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As the story begins, we hear a coyote howling at the setting sun out in the desert. As he howls, we go underground, and we see the title of today's episode "ROVERS IN BLACK" as we zoom towards the RRHQ. Inside, we see Exile with a big pair of what look like sunglasses on. We then see what he is seeing, and we see that he is flying a plane over a large city as bullets are coming up at him. As we go outside the glasses, we see Exile moving around in a chair with controls on the arm rests, but see no plane, city, or bullets, just the other Rovers watching him manuever. He then removes the glasses and says, "Lost." "That's a hard game, for sure," Spirit says, "But I wonder why the Master never showed it to us before?" "Maybe he just finished creating it," Hunter replies, "It sure would make a good test ride in case we ever are in a big battle. Besides, you know the Master. If it's fun, he'll get it to us as soon as he can." "Hopefully that's know, not knew," Xander adds. "You saw the note," Hunter says, then, turning to his other comerades, he says, "We all saw the note. He will return. He's just making sure that we can handle this, because if we can, we can handle not just some things, but everything." "Said like a champ!" Spirit says, as she wipes a tear from her eye.
THE RRvrJeff ROAD ROVER THEME SONG!!
To The Original Tune
Chorus: Barkin', Scratchin', Frisbee Catchin', Royal Dogs Some Are (Jeff & Colleen: Like Us!)
Chorus: Others Are Presidential Pets, That Came From Afar (Exile, Blitz & Rango: Like Us!)
Chorus: When they come together, Road Rovers, yes they are (Star: That's right!)
Chorus: Fighting evil all the time, in their jets, planes, and cars (Shag: Rit's run!)
Chorus: Speedin', crasin', villain smashin', vehicles explode (All:Ooooohh!)
Chorus: Chasin', Racin' down the road, Road Roovers!
Chorus: This song sure is long, so don't bother to grab a snack (Hunter: Junk food, cool!)
Chorus: Hunter is a hero hound leader of the pack!! (Hunter: Uh, cool!)
Chorus: Colleen is a royal dog, karate expert too (Colleen: Hiyah!)
Chorus: Jeff, he is the royal king, bravest one to boot! (Jeff: Danger's fun!)
Chorus: Rango has some super ears, he's alert and bold (Rango: Let's Go!)
Chorus: Exile's vision is superb, in X-ray, night, and cold (Exile: That's Me!)
Chorus: Star likes to wear sunglasses, annoying all the day (Star: Always!)
Chorus: Blitz claws his way to the top, but biting is his way (Blitz: Tooshies!)
Chorus: Shag is strong from head to toe, a coward through and through (Shag: Rah Rah Rah)
Chorus: Muzzle's cap is sure to blow, he's short a screw or two (Muzzle: Uh Uh)
Chorus: Spirit's life is on the rise, a Rover cute and new (Spirit: Oh, Ok)
Chorus: Buddy is one super dog, who fights for me and you (Buddy: Yep yep yep!)
Chorus: Xander may be sarcastic, but wait til he plungers you (Xander: That's funny)
Chorus: Julia's heroic actions at Christmastime made her a Rover too (Julia: Oh, geez)
Chorus: They fight for right both day and night, in every episode (Colleen: We're off!)
Chorus: Now it's time to hit the road, Road Rooooovvvvers!
Now, on to the story:
As we head back into the RRHQ, we see Hunter printing out a sheet of paper. On the top it reads "International Rover Bulletin," which is part of the International Rover Network, or IRN. As it is done printing, Hunnter picks it up, and glances it over. "Well...?" Julia asks. "We're needed in Japan, " Hunter says, "500 models of the 1999 Nissan Altima were stolen at Nissan HQ, and the the Japanese guy and his dog who do the commercials were kidnapped as well." The Rovers then gape and shock, and Exile says, "How dare they kidnap that guy and his dog?" "That guy is so cool!" Buddy says, "And he's right. We do love trucks." "Yeah," Julia says, "Feeling the wind flap against the ears as you look at the other cars flying past and bark at the strange dogs around you, there is no better feeling!" She then frowns, and says, "Wait til I get my hands on thoose kidnappers." Muzzle then growls, and starts to hop up and down angrily. "Easy Muzzle," Julia says, "You'll get a shot at him." "But I won't," Exile says, "I have to stay and work on a plane for us. It's pretty funski!!" "Neither will I," Hunter says, "I have to stick around in case we have anything other emergencies." "Then will you never go on a mission again?" Spirit asks. "I will," Hunter replies, "But I have to load communication with the IRN into our planes. That way we can get information on other happenings around the world. And of course that means that I have to load it on to the planes." "I see," Spirit says. "Good luck, comerades!!" Exile says. The Rovers then wave good-byes as the board the Power Rover (that was re-built) and fly off. "Well, headquarters is all ours now," Exile says to Hunter. "Yeah," Hunter replies, "And this leadership stuff is hard work. Later Ex." "Until we meet again comerade," Exile says, as Hunter goes out to work on loading the communications system into the plane. We then flip ahead to 8:00 that night, where we see Hunter on the computer that he printed the bulletin off. On it, he is recieving updates on the Rovers progress. He then reads:
"The Rovers are hot on the trail. Some recoverd Altimas were found with fingerprints on them, and the Rovers are following the scent of the bad guys." "Sounds like our comerades are making considerable progress," Exile says, finishing a chicken wing. "Seems like it," Hunter says, "Up for a ride on the roller coaster at RoverLand?" "No thanks, I have weak stoumach," Exile replies, "How about a lap around the go-cart track?" "Sure," Hunter replies, "I'll race ya." Before Exile can say anything, Hunter takes off with his super speed. "That's fair," Exile says, as he chases after Hunter, with no chance of beating him. He then arrives at the go-carts, hops in, and sees Hunter next to him. "Loser buys a bone for the winner?" Hunter asks. "I definetly will win now," Exile says, as the two dogs hit the gas pedal. We then see the two speeding across turns, going down and up small hills, staying neck-and-neck the entire race. Then, suddenly, Exile pulls ahead as he takes the inside on a turn, forcing Hunter to the outside, and wins the race. He then says, "Hunter, I'm awful hungry!!" Hunter then hands him the money for a bone. "Thank you," Exile says, as he runs off to buy one. Hunter then goes back inside, and spots the IRN computer. On it, he sees the words "NEWS FLASH!" on the screen. He then clicks on it, and it reads:
"Mysterious Landing in India"
from: Asian correspondent
In another strange development, what seems to be a U.F.O. has landed in a corn field in eastern India. Please investigate this situation. But before you go, enter the code "ribs" into the transdogmafier, and then transdogmafiy yourselves. The end result is appropriate."
Hunter then grabs his cell phone and dials up Exile's phone number. Hunter hears him munching on a bone, and then hears him ask, "Who is it?" "Exile, we have another emegency," Hunter says. "What, are we out of biscuits?" Exile asks. "No," Hunter replies, "There's report of a U.F.O. landing in a corn field in India." "So there is something else besides corn in Indiana now," Exile replies. "No, India," Hunter replies. "Oh," Exile replies, "Then what are we waiting for. Let's go!!!!" "Well, the flash told me to put a code into the transdogmafier, that would better fit the situation." "What's the code?" Exile asks. "Ribs," Hunter replies. "I didn't say what's for dinner," Exile replies, "I said what's the code?" "Ribs is the code," Hunter asks. "Ribs?" Exile asks, "Maybe the transdogmafier will turn us into gigantic ribs, and the ailens will eat us until they are too full and then they will take us back to their home planet and serve us in one of those cheesy all-you-can eat bars!! Or maybe ailens are offended by ribs, and they will just leave when they see ribs walking around stalking them. Or..." "You have a very vivid imagination," Hunter says. "Thank you, it is gift," Exile says. Hunter then walks over to the Master's super-computer and types in ribs on the code part for the transdogmafier. "I'll try it first," Hunter says, as he walks towards the transdogmafier. He then enters, and the usually misty black light comes out of the machine. Then, Hunter exits, wearing a black coat, sunglasses, and black pants. "It's the third men in black!" Exile says, "Or the first Rover in black! Agent H!" Hunter then removes the glasses and says, "Pretty cool huh, agent E?" Exile then enters the machine and exits the same way. He then chuckles, and says, "I like this better than my rib idea!" The two then run to the smaller Power Rover and hop in it with their new look. They then fly through the hole that opened as the Rovers took off, and head towards India. Hunter did load the IRN into the plane, so he is currently seeing how the Rovers are doing over in Japan. Hunter then gets the information on the computer screen, and says, "They still haven't solved the mission," Hunter says, "Which is just fine with me. They may be jealous with us getting to do this Rovers In Black business." "True comerade Hunter," Exile says, "Hopefully we will get back before them so they won't find out about our fun!" Exile then smiles evily as he continues to fly the plane. We then see the Power Rover land in the India cornfield, and we see Exile and Hunter then exit the plane. The two then look around, yet they see no UFO. "False alarm?" Exile asks. "I don't know," Hunter says, "Let's take a look around first." Little do they know that the UFO is following them from behind. As the two search, the UFO continues to follow them, always staying behind the Rovers backs. Then, when Hunter is about to give up the search, a blast exits from the UFO and heats some of the corn near Hunter's right foot. And we all know what happens when corn heats! Popcorn!! Popcorn then begins forming all over the cornfield. When there is as much as possible, we can't see Exile, who has sunken into the popcorn. We then see him reammerge from the pile, munching happily on the load. Hunter then turns around, and sees the UFO right behind him. "Exile!" Hunter says. "Mmm, this popcorn is so tastski!" Exile says, as he continues to eat, paying no attention to Hunter. Suddenly, like a giant vacumn, the UFO strangely sucks up all the popcorn into it's center! "Who are you, the Nutty Professor?" Exile asks, inquiring to the thing that took the popcorn. But, when he turns around, he sees a UFO instead!! "What?" Exile asks, "A UFO ate the popcorn? Imposible!" The UFO then flies off. "It did," Hunter says. The two then run back to the plane, and Hunter checks the IRN. Sure enough, a message says, "We know why the UFO landed in a cornfield. It runs on heated corn, or, as we call it on Earth, popcorn. " The Rovers can only laugh as theu read this. "Where are they from, planet chestorol?" Hunter asks, as the Rovers laugh some more. "Maybe the UFO is named planet snack bar," Exile kids. Then, the plane begins to shake, and they are panic-stricken, as they hear the ailens say, "You must surrender, or die!!" over their own audio system. "They jammed it!" Hunter says, "There is intellegent life out there after all. They know what their doing." Hunter then replies, "What are you going to do? Shoot us with some goobers?" Hunter and Exile then start laughing, but the ailens reply by saying, "If you don't surrender, we'll destroy the Earth." "With Snickers bars?" Exile jokes. The ailens then fire a blast at the plane to show that they are more than a snack bar converted into a plane, but the Rovers quickly dodge it and see what happens to what it hits. They see it hit a tree, and it blows it up when it hits it. "So they do mean business!" Hunter says. "What should we do, comerade?" Exile asks. Hunter then turns around and starts flying at the UFO. "Hunter, what are you doing?" Exile asks. "Trust me Ex," Hunter replies, "Have I ever led you wrong?" "Well, there was that one time when you told me that using popcorn grease as cologne attracts the ladies," Exile replies. "It was just a joke, can't you get over it?" Hunter asks. "And the..." Exile starts, but stops as Hunter flies across the side of the plane. Being so close to the plane, the UFO can't get the plane in range. But Hunter can fire easily, since the plane is much smaller than the UFO, it isn't hard to miss. He then fires at the UFO, and the UFO is directly hit in its center. The hit causes the plane to lose its main control center, and its controls as well, making it totally useless. It then falls helplessly to the ground, and the Rovers sweep down, to send them off their planet. But, before the Rovers get to the UFO, several small planes come out of the ship, with yellowish-green ailens inside. "They escaped!!" Exile says, "Oy." "At least we can get a fix on them from their UFO," Hunter says, as the two exit their plane and enter the UFO. They then enter the UFO, and see Mystery Science Theater 3000 playing. It is expirement #903, Puma Man. They then see Puma Man flying around like a geek, as he does in the show. "That is a bobcat guy?" Hunter asks (Puma is defined as COUGAR; also : the fur or pelt of a cougar). "That is not puma or cougar man," Exile says, "That is captain dork!" "Yeah, why didn't they just call the movie Captain Dork Battles the Guy with the Shaking Mirror?" "That would have been better," Exile says. They then see a note on top of the TV, and it says, "MST3K movies. Use movie ideas to torture Earth." "They're using Mystery Science Theater 3000 to torture us?" Hunter says, "Sure ruins a great show." Exile then finds another note near the TV. "Never watch Independence Day again. It is so sad." "So they love MST3K to torture us, but they hate ID4 because it makes them sad," Hunter says. "That sure is a lot of numbers," Exile says, "We should stop by headquarters and pick up a copy." "They better leave this planet as quick as the number of stars Puma Man got!" Hunter exclaims. "Half a second?" Exile asks. "Precisely!" Hunter says, as the two exit and board their plane. "To headquarters!" Hunter says, as the RIBs are off to pick up a copy of Independence Day. Then, at that second, Crow from MST3K calls. Crow is a little yellow robot who I think makes the funniest comments. "Hello Hunter!" Crow says. "How'd you get this number?" Hunter asks, as Exile stares at him. He then THINKS he knows what is going on. "Ah ha, Hunter is talking with his girlfriend!" Exile says. Then, just as Hunter is about to say "No," Crow says, "We're getting good ratings on Mars lately." "I think I know why," Hunter says. "Why then?" Crow asks, "Are a high percentage of Martians Puma-Space Men religious?" "Maybe," Hunter says, "But not the main reason." Exile is confused, but then asks, "Are you dumping her?" Hunter then continues, "Martians are using your episodes to find ways to torture us." "She works for MST3K?" Exile asks, "Pretty nifty." "We'd be happy to help," Crow says, "But I'm afraid we're stuck up here on the Satelite of Love forever." "C'mon, I know you just are off to watch another of those lamo movies," Hunter replies. "Ok, you got me," Crow replies. "Is she going with anyone?" Exile asks, still thinking that it is Hunter's girlfriend on the other end. Crow then pauses, and says, "That dog has a very vivid imagination. Is he talking to his imaginary friend or something?" "No, he thinks I'm talking to my girlfriend instead of you," Hunter replies. "Hmmm?" Exile asks, missing what Hunter says. "Oh really?" Crow asks, "Let me talk to him." "Ok..." Hunter says. He then hands Exile the phone, and says, "It's for you." Exile then looks suprised as he accepts the phone. "Hello?" he asks. "Hi honey," Crow says, in his best Mariah Carey voice. He then looks shocked, and then smiles at Hunter. "You lucky dog!" "I guess some dogs have all the luck," Hunter says, pointing to himself, and then giggling. Exile then stutters into the phone, "So...you're dating...Hunter?" Exile asks into the phone. Crow then giggles, and says, "No way!! Where did you get a kooky idea like that?" into the phone. Exile then stares at the phone, and then begins laughing hilariously. The two others, Crow and Hunter, follow. Then, Crow fights through the laughter, and says, "Gotta go guys. Have to watch "Werewolf" and make fun of it. Talk later!" "Cya Crow!" Hunter says, as the two continue their laughter. "Crow, what a kidder!" Hunter says. "Yes," Exile says, "But I didn't fall for it." "Oh come on Ex," Hunter says, "You bought it like a cheap suit!" "Ok, I did," Exile says, giving in, "How about some baseball?" "Not now Exile," Hunter replies, "I'm sorta busy...flying the plane. Besides, you know I'd cream you like I creamed Jeff with that pie last year at your birthday." "He still hasn't forgiven you for that, I bet," Exile says, "Besides, I meant on the tube." "Oh yeah, sure," Hunter says. They then turn on the TV between the two seats and above the controls and see that the Giants are playing the Diamonbacks. Bill Muller, a 3rd baseman for the Giants, is batting. He then hits it out of the yard for a home run. "And it's a homer by Bill "Ferris" Muller!" Hunter exclaims. "Uh, Hunter!" Exile screams, looking out the front window. "Ok, ok, it's Ferris Buller. Close enough," Hunter says. "NO, LOOK!!" Exile exclaims, making him look out the front window. Hunter then sees RRHQ's highest point, the Master's office, overlooking the entire headquarters, inches in front of the plane. He then quickly declines, and Exile covers his sunglasses as the plane falls through the plane headquarters, but lands pretty well. "Another great landing, comerade Hunter!" Exile says. "Aw Exile, you're just too nice," Hunter says, "Now to find Independence Day!!" We then see Hunter open a door with a key and opens the door. Inside, we see tons of shelves with movies on them. The two Rovers then look around in awe at the ammount of movies in the Road Rover movie vault. "We best get looking to stop baddest space invaders!!" Exile says. "Yeah, but...where?" Hunter asks.
7 Hours Later
We then see the sun shining through the RRHQ windows, and we see Exile and Hunter fast asleep on a pile of movies. Exile then squirms around, and causes a video tape to fall to the ground. We then see it fall in slow motion, and hear a large boom that is really a minor boom but because we are in slow motion it sounds louder than it really is. This wakes Hunter up. He then rubs his eyes, and looks down at the video. Sure enough, on the label, it reads "Independence Day." "I would not have predicted this," Hunter says. Exile then wakes up, and asks, "What is amiss, comerade?" "Nothing," Hunter replies, "In fact, you found Independence Day." "Me?" Exile asks. "Yes, you," Hunter says, "It fell to the ground when you rolled around." "Greatski," Exile replies. "No, Independence Day. He plays hockey," Hunter replies. "Oh," Exile replies, confused at what Hunter said. "Off to find those pesky ailens!" Hunter says. "Right!" Exile replies, "But can we eat first? I'm so hungry I could eat a tiger who ate a elephant who ate a redwood who ate...a...a" "I get your point, Exile," Hunter says, "But let's hit the road first."
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