A bit of a sappy ending, but I still love it!

Francis: Me too!

Randy: I have decided that I'm a changed man! I'm gonna change my ways and stop being a bullying freak, like Flameson in this awesome show.

Nate: That's totally the spirit!

Dee Dee: Anyway, I have some special news for-

Nate: (his phone rings) Hold on, I gotta take this call. (picks up phone) Hi Dad. What's up? Mm hmm... Mmm... I see... OK, bye. (hangs up) The house has been fixed! I can move back home!

Dee Dee: That's what I was gonna tell you! My dad saw it on his way to work and messaged me! I'm guessing the firefighters put it out just in time before there was any heavy damage.

Nate: Awesome! Thanks again, Dee Dee, for letting me camp here. Im'ma start heading out now. (packs his things in a backpack and carries it)

Francis: I have to go too. I have my guitar lesson this afternoon.

Teddy: My family's cooking a special lunch.

Chad: My gram just wants me not to be out so long.

Randy: Eh, I'll just go as well.

Dee Dee: Later, guys! When the kids hail us as heroes on Monday, let me in the spotlight!

Nate: We will! (opening front door) I'm just absolutely glad that people with think of us as-

Poor person #1: Rich jerks!

Nate: What the-?

(an angry mob of poor people from the homeless shelter surround Nate, Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Randy)

Poor person #2: Do you know what those nasty little hooligans did?

Poor person #3: I've gotten fat, yet I'm still starving. I need real food!

Poor person #4: I need a dentist. They've given me cavitites! Ow!

Poor person #5: A dentist?! Try a doctor. My best friend is down with diabetes!

Teen-punk's mom: Those are the assaulters that were trying to wreck our house on Halloween!

Teen-punk: Whack 'em, Mom!

Nate: Well, there goes our heroic rep.

Francis: Hey, it wasn't our idea, Randy thought of it! Is that right, Randy? Randy?!?

Randy: (running off in a distance) Good luck, Aeon-losers!

(the angry mob comes closer to Nate, Francis, Teddy, and Chad)

Nate: Oh how I hate that backstabbing son of a-

(end of episode)