Hey, now, Joe, hurry up and save that thing!
Now get in the car before we all get killed!
I always try to hold onto the feeling
I had when I was six.
How excited I was.
Did you see that thing?
Saved another turtle!
He doesn't care, Joe!
The kid has one thing on his brain!
You know, Gator Land could sure use my skills.
The turtle okay?
Hell's bells, Joe, just drive, for God's sake.
There will be no Hoppy if you do not sit down!
We will get to Old Time Fun Town, all together!
Now, no amount of turtles or armadillos
or any potential roadkill could top what was to come.
Sit down right now, buckle up,
be quiet, or we are turning this van around!
Oh, that's not me.
That's just some random kid that has what I once had,
that oh-so-fantastic feeling I'm still desperately
trying to hold onto.
Old Time Fun Town is now open for business.
Freeze!
Yep, that's me.
Get down, get down!
Hell's bells, Joe!
♪ You're sure to have a happy day
♪ At Old Time Fun Town
♪ So many things to see and do
♪ Yes, you want it
Ow, ow, okay, okay, all right, okay.
Sit down!
Come on, let's go.
I have a long history of humiliating myself
in front of other people.
There was that one time in Mr. Cupper's class,
during a fascinating science lesson,
where my habit of eating breakfast burritos
finally caught up with me.
Knowing this was going to be a thunderbolt
and I only had seconds till ignition,
I quickly devised a plan
to brilliantly use today's lesson of cause and effect.
I would simply drop the book onto the floor
and time my release perfectly with the loud bang.
Nice one, Pooter!
Well, you know what they say,
timing is everything.
So I really should start at the beginning of this summer.
AA degree!
Yeah, we did it, Pooter!
It's Tucker.
I mean, you don't have to keep calling me Pooter.
Hey, uh, Amber.
Congratulations.
Aw...
Thanks, Pooter.
Pooter!
What?
You're a weird guy, Pooter.
Tucker, oh!
My little Tucker, oh, come here, my baby boy.
Oh, we're so proud!
You'd think I'd won the Nobel Peace Prize,
as far as my mom was concerned.
Oh, hi!
Here, here, take our picture!
One last little embarrassment for the road,
topped off by the classic Ostrowski family picture pose.
Smile!
Junior college was behind me,
and with a clean slate, I was off to pursue my dream.
♪ The only way to get there
♪ Is to take that step
♪ To the other side of life
Yep, things were finally gonna happen for me.
I got accepted into CalArts,
the school Walt Disney himself built,
and the only place that could nurture my love
of animation, theme park design, and music.
Call me retro, but I can't get enough
of groups like the Who, the Moody Blues.
Just one little downside to my whole plan...
My parents filed for personal bankruptcy last week.
Gosh.
Hi, Tucker, dear, your dad and I are heading
over to Pawn Road on 192.
Again?
Do you want to come?
Okay, well, we're just going to need to borrow a few things.
Okay, get that, that should cover the mortgage,
and that, the cash from that might cover the power and food.
We need food.
Bye, dear!
Yeah, they have a great attitude
about the situation,
but it doesn't help pay for CalArts.
Now, you'd think that working for Disney or Universal
would be the natural thing for me to do, right?
But my other little downside was,
a few years back, I had this great creative idea
to produce an Ostrowski mega-mural.
But it kind of pissed off the owner
of the movie theater, who called the cops.
Looks like you're going to jail, boy.
And these days, the big parks
do a little thing called a background check.
Turn right.
Your other right.
Now, I only had another two months
before that got wiped off my record,
thanks to a little community service,
helping undo other people's art,
but that didn't help me at the time.
I convinced myself, no need to dwell on the past.
Time to get out there, get a job,
and make some tuition money.
Hm.
Uh, well,
cute.
But we're architects here,
and we just filled our last summer intern slot.
Oh, thank you, Amber.
Amber Freeman?
Bye, Pooter.
Pontius, Ostroswki, Arnold.
This is a tough job.
It's gonna take muscle and hard work.
I got room for two of you.
You don't have any experience working
Asian fusion kitchen like this.
Thank you.
Perfect.
It was the job I'd been looking for.
Why hadn't I thought of this in the first place?
Working in a smaller theme park,
getting to know the business that would be my life
without a pesky background check.
It ain't Disney, but I was willing to do anything.
Anything.
Your skins are over in the character room.
Uh...
Okay, thank you so much, Mr. Lloyd.
Uh, is there some kind of orientation thing, or...
You're orientated.
You want the job or not?
Absolutely!
Uh, so just the room right over...
Okay.
Yes, nailed the interview!
It was goodbye resume, hello lifelong career.
As soon as I figured out what a skin was.
Hoppy.
Oh, man, it is hot out there!
Yo, you mind unzipping me, bro?
Sure.
This was a moment in my life
that will forever be burned into my senses.
Unzipping that costume was like opening a pressure cooker.
When that steamed sweat hit me,
I think I blacked out for a minute.
Oh, man, you're gonna get used to that, don't worry.
It's good to meet you.
I'm Jerry, or as I'm known around these parts,
Captain Jack's Parrot.
Captain Jack Sparrow?
Oh, no, no, no, man, what, are you trying to get us sued?
It's Captain Jack's Parrot.
It's a new character.
I'm still working on the name thing.
Oh, uh, hi, Tucker.
That Mr. Lloyd was worthless,
but Jerry, he showed me the ropes.
Now Jerry got me started.
How to suit up.
How to move like the character.
The schedule.
Out for 30 minutes,
then back in to rest for 30 minutes.
Now, sometimes, it's easier to keep a costume on
for your break than to go through the whole process
of putting on the feet,
putting on the gloves,
putting on the body.
No, no, no, dude, no, no.
Now, that's what you do, all right?
Now this is what you don't do.
And I'm speaking from experience.
Son of a!
Don't talk, it ruins the illusion, man.
Don't pick up the kids.
They're slippery little suckers.
If some kid shakes your hand and tries to break it,
do not squeeze back.
Nah, never mind.
Go ahead and bust his little fingers.
And remember, it may sound corny,
but most kids really love the characters.
We mean something to 'em, so try to make it special.
Jerry really knew his stuff.
Not that he'd worked here very long.
This was just his second week,
but I guess he'd been a school mascot,
the Fighting Aardvarks or something like that.
And in two weeks, he'd learned
the Old Time Fun Town characters' routine
enough to help me out.
Finally, it's your moment...
Wait just a second, wait.
How long do I stay in here?
30 minutes, bro.
Yeah, but how will I know that my 30 minutes is up?
There's a watch taped inside of the head.
What if I gotta sneeze?
Man, you can't, no reaching up under the neck,
that just looks wrong.
So suck it up!
It's only 30 minutes!
You can do it!
Wait, wait!
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Man, get out there!
Okay, but doesn't somebody, like, walk me around,
like an escort?
That's a good one.
This is Old Time Fun Town.
You're on your own.
Oh, my God.
I'm Hoppy.
See ya, Pooter.
Hoppy?
Hoppy the Kangaroo was there
in my hour of need.
Thanks, Hoppy, you're awesome!
And you're right, I can be awesome too!
I'm Hoppy.
I'm Hoppy the Kangaroo.
I'm Hoppy, I'm Hoppy, I'm Hoppy.
G'day, mate.
Hoppy the Kangaroo.
Hoppy the Kangaroo, I'm Hoppy, I'm Hoppy.
You're Hoppy.
It was time for me to meet the people.
I wasn't exactly sure where I was supposed to go.
Stop talking, keep moving.
What?
It had only been two minutes?
28 more to go.
Hoppy!
Oh, how sweet!
Let's get our picture taken with the bunny!
First lesson... Kneel to the kid's level
or pay the consequences.
A kangaroo
should always watch his sack.
Ready, everybody, smile!
Okay, are you ready?
Say cheese!
Ready, smile!
Hoppy!
Guys, look, it's a dog!
It's not a dog, it has long ears.
Then it's gotta be a rabbit, obviously,
just look at its long ears.
I know, I know what it is!
No, you don't!
Be quiet!
Dogs can have long ears.
It's gotta be a possum,
I mean, look at its pockets.
Dogs can have pockets?
Yes, any...
They'll argue over anything, it doesn't matter.
It's ridiculous!
Can't you shut up already?
Enough, already!
Can't you tell it's an armadillo, you morons?
Just take the picture!
Whatever! Fine!
Smile!
Hoppy, can I have your autograph?
Okay, I told MYSELF: I can do this.
Tucker?
Lots of lessons that first day.
Hoppy, Hoppy, come here.
I had been out for 45 minutes.
I had blown half of my break,
and I didn't know how to get out of there.
All right, everybody smile for the camera!
Hoppy!
Where'd he go?
Yo, it's noon, man.
Thanks for covering my shift.
Now, get back out there, it's your turn again!
Yo, I'm just kidding.
But you gotta manage your time, plan your escapes.
You're gonna die out there, man!
Yo, sports drinks will be your friend, my brother.
Okay.
You gotta remember to eat something, too, man.
I don't think I can.
Well, go ahead and hurl, we got a whole department
here to take care of spew.
Yo, come back, guys, we got a protein spill in progress.
Oh, man, they must have the worst jobs.
Nope.
It is debatable that most people think
that we actually have the worst jobs in the park.
Yo, Kangaroo, meet Bear.
I'm Stu, I'm a colorful polar bear.
Yo, say it right.
I'm Paws, the Pink Polar Bear!
Nice to meet you, uh, Tucker.
Or Hoppy?
How many of us are there?
Well, right now, there's just the four of us.
It's me, you, Stu, and Sam, who's off today.
Sam's actually Bowser the Bulldog.
Uh, Bowser the Bulldog.
What's the, uh, what's the pecking order?
Well, there's the janitors, right, George?
My man!
Then there's us, the scum at the bottom of the scum pit.
Then there's food service.
They're pretty low,
but they do get free food.
Then there's merchandise.
They won't speak to you, by the way.
Yeah, in order to work in merchandise,
You gotta have the three P's:
Pretty, pretty bored,
pretty pissy.
Then after that, it's the one group I actually like...
The landscapers.
They not only handle the greenery
but take care of the petting zoo also.
Yo, and those guys, they're crazy.
I think it's because they grow their own.
Aw, man!
They look identical.
No, yes, maybe.
Poop roulette!
Poop candy, no, no. Try it?
How about you?
No, I'm good, man.
Try it?
Oh, yeah.
Come on.
Who's a good boy?
Uh oh.
So who's at the top of the food chain?
Are you an animator?
Oh, no, I mean, kind of I am.
Uh, not, nobody would pay for this,
but, I, uh,
you know, what I really want to do?
What's that?
I want to be a theme park designer.
You know, like design lands and dark rides.
Nice, man.
Yeah, thank you, definitely.
Uh, so, uh,
so who's at the top of the food chain?
The operations team runs this park,
Ops, they run the rides, they set the schedule,
and report all activities to the general manager.
They are total control freaks.
You got something to say, boys?
No, uh, no, we're good, yeah, we're good.
Because you're stinking up the break area.
Why don't you head back to your sweaty little closet?
Yes, sir,
um, Richard.
Can we call you Dick?
Yo, those guys are dicks.
They're douchebags.
Yeah, but there's no complaining about it,
'cause they're in tight with the GM.
Don't piss off the GM, he's Khan.
He's Vader.
No, he's like Darth Vader's boss, um, you know, uh...
Palpatine.
Emperor Palpatine, yeah.
The general manager of Old Time Fun Town
was Benjamin Fletcher.
Not so much the evil ruler
of the Galactic Empire,
but there was something about this guy that seemed shady.
It may have been how he added a Y to every employee's name.
Susy, Johnny, Sally, Annie,
Bobby, Scotty,
Georgie, pick that up.
But I'll give him one thing...
He knew everyone's name.
I mean, everyone's name.
That is impressive.
Creepy, but impressive.
Jeffrey!
Ha, ha, nice try, kid.
One more balloon, you would have won a prize.
Wanna try again?
Five bucks.
This guy was King Rat.
He had all kinds of connections who met with him
once a week for a high-stakes poker game.
I'll see your 35 redemption tickets
and I'll raise you
a blue whale.
I'm out.
Out.
All in.
Jerry said he knew
some really notorious types.
Read 'em and weep.
I need to buy back in.
Well, then, I suggest you hit the skee-ball.
Ready, smile!
But as far as I was concerned,
he had dreamed up the characters program here.
Okay, smile!
And without him, I wouldn't have a job.
A little closer, smile!
I want to see your teeth, smile!
Smile.
Okay, smile.
Smile!
Smile.
How was your first day of work, honey?
Tucker, we sold the bed to keep us
in the house for another week.
I've got the couch all set up for you.
Hey, I can't believe you came back
for a second day, man, how you feeling?
I'm all right.
I just feel like I got lockjaw or something.
Lockjaw?
Are you smiling every time someone takes a picture of you?
Are you smiling every time someone takes a picture?
I blame my parents for this.
They had me trained at a young age
to show my teeth every time a picture was taken.
I had the same stupid smile on my face
from birth to graduation and I was holding that face
for eight hours in a kangaroo suit.
Yes, can I help you?
Uh, yes, Ma'am, I'm Daryl Meyers
from the Scare Zone attraction.
Welcome to our mansion, there's a...
Okay, double, um, I have a family to get home to.
Actually, no, just...
You two idiots are...
Unsuspecting victims that are...
Screwed, and you don't even...
Know it.
Now let's go to the...
It's my 30, I'm up.
Where you going?
Gotta go out the main drag.
Hey, zip me up, will you? A string
Sure. Of daring daylight robberies.
Thanks, man. Yeah.
Investigators baffled.
Elaborately disguised is the only description
Detective Michael Arafat released
in a statement calling them serial bandits.
Oh, hey, I've got a question.
What's up, man?
Why are we characters start at nine,
but this park didn't open till 10?
Oh, well, we gotta go out the main drag and advertise.
Huh.
Yeah.
Oh, like the guy on the corner dressed as an enchilada
promoting the Fuzzy Taco.
You got it, Smiley, yeah.
Oh.
Hey, now help Sam out the Bowser costume.
I'll catch you later.
Okay.
Hi, Sam.
Uh, Tucker.
Uh, okay.
Front.
Sorry, uh, I'm new here, I didn't...
I didn't realize that some of these unzip from the, whoa!
Shocking, aren't they?
I try to flatten out these suckers,
but there's always one kid that finds them.
Uh,
I'm so sorry.
Jerry, Jerry mentioned that a Sam worked here.
I didn't, I didn't think that...
That a girl could do this?
Well, that a girl would want to do...
Oh, I love it.
All this sweat?
I haven't gained a pound since I started.
I mean, I can eat whatever I want, kind of.
Uh, you're, like, you're full-time here, then?
No, part-time.
My real job is dealing with some other kids
down the street at the Haven House.
You love working with children.
All kinds.
Mm-hm, oh, yeah.
Yo, guys, we just got an all-call.
I didn't know what an all-call was,
but it seemed important and dangerous.
As we rushed forward like lemmings towards an uncertain fate
I felt like I was in the Hunger Games,
heading to the reaping.
Okay, so the GM wants to talk
to all of us about something.
I'm told when he does this, it's usually something major.
Pop, pop, popsicles.
Ice, ice, icicles, test, test,
testing one-two-three.
Nice one, boss.
Introducing the general manager
of Old Time Fun Town Enterprises,
Mr. Benjamin Fletcher!
Thank you, thank you.
Looks like you have many park employees here today,
and that
is just awesome.
Since the park will be opening soon,
I'll keep my remarks brief.
When I joined you as general manager last summer,
my goal was to increase attendance
by offering quality games, rides, food,
and merchandise to our park guests.
Hey, man, just filter out the massive amounts of BS
and you'll get the gist of what he's saying.
Per caps increased by a respectable margin
and monthly projections met annual expectations.
And through my efforts,
we did about the same attendance
as we did the year before.
Now, I justified it to our board of directors,
that their investments probably stopped a down-turn
in attendance and that breaking even was a good thing.
Well, they bought that, but that did not get me my
much-deserved bonus, so this year,
I've devised a plan to cash in on this place.
Well, he's motivated.
Yeah, he's a piece of work,
but I am liking those t-shirt girls.
Okay, I can sum up that plan in one word:
Entertainment.
As you know, Old Time Fun Town was a successful park
about 15 years ago when they
introduced Hoppy the Kangaroo and Friends.
Since Hoppy's tragically untimely death
12 years ago...
See ya, Pooter.
Hoppy?
Thanks, Hoppy, you're awesome!
And you're right, I can be awesome, too!
And there hasn't been a character in this park since,
until this
summer!
After hundreds of applicants and grueling auditions,
we have assembled the new Old Time Fun Town Characterz,
with a Z.
My grueling audition is that I showed up.
Yeah, mine too.
Jerry, Sam, Tucky, come on up here.
There, Sammy, over here.
Where is Stuey?
Oh, he's off today.
No, no, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, sorry.
Even on my day off, I'm that dedicated.
You're standing in my light.
Sorry, sir.
Introducing Hoppy!
Newly designed by our fabulous in-house art director,
Don Cluff.
Donnie for old Walt, uh, what,
maybe a hundred years ago or so, Donnie?
Yeah, Walt is dead and I'm not feeling so good myself.
Artist turned animator
turned theme park designer extraordinaire,
who took my simple vision and turned it into wonder,
smothered it in magic, and sprinkled it with pixie dust.
And the rest of the Kangaroo Krew,
spelled with a K, of course, Cap' Jack the Parrot!
Man, I knew he'd screw that up.
Bowser the Bulldog, and Paws the Pink Polar Bear.
So let's put our hands together for the new Kangaroo Krew!
These characters will be everywhere
doing promotional visits, TV spots,
and even a parade through the park.
A parade of four characters?
Man, that sounds like a death march to me.
This is all to support this summer's marketing slogan:
"Have a whale of a time at Old Time Fun Town."
Had to cap it off, well, to be honest,
this was really Donnie's idea.
Donnie, come up and tell them your big idea.
Oh.
I said, "Now, you want me to design
"you a freaking whale costume?"
Brilliant, yeah.
And now for the big reveal.
Wanna get out of here?
Girls?
Whoever can handle this costume gets a 10% raise.
Good luck.
And introducing our newest character
and marketing opportunity:
Doby Mick, the Big Blue Whale!
Doby Mick will be premiering
at the park's Fourth of July celebrations.
So who wants a t-shirt?
Toby the Whale?
No, no, no, man, it's Doby Mick the Whale, get it?
Wait, are we still the Kangaroo Krew
or is the whale running stuff now?
Um, separate checks, please.
Oh, like we're Moby's dicks,
like, he's Moby and we're dicks and that's how the...
No, no, Stu, you still don't,
it's Doby, forget it, man.
Hey, uh, where's Sam?
Ooh, Sam.
Samantha, ooh, ooh, ooh.
♪ When Sam came into your life
Hey Jerry.
Hey Stu.
How goes it at your little park?
Who was that?
Just one of the most successful
costume characters in the business.
Where was your comeback, man?
Stu, he's head of the union.
I'm not working for a whale.
Better than working for a mouse.
Let's do this.
♪ I sense the room goin' tight
♪ I feel the room start to bite
♪ Know what I'm hearing tonight
♪ I'm seeing some kind of light
♪ Sensation's growing tonight
♪ Know what I'm hearing tonight
♪ Forget it, ah, ah
♪ Forget it
♪ Forget it, ah, ah
♪ Forget it, ah
♪ Forget it
♪ Don't, don't remind me
♪ Forget it
♪ Just keep on smiling
Little crew is not up to the big blue.
We need a ringer.
Franklin Jefferson Washington.
Legend had it this guy was a pro basketball player
that got injured.
Oh, yeah!
Then he became the team's mascot,
a huge Brahma Bull.
He became so popular that the Mouse House
stole him away to play one of their tall core characters.
Then he went off to start his own delivery business.
The only reason he would possibly be doing this job
is that he owed Fletcher a ton of money in gambling debts.
If he was forced to be here,
you'd never know it. Oh, yeah.
He was that cool.
Let's do this.
Even his voice was cool.
Wow.
This guy's a machine.
At that moment,
I resolved to be a better character
for the next group of kids that came along.
That's when I first encountered the Red Tide.
During weekdays, Fletcher would let day campers
into the park for practically nothing
if they bought lunch in an Old Time Fun Town red t-shirt.
Whoa, hey, hey!
Get him out, get him out!
You have to get the head off first!
They touched me, I mean, they touched me.
Why did they touch me like that?
You're one of the lucky ones.
You could have ended up like Tommy the Turtle.
Well, what happened to Tommy the Turtle?
The Red Shirts surrounded Tommy.
He tried to protect himself by turning his shell toward 'em.
But the Red Shirts pushed him into the Bumper Boat Pond.
That turtle sank like a stone.
Oh, my gosh.
Was he all right?
Nobody knows.
They dredged the pond, but all they found
was a few pieces of fun fur and somebody's rettainer,
but I don't think that was Tommy's.
But they say he's still down there.
Um, that Bumper Boat Pond is more like
a chlorinated pool that's only two feet deep, so...
Exactly.
Wait, no, that's not the end of the story,
you guys not care about this?
Wait, there's fun fur, but you know it doesn't have fun fur,
it can't, because it's a turtle.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
I just feel so violated.
Are you kidding me?
Do you know how many times I've gotten my boobs grabbed
or my butt pinched?
And that's just at my other job.
Huh?
Look, you're all right.
Those kids aren't even that bad, so snap out of it.
Ooh, tell you what, you should come to the Haven House.
It's on Grand Avenue and Celebration Place.
I bet you'll come away with a whole new perspective.
Sure, yeah.
I mean, maybe.
Yes.
The Haven House at Artisan Park
was only a few blocks from my house,
but it took me an hour to get there,
stopping every three feet to build up my courage.
I was such a wuss.
Linda, sit down.
No, don't eat that paste, Daniel, come on.
Tucker!
Oh, my God, I can't believe you actually showed up.
Wow.
You look...
Oh, blow dried, yeah.
Crazy things happen when you take a shower.
Uh, am I interrupting or...
No! I can come back...
No, no, no, no, no, it's good,
we're just doing crafts right now, come on.
Kids.
Yeah, my kids.
Cute kids.
I know, they're the best.
Here, this is Don and Jenny
and Madame Dorothy.
And how is Your Majesty doing today?
Absolutely splendid, my dear.
Very good.
This is normal.
And here is Miss Abigail.
Abigail, that's beautiful, what is that?
I have no fricking idea.
Contemporary art, I love it, I love it.
Oh, Miss Patty, this is Miss Patty,
she pretty much runs the whole place.
Tucker, right?
I've heard a lot about you.
Okay, no more words.
And over here, excuse me.
Daniel, Daniel, don't eat the paste, please.
Ah, come on, Sam.
I'm old, I'm not stupid.
I'm having a little fun with Miss Priss over there.
Oh!
Lucinda.
I'm working on getting her into the sack.
Gals like a guy that's different.
Well, you certainly are different, Daniel.
For my next move,
I'm gonna wear my underwear on the outside.
Who's the dude?
Oh, this is Tucker.
I work with him at Old Time Fun Town.
Hello.
Outside the pants, it'll laugh them right...
Okay, thank you, we're done, all right.
And this is the backyard.
It's not used much.
I wish we could use it more.
All this space and nothing but a bunch of weeds.
Oh, hey, Lyle.
You're not doing crafts?
Maybe you can join us later when we do other activities.
Daniel's taking his pants off in the hall, again.
Okay.
Hi.
Tucker.
I work with Sam at Old Time Fun Town.
She's a dog.
I mean, she wears the dog costume.
I'm a kangaroo.
Kangaroo?
Yeah, yeah, I wear a kangaroo costume.
I was attacked by a kangaroo two nights ago!
He hopped up to me at the ATM on 5th Street
and he robbed me of 400 bucks!
Was that you?
Nope, no, no, no, it wasn't.
Beware!
The kangaroo, beware, kangaroo!
Okay, it's okay, Lyle, it's okay.
Sit down, okay?
Sorry, Lyle was apparently mugged a few days ago
and it was really traumatic for him.
The kangaroo.
I know, I know.
He was doing fine, but I guess something set him off,
I don't know.
Kangaroo! I know.
Maybe I should go.
Uh, sure, okay.
Um, yeah, you can just go out the back gate there, okay?
And he punched me.
That's what kangaroos do, you know.
I know.
Coming through!
And he had a pouch, just like that!
Daniel!
Okay, settle down, people!
Daniel!
Stop the drumming!
Well, don't quit practicing.
Go parade between that tree and that tree.
What?
Oh, I just see something over there.
Like, I get it.
I get it, like, I have boxing gloves, I'm a kangaroo.
Uh huh, yeah.
Why do you have binoculars?
I'm people-watching, man.
Yeah, but you're a parrot.
Shouldn't you have, like, that spyglass thing?
Don't overthink it, man.
Don't forget, this is Old Time Fun Town.
Yeah, but you're a parrot, you should do that pirate...
Okay, so I juggle these.
But shouldn't they be pink?
They're snowballs, Stu.
Wait, does that go with this?
No, this is my bone baton.
One of your balls is bigger than the other.
So, can I throw these now?
Not now, tomorrow,
when there are actually people here to catch them.
Oh, okay.
How about we do like they do in New Orleans?
I toss them to you and you lift your...
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Doesn't Universal's Mardi Gras parade throw beads?
Isn't that kind of copying?
No, they're not beads, Jerry.
It's a string of iridescent pearls
from the blue whale's magic grotto.
Oh.
Okay.
Ready, guys?
Most parades One, two...
Have floats and big balloons
and lots of people and things.
Oh, well, everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves,
except the drummers who quit that afternoon,
but the show must go on
because the Fourth of July was upon us.
All right, now listen to me, we've
got Channels 6, 9, and 2,
two newspapers and three radio stations,
as well as nine bloggers coming in on this bus.
Whatever you do, keep them away from Donnie.
Don't let them interview him, okay?
He's a loose cannon.
Not even he knows what kind of inappropriate offensiveness
might come out of his mouth.
Do you got it?
Got it, boss.
All right, good, go get 'em, go get 'em!
Be safe out there.
When do we go on?
Like they said, not until the press walks the park
and gets positioned in the VIP section of the parade round.
Sam will get the call from ops.
How did I get elected to do this?
Bravo, Tango, Harry, we have an anxious Hoppy
ready to strut his stuff, over.
Parade characters, do you read?
Loud and clear, over.
Press is at the front gate right now.
ETA for the parade, 20 minutes.
10-4, uh, good buddy.
Is that...
No.
It is a beautiful day and it looks like Old Time Fun Town
is a good old place to go to town
and have a fun time this summer.
Excuse me, sir.
Hi, I'm Josh Earnest with PSTV,
Pre-School Television.
Cable 27?
You are with the park?
Yes, I'm a designer here.
Make sure you stay inside the line, Joe.
Well, it certainly is a whimsical display.
Yeah, it's for the kids, it's a kid theme,
with a whale and a dog and a rainbow there, you know.
Well, the rainbow is very nice, and I see a rabbit...
Kangaroo!
And a kangaroo,
and, look kids,
a piratical parrot!
And while I've got you here,
why is the polar bear pink?
Hell, what do I know?
Maybe because it's a freaking drag queen...
No!
Did I hear "drag queen"?
Is that drag queen?
Someone get him out of here!
Someone get him...
I sense a slight delay.
That interview ended up getting
about a million hits, and for the next couple of days,
attendance actually picked up.
I guess there is no such thing as bad PR.
It was during that delay I thought I'd grow a pair and
strike up a conversation with Franklin Jefferson Washington.
Uh, Mr. Washington, can I ask you a question?
No.
Okay.
Not until you call me by my first name.
Man, who do you think I am?
I'm wearing a bright blue fuzzy-wuzzy whale costume.
Call me Frank.
Okay, Frank.
And I'll call you Pooter.
I'm just messing with you, man,
I heard that was your nickname in high school.
Tucker, right?
Yeah, yeah.
What's your question?
Give it to me.
Uh, okay, um,
you're really good, I mean, really good.
Yeah, I know.
I just, I wanna be better.
You know, I think I need advice on...
Don't work for your costume, man.
Make your costume work for you.
Don't work for your costume, man.
Make your costume work for you.
Yeah.
I have no idea what you're saying.
Modify your character.
Oh, you mean like, make Hoppy a different type...
No, man.
Modify it.
Look in here.
Look inside
and see the magic.
It was amazing!
All the tricks, right in front of me.
How did he stay so energetic?
Headphones with music.
If he needed a snack, a food holder,
jelly beans, peanuts, even chicken teriyaki.
And with this costume,
hands-free was what it was all about.
Hey, there, little fella.
Having a good day?
I know I am.
Watch a game or text a friend, done.
Even a fan at the top of the head
sucked hot air out of the costume.
And, an ashtray for one of those foot longs he smoked.
Now, I thought to myself, he wouldn't, he couldn't.
We're on in five minutes.
Let's get to our starting points and suit up, everybody!
Let's do this.
That's the shortest parade we've ever seen.
What is that smell?
Is that smoke coming out of the whale?
Fire! That thing's on fire!
Call the fire department!
It's burning, that's on fire!
Wait, that's not a gas can!
Goodnight, Sir Lyle, sweet dreams.
Goodnight, Sam, coming in?
In a bit.
Ka-kaw!
The coast is clear, you big chicken, Lyle's inside.
Oh, I mean,
I can do a big chicken if you want me to.
Go for it.
That did not sound like a big chicken.
Did you bring the stuff?
Uh, yeah.
Ooh, you da man.
I'm ready for the show.
Oh, yeah,
right, right, right.
Uh...
All right.
Okay.
You ready?
Uh huh.
So this is the first.
Okay.
Oh, so cool!
All right, and this is the second one I did.
This is, like, me at work.
Uh huh, of course.
Yes! And little Jerry.
That's Jerry? Yeah!
He's so tiny!
And that's me!
Are you serious?
Oh, my God!
That is so cool, you did that?
Yeah.
That is so cool.
Thanks.
I tell you what, if I ever stop being a sweaty character,
I would be a fat girl.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, like, not, oh, no, no, I didn't mean it like...
It's okay.
Big day today.
Did Franklin get...
No, no, you know what?
He claimed what he was smoking was for medical use.
I know, when they tried to find him,
he already snuck out the back.
You know, I was like this close
to being his best friend, too.
Oh, yeah, like so close.
Well, you still have Stu and Jerry and me,
at least for a little while.
What, you're leaving?
I think so.
Gerontological nurse practitioner program.
Old people nurse.
I'm supposed to hear back from them anytime now,
and I fly out and get a campus tour and if it looks good,
then I would start right after Labor Day.
Wow.
Yeah.
It's a really cool place.
It's in LA.
Oh, really, I'm going to LA!
Really?
No, no, no, I'm not.
Once I factor in all this scholarship money that I won
and what I've saved, I'll be, you know, I don't know,
a million dollars away from making my tuition.
What is it that you want to do?
A girl that wanted to listen to me
blab on about what I wanted to do with my life
and actually showed interest and enthusiasm?
I was in.
So I gave it to her, my love of art, design, comic books.
I almost lost her at comic books
but I got her back with theme parks
and master planning and rides and attractions
and the theme park greats,
Walt, George, Gary,
the true unsung heroes,
about how I'm going to bring back
the classics, the Steeple Chase, the Helter Skelter,
the Tunnel of Love.
You know what I want?
What?
You know what I want?
No, what do you want?
I want all of my kids in there to feel this.
This, this, they need to feel this.
They can't go to theme parks.
They can't go to Coney Island.
They are stuck here and that's why they're here.
They can't travel anymore, they can't live anymore.
I mean, all they have is this house, a cruddy backyard,
and a few people like me.
And the TV, of course, thank God,
or the boob tube, as Daniel calls it, Mr. Underwear.
I'm so worried about him.
He's refused dialysis.
He hates it, he's so stubborn.
Anyway.
They need to feel.
They need to experience true joy and wonder
one more time before they go.
So, come up with a theme park for seniors
and I'll declare you one of the greats.
Ready, set, go, baby, go!
Those landscapers always have a good time.
They're just happy.
Yeah, man, they enjoy life.
Yeah, but not everyone experiences this,
you know, this.
How could everyone be that giddy?
You okay, dude?
You're talking like a girl.
Yeah, man.
I gotta talk to Sam when she gets in.
Yo, you gotta wait a week for that.
Yeah, man, she's off to California this week
to visit the facility and find an apartment
and, you know, what?
Wow, she got the call.
Don't worry, Tucker,
your girlfriend's coming back next week.
She's not my girlfriend.
And I have a very important cosplay convention
to attend this weekend, so you have to cover for me.
What?
Yeah, I'm going as Aang, so...
Aang?
It's from Avatar, Jerry.
Oh, I love that movie, man, with the blue people!
No, not, it's a different...
Wait, aren't you going to have to shave your head?
No, I can do, like, effects and stuff, it'll be fine.
Well, yeah, man, you gotta cover for Stu
because we've been booked for an off-site event tonight.
Yeah.
It's at a private party at a residence in Winter Park,
and they specifically requested
"the toucan and the hot pink bear."
Oh, house party, woot, woot!
Thanks for covering for me.
Wearing Stu's costume
without any time to clean it?
We didn't call him Sweaty Stu for nothing.
We constantly had fans going,
trying to air out the costumes, but Stu?
He's part man, part fountain.
What Pig Pen is to dirt, Stu was to sweat,
and strangely proud of it.
It's hot out there, man.
Once a week, we tear apart each costume,
wash the skin, take the padding outside
and pressure wash the crap out of it.
Not me, man, spray the suit!
Then we crop dust it with disinfectant
and air purifiers and still, Stu's big pink bear
smelled as ripe as if he just stepped out of it.
Yo, and this one doesn't even start till nine tonight.
Just take the costumes and dress in the van.
George, oh man, he won again, oh.
Yo, come on, man, this is an easy gig.
We just stand outside the house on the lawn here
and welcome people as they come in.
Is it a birthday party?
No, it's like a costume party, I guess.
So let's get suited up, come on!
It's like a pink nightmare.
Yo, Tuck, I did it once and it's not that bad.
You just have to go for it.
Just jump into it fast and let your sweat take over,
become one with it.
No.
You can do it. No.
Come on, man.
He's so gross.
Dude, suit up!
Okay, okay, I'm gonna do it.
I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it.
Cold and clammy,
cold and clammy.
That's another sensory sensation
that will stay with me the rest of my life.
Hey, ladies.
Gonna go party with the Fire Lord.
Care to join me?
Oh, my, you look fabulous!
Oh, and right on time, too!
Oh, come close so I can tell you what you have to do.
It's quite simple, really.
All you have to do is stand at the edge of the walkway
and greet our lovely guests.
Oh, you don't talk, charming.
There are about 50 of my friends coming.
Once everyone has arrived,
you are more than welcome to join the party.
Yeah?
Oh, here they come, TTFN, TTFN!
Oh, dear.
TTFN?
That means ta-ta for now.
First, how did you know that?
Second, what have you got me into?
Here they come.
The costume was starting to warm up,
which helped a lot,
and I was soon distracted by the arriving guests.
Oh, look at this, looks like a pink bear.
Meow!
Don't you see that?
They've got better costumes than we do.
Man, I'm picturing Sam underneath that leather!
Shut up.
We know you got a thing for her, man.
Yo, check it out!
Ooh, pink bear, so cute.
You coming into the party?
Aw, come on, I'll see you in there.
You see that?
What?
She pinched my bird butt.
I know, I think they want us to join the, oh, my God.
Stu, it's me, Bear Man.
Give it up for Bear Man!
Tucker.
Tucker?
It's me, Jose, from landscaping.
I didn't know you were into this.
Jose!
Oh, you're here!
Now the party can officially begin.
Party time.
Come on, Jose!
I'm out.
Yo, no, no, no, no, chill, chill, man, stay here, come on.
Oh, sh!
It was starting to get interesting.
We were quite a hit.
Dude, I think this is a furry party.
Oh, you think?
Yeah, I hear these get-togethers get pretty wild.
You need to get out more
because that gives furries a bad name.
I suppose you're right.
Yo, I think our shift's almost over.
Incoming!
Hi, honey.
Perhaps just a peek around back.
I mean, we were invited.
Yeah, to the pool!
I can't see with these lights in my face.
Then we gotta lift up our heads, man.
I can't do it.
Just do it.
And the winner, with the best plushie,
is Dante!
Good job, it even looks just like you.
Now, who's ready for a great game of Cards Against Humanity?
Not what I expected.
Oh, boys.
Those furballs don't know how to have a good time.
Come next door.
Things are in full swing.
I'd never seen real swingers before.
Now I'll never be able to un-see them.
Yo, you don't see that every day.
Jerry, one of those ladies works at the grocery store
in the produce section.
You know...
No zucchini jokes, please.
A balmy 82 degrees.
Top of the news hour, with your local WPAX report.
Earlier this evening, the sixth in a string of robberies
appears to be the most brazen as thieves have gone
from targeting ATMs, joggers, and convenience stores
to their first bank heist.
Yo, they're talking...
Feeling that releasing any information
may cause copycat robberies.
We'll be right back after this message
from the new Old Time Fun Town.
♪ You're sure to have a happy day
♪ At Old Time Fun Town
♪ So many things to see and do
♪ It's humongous It's humongous!
It's so small.
Even with Sam gone for a week
and Stu at a cosplay convention,
I managed to talk Mr. Lloyd into giving me a day off.
And yep,
Fletcher's parade was pretty much
a parrot, some t-shirt girls,
whichever stilt-walker showed up,
and a stuffed whale.
This is as bad as that Scare Zone thing they did
on Halloween.
Worse.
Oh, oh, my God.
But I wasn't gonna let
the guilt distract me.
Nope, I had a more important mission,
even if it was going to set me back a couple hundred bucks.
Hey, Mom?
Where's the electric screwdriver?
We sold it, honey!
The circular saw?
Sold that, too.
The drill?
Sold it.
Like I said, I had a mission,
even if it was going to set me back another 370 bucks.
Meanwhile in the park...
Empty your pockets.
Not those pockets, your jacket pockets.
Oh, you got something to say, punk?
Then empty those pockets.
You're not even supposed to bring food in this park.
You have to eat our food, next pocket, now, come on.
Oh, a dart from the balloon buster game.
You like stealing our property, kid?
Yeah, you do, in fact,
hold still.
Hold perfectly still.
You like stealing our stuff.
You like stealing from our games.
I've got a little game for you.
It's called Dart to the Brain.
Ah, let's get out of here.
Give me the broom, just...
With summer in full swing,
Fletcher had his marketing plan in high gear,
and we were a big part of it.
We got to take one of his convertibles out to the highway,
where we teamed up with a highly aggressive
and super-motivated sales rep to do anything possible
to bring in business.
That dreaded 6:00 to 8:00 morning drive time shift
was grueling, at least for the character.
Between parades, each character had to promote
the sales of his or her animal character.
Fletcher had the bright idea
that Hoppy could have a baby Hoppy come out of its pouch,
that that would somehow appeal
to a potential female buyer's motherly instinct.
That idea looked better on paper.
And in the evenings, I would crank up my man, Justin Hayward
and hammer away.
Mom!
Excuse me.
Oh, okay.
What, dude, did you party last night?
No, I pulled an all-nighter trying to finish this project
with nothing but hand tools
and my car headlights to see what I was doing.
Oh! Yeah!
Now I gotta move all this stuff, I have to set it up,
I mean, there's no way.
Well, what project are you talking about?
Whoa, did you design this?
Yup.
But, I mean, I'll never get it done in time.
I don't know what I was thinking,
I mean, it's just not going to happen.
Yo, what are friends for?
You'll help me?
No, but this looks like it takes place outdoors.
Yeah.
Well, you need to call on the pros.
It's time you meet the crew.
Yeah, my little project needed much more
than I could build to fill up hundreds of square feet
of grass, weeds, and cement driveway,
but the landscapers had a great idea:
We could borrow some stuff
that hadn't been used for decades.
Surely that was okay.
Wait, Jerry, it's okay, right?
Yeah, man, it's not like we're stealing.
We're just putting this junk to good use.
I mean, they have everything except, uh...
Oh, well, now I guess they got that, too.
Okay.
Man, so much stuff everywhere, gosh.
Whoa, the original Hoppy?
No way.
Check it out, man, there's a spare bear.
Huh, you mean I didn't have to climb
into Sweaty Stu's disgusting bear?
I guess these are backups just in case.
Oh, yo, look at that!
Awesome, yeah, yeah, that'll work.
I'll take that, what is this?
Let's see this, ooh, I love these things,
these are great, take all that, perfect, thank you.
Uh, hey, the ice cream?
Bring this, uh, this can go, that can go.
What is this?
No way!
What?
Yes!
Dude, so cool, that's so cool!
We gotta bring this.
Hey, Sam.
Goodnight, Sam.
Hi, bye.
What's going on here?
You've gotta check on Daniel.
It's been five days since his last dialysis,
and it's shutting down.
It hasn't effected his bad attitude, though.
Daniel, why are you doing this?
I'm just trying to go peacefully.
There's this dang-blasted racket going on
in the backyard, all dang-blasted day.
I think you guys need to come outside and see this.
Tucker?
I should have known you had something to do with this!
Oh, pipe down, old man.
The kid's got something to show you.
Jerry.
Jerry?
Lights, please.
Wow.
Patty.
Shall we?
♪ Once upon a time
♪ Once, when you were mine
♪ I remember skies
♪ Reflected in your eyes
♪ I wonder where you are
♪ I wonder if you think about me
♪ Once upon a time
♪ In your wildest dreams
♪ When the music plays
♪ And when the words are touched with sorrow
♪ When the music plays
♪ I hear the sound I had to follow
♪ Once upon a time
♪ Once, when you were mine
♪ I remember skies
♪ Mirrored in your eyes
♪ I wonder where you are
♪ I wonder if you think about me
♪ Once upon a time
♪ In your wildest dreams
Yo, that was amazing last night.
Total success, bro, you are the man.
So now, tell me how the ride was with Sam.
It was fine.
Fine?
Well, how was the first kiss?
There was no kiss.
I know, I know, there was this perfect moment
and I just got nervous.
I blew it.
Tuck, yo, she likes you, I know she likes you.
You just gotta tell her how you feel.
No.
Yeah, no, no, no, I don't see that going over very well.
Just tell her.
Sam.
Hello.
No.
Hey, Sam.
No, that's my daddy.
Hey, Sam, last night was great,
and you're really great, and it'd be really great.
No, no!
No, no, no.
Uh, Sam.
So, Samantha.
Some good times last night, eh?
No.
Uh, hello,
'sup, God, no.
Poppy, look, it's a koala bear.
Oh, man, it was happening again.
Another round of guess the species.
Ha, well, you got his homeland right,
but, you see, long ears?
Long ears.
And a pouch?
And a pouch.
Makes him a kangaroo.
Kangaroo? Yup.
Oh, hallelujah!
The tourist got it right!
And you know where kangaroos come from?
England?
No, that's where we come from.
Hoppy here comes from Australia.
Oh, I wanted to kiss the guy.
Poppy and Hoppy.
Nice to meet you, Hoppy from Australia.
Can I please have your autograph?
Not you, Fido.
Mr. Edge, can we please get your autograph?
Oh, it'll be my pleasure.
Edge?
Holy crap!
I wanted to yell, "It's Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues!"
Poppy, Hoppy knows your name!
Well, okay.
Oops.
Let's say bye-bye to Hoppy and we'll go.
We'll go-ho-ho.
Okay, nobody moves.
Could I borrow your pen again?
Thank you.
Does anybody have a piece of paper?
Ah, that will do nicely, thank you.
Okay, oh, no, come on.
Let's do this the old-fashioned way.
Okay, Hoppy, have a great day
at the Old Time Fun Town.
Ah, oh, oh, my biggest fan.
Can I have my pen back?
Jerry, I did it, I did it!
Oh, man, when you were screaming, "I did it,"
I thought you had found at least one ball and talked to Sam.
Instead, you show me a crumpled up park map?
Look, Jerry, you don't get it.
This is Graeme Edge!
Moody Blues?
Graeme Edge, you're talking gibberish, man.
Now focus, we're talking about Sam, here.
Now, do you want me to tell her or what?
No, Jerry, I'd die.
Well then, man up and find the right moment to tell her.
You owe me, I went through hell helping you build
and operate Backyard Theme Park World
for you to impress that girl.
Seriously, man, you can't fail me now!
Just tell her.
Man, I can do this.
I can do this.
I just, Sam.
Sam, I just, I just want to...
Um,
listen, listen,
I gotta say something to you.
I like you,
a lot.
And last night was almost perfect.
I just, I just forgot to do one thing.
Well, this is awkward.
Why are you wearing Bowser?
Covering for Sam.
You covered for me, covering for her.
Well, where is she?
I don't know, I'm not Match.com.
Stu, thank you so much for covering for me!
Everybody wants me today.
Tucker, Tucker, you did it!
You did it, Daniel isn't quitting,
I took him to dialysis this morning, I could just...
♪ I know you're out there somewhere
♪ Somewhere, somewhere
♪ I know I'll find you somehow
♪ And somehow I'll return again to you
♪ And you know it's gonna happen
♪ I keep thinking
♪ Feel you getting near
♪ Soon you'll be returning
♪ To the fountain of our youth
♪ And if you wake up wondering
♪ In the darkness
♪ I'll be there
♪ My arms will close around you
♪ And protect you with the truth
♪ I know you're out there somewhere
♪ Somewhere, somewhere
♪ I know you're out there somewhere
♪ Somewhere you can hear my voice
♪ I know I'll find you somehow
♪ Somehow, somehow
♪ I know I'll find you somehow
♪ And somehow I'll return again to you ♪
Freeze!
Sit down!
Losers.
Okay, guys, look.
Everybody stay calm.
We took the stuff from the warehouse for the old people
and for Sam and we're going to return it.
It was all for a good cause, so everybody chill
and I'll do the talking.
It was them, they did it,
they stole that stuff from the warehouse.
I'm innocent, I was at a cosplay convention.
A what convention?
Never mind.
I'll tell you what, I'll take your statement
about the warehouse robbery later.
Right now, what I need you to do
is to turn that off, turn off the,
turn it off, man, just this,
no drips.
But I...
Oh, ah, zip it, just, mm,
you zip it.
And you, you look damn familiar.
Lady and gentlemen, I have something I'd like
for the four of you to take a look at.
Viola, otherwise, voilà.
Do you have any idea
how much trouble you are in?
We didn't do this.
Oh, cut this, cut this,
"I'm so innocent as a little baby green puppy, I didn't.
"I'm innocent, I swear to God!"
I ain't buying, baby.
But I am, we are innocent.
And you are just the happy little
toucan camper, aren't you, with the,
with the bird stuff, man.
What up with the bird stuff, toucan?
Man, I'm a, I'm a parrot.
And you, I have no idea what you sound like.
Sir, don't we get a phone call?
Oh, you do get your phone call, Hoppy.
You're gonna get your phone call,
but you gotta understand something, it's gonna be more like,
"Hello, hello?"
"I'm sorry but Hoppy is going to prison
"for a very, very long time,
"for more information, please press pound,
"oh, press pound again."
By the way, are you sure I don't know you from somewhere?
Uh, excuse me, sir?
Yes?
Could you please play that one more time?
Seriously?
You want me to play this again?
You all get off on doing stuff to people?
You all get off on this, is that what this is?
Is this like a, like a, like a quadro-freaky thing?
Sure, why not?
Y'all must be getting off on crimes and hurting people.
I can't believe you guys used my costume for a crime.
When did these happen?
How about you let me ask the questions, shall we?
Where were you at 4:55 PM yesterday?
We were at a party...
No, we weren't there!
Excuse me, Detective,
we need to see you for a minute over here.
Stay.
Thanks a lot.
I cannot believe that.
Why would you tell him that...
It wasn't us!
Okay, here's the news.
The three of you's alibis check out
and you are very lucky, graffiti boy.
I know you now.
What are you three sitting around here for?
You are free to go.
Let's go, scoot.
Scoot, scoot, scoot.
Not you, stay here.
Cosplay is not even a real word.
You're up to something,
and I'm gonna figure out what this is.
Karma!
So when we were borrowing props
from the old warehouse, we found these duplicate costumes.
Oh, those film-flammers needed a disguise
to do the crimes.
Yeah, you know, it didn't make sense at the time
until we saw the hand gestures from the surveillance video.
The ops guys were setting us up.
They were giving you the old rigmarole.
You dumb mugs were the perfect patsies.
Luckily, your story was bought by the dick.
Let's just say detective.
We gotta clear Stu.
Do we?
Let's get back to the 21st century, all right?
These were duplicate costumes that we've never worn.
Think about how much we sweat?
You're right, man, those costumes have got
to be dripping with their DNA.
We get the costumes to the cops, they do a forensics.
Yeah, so let's go back, we'll suit up,
and just act like nothing ever happened.
That's a suicide mission.
Yeah, there's no way they're gonna let us back
into the warehouse now.
They're probably watching it like a...
But with a little diversion from our friends here...
We're in!
The kittens are handed.
What time does the three o'clock parade start?
What?
What time does the three...
Let's go, put it in the bag, put it.
Okay.
Hurry up.
Well, well, well, looks like the felons
have returned to the scene of the crime.
Oh, thanks for bagging that up for us.
They have a date with the incinerator.
I don't think so, man.
Stu's at the general manager's office right now
telling Mr. Fletcher that it was you guys
robbing people blind with your little hand gestures.
Yeah. Right.
Great job, guys.
Yes!
Not you, idiots.
Great job, guys.
You know, it was...
You know it has always been my plan
to cash in on this joint,
a little skimming, a little book-making,
they were all well and good as far as they went,
but nothing has been as lucrative
as our little character crime spree.
Robbing the bank was a little over the top,
and we will have a chat about that.
And I would have gotten away with it,
if it hadn't been for you meddling kids.
Ruh-roh.
But hey, thanks for doing your part.
We have made obscene amounts of money,
and now it's time for us to ride off into the sunset,
and for you to disappear.
George, you're in my light.
And now I've lost my train of thought altogether.
Fine, you, go get the van, bring it around.
The rest of you clean up this mess and vanish this janitor.
Freeze!
Ringleader, he goes.
Anybody with a blue shirt goes.
Hey, man, is that wedgie?
The rest of the summer
wasn't nearly as exciting,
and since the cops took the costumes as evidence,
we were forced to work with
whatever we could get our hands on.
Hoppy's Kangaroo Krew was back together.
Even though some of the costumes
came from unusual sources, the kids still loved us,
and before we knew it, the summer was over.
That fall, Stu started his own furry cosplay costume company
and his products are a huge hit with the alternative crowd.
And you won't believe who Stu's top sales agents are.
Bonus checks.
Yeah!
Ladies, five, six, seven, eight.
Even though the park was mothballed
for the winter, Jerry was asked to stay on full-time
and got a promotion to Director of Entertainment.
Ha, my man!
The next summer, he created a hit musical
on Fletcher's old stage.
George, love it, give me some!
Sam?
Well, she went off to California
and is working on her degree in elder care,
and I made it to California, too.
How, you ask?
Turns out I have some fans that started
the Tucker Goes to CalArts Scholarship Fund.
Whoa!
Thank you, sir, guys!
Oh, no, Daniel, this is way too much.
Ah, keep it, kid.
We're not in here because we're bored.
We're just old.
Yeah.
So, life is good.
I'm not sure what the future holds
or what kind of adults we'll turn out to be,
but I know that, deep down,
we'll always be Characterz.
Yeah, with a Z.
That turtle sank like a stone.
Oh!
Do you remember writing this?
I don't remember this part.
"Oh, my gosh, was he all right?
"Insert funny line here."
♪ Oh, they're furry and funny
♪ Chubby and charming
♪ Characters to make you
♪ Smile