Null Bot of the Bride

Written by:

Ian Pearson
Gavin Blair
Raul Inglis
Phil Mitchell

Transcribed by: Kim McFarland

Why's she posing like that? She's only trying on the veil.[Open on Dot, who wearing a white veil and looking into the camera as flute and harp music plays. She tilts her head up and to the side, still looking at the camera, then lifts the veil and turns it back over her head. She looks off to the side. The camera pans to the side, showing a mirror. In it, Dot is posing and Mouse is sitting on a round cushion. Mouse turns to look at Dot in the mirror.]
Mouse:
[twittery] Hurry up, AndrAIa!
AndrAIa:
[voiceover] Coming!
[The camera pans to the left. AndrAIa, small VidWindows in both hands, pushes through the curtain.]

Music Composed by
Bob Buckley

[AndrAIa looks at one of the VidWindows, then holds it out to Dot.]
AndrAIa:
This is the one?
[Dot looks at the VidWindow, smiles, then looks up at AndrAIa and nods. She gives the VidWindow back.]
AndrAIa:
[looking at the VidWindow] It's beautiful, Dot!


Directed by
Steve Ball

Mouse:
[looking over AndrAIa's shoulder] Wow! Download it on! I can't wait to see you in it! Where's mine?
[AndrAIa looks through the other VidWindows in her hands, then shows one to Mouse. They look at it, then at each other. They giggle. Dot simpers. Then, when Dot hears Bob 2, she looks surprised. The camera pans over to the curtains.]
Bob 2:
[voiceover] Cecil, you can't go in there!
[The curtains move about as if someone is pushing them around, trying to find the separation.]
Cecil:
[voiceover] I am the wedding planner! I go where I please!
[Dot and AndrAIa stare.]
Cecil:
[continuing] D'ohhh, how do you open this thing?
Bob 2:
[voiceover] Cecil, no!
[Mouse snatches the veil off Dot's head and drops it on one of AndrAIa's VidWindows. Dot looks surprised and annoyed.]
Dot:
Mouse!
Mouse:
[to AndrAIa] Hide the dress! Bob can't see it!
[AndrAIa nods and turns away. Mouse walks toward the moving curtains.]
Cecil:
[voiceover] Has anyone got a key for this?
[Mouse draws her hip katana and slices the curtain. A section falls away, revealing a startled Cecil and Bob 2. Cecil is attached to the bar of a zip board.]
Mouse:
[waving her sword about] Can we... help you, sugah?
Cecil:
[pushing past Mouse and into the changing room] Are you mad?!
[Cecil's face fills the camera's viewpoint.]
Cecil:
[continuing] You want the ceremony here?!
[Cecil turns away from the camera. Now the War Room is in the background. Specky and some generic CPUs look up, surprised at Cecil's outburst.]
Dot:
Well, we wanted to choose somewhere that has some personal significance.
[Bob 2 and Dot look at each other.]
Cecil:
[hand to forehead, palm outward] Mon dieu!
Bob 2:
What's the problem?
Cecil:
Ohh, nothing! Absolutely nothing at all! This is a lovely room - for deletion!
[His face fills the camera viewpoint again. When he pulls back, they are in the Great Hall of the Principle Office.]
Cecil:
[continuing] Now this is a room!
[The camera pulls back as Dot speaks, showing how tiny they are in the huge, empty hall.]
Dot:
[echoing] Cecil, don't you think it's a little... Spartan?
Bob 2:
And big?
Cecil:
At the moment, yes. [enthusiastically] But wait and see! A little bouquet over there, a little color here... draperies... place settings... oh! String quartet. Ooh, statues with huge... urns! [tearfully] It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.
[Bob 2 and Dot look at each other, unconvinced, as Cecil sniffles.]
Cecil:
[brusquely] Now push off and let a maestro work!
[Bob 2 and Dot recoil, then look at each other.]

[Establishing shot of the clocklike palace in the Supercomputer. The camera comes down from above, just as it did during the "Daemon Rising" episodes. Cut to a hallway. Four Guardians wearing suits and face-covering helmets much like those they wore when infected by Daemon rush a floating capsule through a door and down the hall. The frozen, starry Glitch Bob is inside.]
Male Guardian 1:
I've never seen anything like it!
Female Guardian:
He's completely nonresponsive!
Male Guardian 2:
Some sort of crystalline state!
Male Guardian 3:
What're his energy signs?
Male Guardian 1:
Doesn't have any!
Female Guardian:
I'm not getting any BPM!
Male Guardian 1:
We're losing him! Get this ice sculpture to the dinner party before it melts!
Male Guardian 3:
Move it, people! Get him into stasis!
[They burst through the door at the end of the hall and into a room with a mechanical doohickey overhead.]
Male Guardian 3:
Get him straight into the FPS chamber!
Male Guardian 2:
Yes sir!
[They set Glitch Bob's capsule in place below the mechanical doohickey. The orange male Guardian on Glitch Bob's right presses a button on the side and looks up. A clear hemicylindrical cover is lowered onto the capsule. The orange Guardian presses an orange button. A semicircle just inside the cover moves down from Glitch Bob's head to his feet, then back, shining bright light on him. As it finishes a VidWindow opens beside the orange Guardian. He looks at it. It displays a graph on its left side. On the right side is a color coded legend - "EEG," "CCG," "CRD," "PULS," and "STAT" - and below the graph green binary code begins scrolling.]

[Another dressing area. We see one of the blue-curtained rooms from outside.]
Matrix:
[voiceover] Hey! Whaddaya doin' with that tape measure?
[There is a zipperlike sound.]
Matrix:
[voiceover] Whoa!
Al's Second Waiter:
Oh, but sir!
[There is another zipperlike sound.]
Matrix:
[indignantly] I could do this myself.
[Al's Second Waiter skates out through the curtains.]
Al's Second Waiter:
Oh, well, if you insist. [skates over to another changing room and peeks in through the curtains] Aaand how're we doing in here?
[An unidentified female voice screams.]
Slash:
[voiceover] Do I know you?!
Al's Second Waiter:
[skating away] Oh, suit yourself. Come out when you're ready. [He hears curtains being pulled aside, and turns.] No respect, no respect at all.
Al's Second Waiter:
[enthusiastically] Oh, sir!
[Matrix is wearing a black tux and pulling at the collar as if it is too tight.]
Matrix:
I feel stupid!
Al's Second Waiter:
[flamboyantly] Oh! But you look good enough to eat!
[There is a ripping sound. Al's Second Waiter screeches. Cut to Matrix, who is now wearing a sleeveless tux.]
Matrix:
Ah. That's better!
[Hack clears his throat. Matrix looks over. Cut to Hack and Slash, who are now painted in tuxedo colors. The black of Hack's uniform has a red shine, and the black of Slash's shines blue. Both pose, arms out.]
Hack:
Ta-dah!
[Bob 2 walks into frame.]
Bob 2:
Lookin' sharp, boys.
Hack:
Eh, hiya-
Slash:
-Bob.
Bob 2:
[to Matrix] And you're gonna look great when that's finished, Matrix.
[Al's Second Waiter rolls his eye and skates off.]
Matrix:
Hey, where's your monkey suit?
Bob 2:
Oh, I'll be wearing my dress uniform.
Matrix:
[gesturing at and looking down at what is left of his tux] What, and I have to wear this?
Bob 2:
Well, yeah. The Best Sprite has to look the part.
Matrix:
[annoyed] Well, that's j- [surprised] Did you say Best Sprite?
[Bob smiles and nods once at Matrix.]
Matrix:
[bashfully, pulling at his collar] Ah, Bob... it'd be an honor!
Bob 2:
[handing a small VidWindow to Matrix] Well, ya better download this.
[Matrix raises the VidWindow to look at it. On the front is, in a calligraphic font, "The Duties of the Best Sprite."
Bob 2:
[to Hack and Slash] Uh, I need a quiet word, guys. Couldja?
Hack:
Eh, oh, yeah, yeah, sure.
Slash:
Mum's the word! Discretion is our middle name.
Hack:
I thought your middle name was Elvin.
[The two bots wheel out.]
Matrix:
[softly] Hey, what's up?
Bob 2:
[low voice] I've just heard from Turbo.
Matrix:
The other Bob? I-is he-?
Bob 2:
[shaking his head] Not good and getting worse. I'm gonna have to tell Dot. Maybe put the wedding off.
Matrix:
No, you can't do that! Look, I've never seen sis this happy. Bob, just don't tell 'er. Please.
Bob 2:
Okay. If you're sure.
[Matrix nods.]

Stick him in the neck? That's the best you can do?
[Back to the operating theater. The orange Guardian, who is no longer wearing his helmet, studies the stats VidWindow. He turns and presses another orange button. A pair of rods with pads on the end lower onto Glitch Bob's eyes. The Guardian looks at him, then at the stats screen. Binary code flows at the bottom. The chart shows one moving red line like that of a heart monitor. It zigzags down below a blue horizontal line in the center of the graph. The binary code turns red and starts buzzing and flashing. The Guardian looks at Bob. and presses a button. A drill-like probe presses against the side of Glitch Bob's neck. The tip breaks off. The Guardian reacts with surprise. Then he closes his eyes and shakes his head.]

[Matrix, AndrAIa, and Bob 2 are sitting in a booth in Dot's Diner. Bob 2 is sitting on a side by himself, and his arm is resting on the top of the seat back. They look up as the camera viewpoint walks up to them Then Dot slides in beside Bob 2.]
Dot:
Here you all are. [kisses Bob 2's cheek]
Matrix:
So what've you been up to?
Dot:
Don't ask. Just about everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. Ah, I've had to change everything, rebook some things, cancel others - you wouldn't believe it.
AndrAIa:
Having fun, then!
Dot:
[gleefully] Loving every nano of it! [to Matrix] Well, big brother, I've a favor to ask.
Matrix:
Go ahead. Ask away.
Dot:
Would you walk up the aisle with me and give away the bride?
[Bob 2 looks startled. He looks over at Matrix.]
Matrix:
Dot, I... I...
[While Dot speaks, Matrix and Bob 2 exchange nervous looks.]
Dot:
I know, it should be Dad, but Dad's... not... himself, so...
[Enzo starts to walk by the booth.] Just the hat I wanted to see!
Bob 2:
Enzo, just the Sprite I need to see. Would you be my Best Sprite?
Enzo:
Best Sprite? Sure, Bob!
Dot:
[to Bob 2] You're so sweet.
[Dot leans against Bob. Bob grins and winks at Matrix.]
Matrix:
[handing Enzo the "Duties of the Best Sprite" VidWindow] Huh. Here. You better read this. [to Dot] Dot, I would be honored.
Enzo:
Bob, what's a "stag night"?

[The camera comes down, first showing the neon sight of Al's Wait and Eat. Much of the neon is burnt out. Fade to the inside, where the Smalltown Binomes are dancing sleazily to sleazy sax music. Behind them is a "Congratulations Dot" banner. Mouse, Dot, and AndrAIa sit at the edge of the "stage." Mouse and AndrAIa are enjoying the show; Dot is embarrassed but grinning. The motorcycle cop binome takes off his helmet and holds it in front of his, er, lower block. Seen from the back, all of the Smalltown Binomes are holding their hats similarly. They throw the hats up into the air on the final note of the music. Dot, AndrAIa, and Mouse look up.]
Audience:
Ooooh!
[The Smalltown Binomes walk offstage. The audience applauds and whistles. Mouse laughs at Dot. The handyman binome stops in front of Dot and holds out his hand.] Glitch Bob who?
Dot:
[laughing] No, n-n-no, I can't.
[Dot gets up and climbs onto the stage as a new tune starts. The audience claps and whistles. Mouse slaps Dot on the bitmap. Mouse laughs. As AndrAIa speaks Al's Second Waiter skates by in the background, looking up appreciatively at the stage.]
AndrAIa:
I have never seen her so happy!
Mouse:
[laughs] She deserves it! She's been through a lot!
[A sock lands on Mouse's face. AndrAIa laughs. Al's Second Waiter, still watching the stage, skates by again.]
Mouse:
I hope the boys are havin' this much fun!

[Interior, Dot's Diner. A noisemaker is blown right in front of Bob 2's face, startling him. The camera pans over to show that Enzo is the culprit. In the background a twangy version of the ReBoot theme is playing. There are clusters of balloons here and there. Slash applauds the unicycle-riding binome clown, who is juggling colored balls. Enzo holds up a plate of green Jell-O.]
Enzo:
More jelly, Bob?
Bob 2:
[looking at the Jell-O, eyes narrowed] Mmm. [turning to Matrix, who is wearing a party hat and looking unamused] More jelly, Matrix?
Matrix:
[sighs and turns away] No.
[Matrix leans on one elbow. The clown wheels past the jukebox. Several of the pirates are in one of the booth. At the foreground, sitting at the bar, a pirate looks at the shot glass of pop he is holding, then lets it drop with an expression of disdain.]

[PLACE COMMERCIAL HERE]
Shooting him is gonna help more than sticking him in the neck? [A cylindrical enclosure comes down around Glitch Bob's pod, effectively sealing him off in a smaller room. The orange Guardian watches as the hemicylindrical cover is raised again. A large needlelike device unfolds to point downwards. On a VidWindow a red crosshairs icon appears on a wireframe representation of Glitch Bob. It moves upward from the abdomen to the chest as it makes a "powering up" sound. The needlelike gun points at Glitch Bob, a targeting icon just to the right of his icon. The gun's tip glows, then shoots a beam at Glitch Bob. The beam ricochets off Glitch Bob and zaps around the room, breaking windows and bouncing off Glitch Bob again. The orange Guardian watches, startled. The ray breaks out through a window and burns a hole in the ceiling. The Guardian frowns. Whatever is covering Glitch Bob is unaffected, and he is now noticeably dimmer.]

[In front of a small archway, Cecil floats via his zip board.]
Cecil:
Well, my work here.. is done. Windows 95
[With a fanfare, the camera pulls back. The Great Hall now looks like a church, complete with windows and pews. On four columns at the walls stand large statues of One binomes. The archway is on the stage. On the wall behind the stage are three icons: black and white on the left, gold and white on the right, and white and gold in the middle.]
Bob 2:
[voiceover] Cecil! By the User!
[Cecil looks around. Bob 2 walks out from behind the curtains on one side of the stage.]
Bob 2:
[looking all around] This is... amazing! Incredible!
Cecil:
But of course it is!
Bob 2:
No, Cecil, I'm serious. This is fabulous. Thank you. [holds a hand out to Cecil]
Cecil:
[surprised, shaking Bob's hand] You're... you're very welcome, m'sieur Bob.
Bob 2:
[looking around, still shaking Cecil's hand] Beautiful. Stunning.
Cecil:
[embarrassed] Oh, well, heh, I wouldn't go too far.
Bob 2:
No, really.
Cecil:
Well, what can I say? It is a gift!
[They finally finish shaking hands.]
Bob 2:
You know, we were really warming up to each other there.
Cecil:
[thoughtfully] Yes, yes, we were!
Bob:
I didn't like it!
Cecil:
Moi aussi!
[They turn and go off in opposite directions.]

[The orange Guardian and Turbo are standing by Glitch Bob's capsule.] Also Sprach Glitch
Orange Guardian:
I'm out of ideas. Nothing can penetrate - whatever that is. What energy remains within his body is fading. We're losing him, sir.
[The camera zooms in on Glitch Bob. When it reaches his forehead the scene goes white. In the blank whiteness is a bed. Glitch Bob is floating above it. Eerie sounds, somewhere between music and screams, is heard. There is a rumbling, and a shadow falls over Glitch Bob. He startles awake. A featureless dark blue rectangle towers over him. He stands in front of it, looking at his reflection in its surface.]
Glitch Bob:
[thinking in voiceover] Am I real, or just a copy?
[The rectangle rumbles. Bob looks up. The rectangle turns around, revealing that it is a giant Glitch. Fire appears in the wheel, which begins to turn.]

[Hack and Slash are ushering in the wedding guests. Hack wheels back toward the entrance, where Slash is speaking to some guests.]
Slash:
Friend of the bride or the groom? How can they tell who is who now?
[Mr. Christopher, Miss Sally, and another pirate are the group he is speaking to.]
Mr. Christopher:
W-well, both.
Hack:
Ah, both.
Slash:
Both?
Hack:
Both!
Slash:
Uh, beats me.
Hack:
Uh, yeah, uh, maybe they sit in the aisle.
Slash:
In the aisle? Ah, yeah, works for me!
Hack:
Yeah, heh, let me show you to your... floor.
Mr. Christopher:
[walking between Hack and Slash] Never mind, we'll seat ourselves.
Miss Sally:
[pointing] Arr, there's the Cap'n.

[Phong follows Enzo , who walks into Phong's office.]
Phong:
Come back, young Sprite! We will be late!
[Enzo goes to Nibbles's tank.]
Enzo:
I-I gotta get Dad. He can't miss this!
[Seen from inside the tank, they look at Nibbles.]
Phong:
Oh, how are you, old friend?
[Nibbles squeaks.]
Enzo:
D'you think he knows what's going on? You know, Dot and everything?
Phong:
Oh, I'm sure he's very happy for his daughter.
[Enzo reaches up and takes off part of the tank's lid.]
Enzo:
How we gonna get him to the wedding? Turn on your head light in the middle of a young boy's dream
[Nibbles leaps out of the tank and into Enzo's hand. There is a sizzling sound. Enzo yells. His icon begins to glow and spin. A red glow rushes from it down Enzo's arm to Nibbles. Nibbles lights up, squeals, and jumps out of Enzo's hand and onto the top of the tank.]
Phong:
[to Enzo] Oh, are you all right?!
Enzo:
Yeah. That was freaky.
Phong:
Oh, I am not sure what happened, but your icon is normal again!
[Enzo looks up. The icon on his cap is once more black and white, albeit with gold edging.]
Nullman Matrix:
Enzo! Phong!
[Enzo and Phong look over. Nibbles - now red and green striped - is "sitting up" and speaking to them.]
Nullman Matrix:
[continuing] I have returned!
[Enzo and Phong stare, amazed.]

[In Bob's dream, a spiral of keytools emerges from Glitch's firey wheel. They are different colors and configurations. The spiral approaches Glitch Bob, who is now some distance from the Glitch monolith. As they fly into him, passing through his armor and not coming out the other side, he raises his hands and tilts his head up, eyes nearly closed.]

[Binomes sit in the pews, looking around, snoring, and coughing. Bob pulls on the collar of his red, black, and gold dress uniform, looking uncomfortable. He looks over at the side of the stage. Matrix, in a tux complete with sleeves, runs over from behind the curtains. Bob 2 looks alarmed, as if afraid Matrix is about to tackle him. Matrix skids to a stop in front of Bob 2.]
Bob 2:
[whispering] Is she here yet?
Matrix:
[whispering] Yeah.
Bob 2:
[whispering] Great.
Matrix:
But we can't find Phong and Enzo.
Bob 2:
What?!
Matrix:
N-nah- Don't worry, we're on it. At least the bride showed up.
[Phong and Enzo come out from behind the curtains behind Matrix as he speaks. Bob 2 and Matrix look over; Bob is missing his icon. Matrix smiles. Phong wheels over to his place in front of Bob 2 and Matrix. Enzo stands next to Matrix; Matrix puts a hand on Enzo's back.]
Bob 2:
[to Matrix] Go and get 'er!
Matrix:
Oh. Uh, yeah. Right. [starts to walk off]
Enzo:
Wait. [holding onto Matrix's hand] We've got someone else to do that. Another of Phong's Lucky Guesses?
[The organ music begins. It starts like Mendelssohn's wedding march and segues into the ReBoot theme. With a flash of white light the doors open. Dot, in a white wedding dress, is holding the arm of a Sprite-sized exoskeleton which has, in place of a head, a small tank holding Nibbles.]
Matrix:
Dad?
[Flashbulbs go off. Bob 2 grins, looking at something beyond Matrix. Matrix looks down at Enzo, who nods and grins back up. Dot, smiling and looking around self-consciously, walks slowly with the null-bot. Behind her, Mouse and AndrAIa walk in, wearing horrible pastel bell-like dresses and carrying bouquets. They make their way up the aisle as more flashbulbs go off. The crew of the Saucy Mare - minus Capacitor - smile as she goes by. Mike and his camera and boom mike operator are recording. Mike is misty-eyed and, for once, silent.]
Nullman Matrix:
[sotto voce, to Dot] You look beautiful, princess.
Dot:
[to Nullman] This is the happiest second of my life!
[Bob 2 smiles widely as Dot approaches.]

[The organ music segues into a steady tone. On the stats VidWindow the red blip has flatlined, and the code below it is red and all zeroes. The camera pulls out to show Turbo and the orange Guardian looking at Glitch Bob, who is now solid black.]
Orange Guardian:
[sighs] We did everything we could, sir.
[Turbo looks at the graph VidWindow]
Turbo:
[softly] Yeah. I know. [shakes his head sadly]

[PLACE COMMERCIAL HERE]
[Dot, Nullman, AndrAIa, and Mouse reach their places on the stage. Nullman walks off. Dot turns to Bob 2 and smiles. He smiles back. Phong clears his throat. Seen from over Bob 2 and Dot's clasped hands, Phong speaks.]
Phong:
We are all here to witness the joining together...
[Phong's speech fades out as the scene switches to the now-darkened room in which Glitch Bob's pod rests. An orange glow suddenly appears in the pod. Turbo and the orange Guardian, who were walking toward the door, turn back. Bob is glowing as if filled with fire. Black spheres emerge from his chest. As they float up they "pop," revealing keytools within. They form a dome above Glitch Bob.]
Turbo:
Look! They keytools! They're returning! My God, he's full of keytools!
[The remainder of the portals - which are now silvery - pop. The keytools turn their wheel sides inward and shine beams of white light at Glitch Bob.]
Turbo:
They're tryin' to save him!
[The keytools are no longer beaming at Glitch Bob. One flies to Turbo. Turbo raises his left arm. The keytool attaches itself his bracer. From the image in the wheel, it appears to be transferring code.]
Turbo:
Copland! Welcome home. We're joined again.
[Turbo turns to watch the flock of keytools float past him and down the hall. A keytool is now on Glitch Bob's arm. The keytool looks similar but not identical to Glitch. "Glitch" Bob is now in his old Web armor.
Orange Guardian:
The keytools have separated Glitch from Bob!
[The camera travels up to Web Bob's face. He looks as if he is sleeping peacefully. Turbo and the orange Guardian are by his pod again.]
Turbo:
How is he?
Orange Guardian:
[pressing buttons] Scanning now, sir!
[The scan light passes over Web Bob's face. Turbo watches as it goes down to Web Bob's feet.]
Orange Guardian:
Glitch's been upgraded... Bob's okay! But his code doesn't match what we have on file!
Turbo:
Eh, so, looks like he's the copy. [sympathetically] That's gonna hurt.
[Web Bob turns his head and moans as he awakens. He looks at Turbo. The blurry image clears as Web Bob's eyes focus.]
Turbo:
Welcome back... Bob.

[Back to the wedding.]
Phong:
And if any sprite knows why Dot and Bob should not be joined together, they should speak now, or forever hold their peace.
[Dot and Bob 2 gaze at each other. A portal opens behind them, and Web Bob walks out.] Wedding Cliche 5a
Web Bob:
I do!
[A gasp goes up as everyone on the stage looks at Web Bob, who is striding up toward them.]
Dot:
Bob! You're okay!
Web Bob:
[determinedly] I'm pretty far from okay! You can't do this, Dot! I love you.
Bob 2:
I've had enough of this!
[Bob 2 draws back and punches Web Bob off camera. Dot stares in shock and the audience gasps. Web Bob turns around and points his left fist at Bob 2.]
Web Bob:
Glitch! Energy-
Dot:
[interrupting] No! Stop!
[She puts a hand on Web Bob's arm. He lowers it.]
Dot:
[continuing] Both of you!
Both Bobs:
But Dot!
Dot:
[to Web Bob] Bob, I'm sorry, but- [looks at Bob 2]
Web Bob:
But?
[Dot walks over to stand by Bob 2's side.]
Dot:
[to Web Bob] I'm sorry.
[Bob 2 smirks nastily at Web Bob. Web Bob looks down. Then he turns and walks away past Enzo.]
Enzo:
But Dot, h-he must be the real one! He's got Glitch!
Dot:
It doesn't matter, Enzo.
Enzo:
Why?
Dot:
You're too young to understand. Et tu, Glitch?
[Enzo looks down sadly. Glitch beeps. Web Bob raises his left forearm. As Web Bob stares, betrayed, it floats off his arm and away, then attaches itself to Bob 2's left bracer. Bob 2 raises his arm and looks, surprised, at the keytool. Dot comes close and looks as well. The audience gasps. Bob 2 smirks nastily at Web Bob. Web Bob looks defeated.]
Matrix:
[softly] So it's final.
Web Bob:
[in disbelief] I'm the copy. [turns away]
Dot:
Look, Bob-
Web Bob:
No. I'm - I'm sorry. I thought I could change your mind. I-I'm ruining everything for you. I'll go.
[Web Bob hangs his head. As the binomes in the pews watch, he walks back down the aisle. Dot looks close to tears.]
Phong:
[softly] Should I continue?
[She shakes her head slightly and looks at Bob 2. He nods, narrow eyed, at her.]
Dot:
Yes. Please. Go on.
Phong:
[clears his throat] And if there are no other objections? [pause] Ah. If any of you know any reason why you cannot be joined together, speak now.
[Glitch's wheel begins to spin.] Allergic reaction
Bob 2:
Ah!
[Bob 2 raises the his left arm and looks at Glitch. A diagram showing code flowing from a Sprite to a keytool appears in the wheel. The Sprite symbol shrinks and the keytool symbol grows.]
Phong:
Is that a yes?
[Bob 2 makes noises of pain, as if Glitch is hurting him. AndrAIa and Mouse watch, surprised. Web Bob turns around. Glitch floats off Bob 2's bracer and returns to Web Bob's left forearm. The diagram shows code flowing from the keytool to the Sprite.]
Web Bob:
What're you doing, Glitch?
[Bob 2 cries out, his face twisting beyond a normal grimace of pain.]
Web Bob:
[clutching at his throat and speaking in two voices] What's happening to me?!
[A burst of light transforms him back to his old self - or, rather, an appearance identical to that of Bob 2.]
Enzo:
What's happening to you? [points to Bob 2 with his thumb] Look at him! Ewwww
[Bob 2 turns away, trembling. The binomes in the pews gasp and stare. Bob 2 contorts, back to the camera. Then he turns back around, transforming into a hideously web-degraded Megabyte. He looks around and growls. Dot stares.]
Bob:
Megabyte!
[As the binomes scream, Megabyte poses, clawed hands raised. Dot does not try to flee.]
Dot:
[shocked] M... Megabyte?
Megabyte:
[calmly, to Dot] I see my charade is at an end. A pity. We would've made a perfect couple.
[Dot gapes at Megabyte. Matrix reaches down for Gun, and is surprised and alarmed when it is not on his leg.]
Mouse:
[patting her skirt as if searching her pockets] Ah, this dress don't come with a katana!
AndrAIa:
[pushing Mouse back and holding up a hand, nails extended] I've got 'im!
Bob:
No! [posing] He's mine!
[The audience gasps.]
Megabyte:
I've missed you, Guardian. Welcome back.
Bob:
Back and fully charged. [the camera zooms in on his face] Let's do it!
[Megabyte growls and lunges forward. He runs down the aisle, his heavy footsteps shaking the camera. Bob runs toward Megabyte. Glitch turns into a bar of light. He hits Megabyte with it, sending Megabyte flying overhead. Megabyte lands hard on his front. Binomes run, screaming, through the pews and away from Megabyte. Dot stares.]
Mouse:
[putting her hands on Dot's shoulders] You all right, sugah?
Dot:
[shakily] No.
Spaniel lips [Megabyte gets to his feet and glares at Bob. He holds a hand down, claws extended. Bob raises his arm; Glitch turns into a bar of light again. Snarling, Megabyte stalks toward Bob. He swipes at Bob with his claws. Bob deflects the blows with Glitch and dodges back. He strikes at Megabyte's abdomen, then his head, with the light sword. Megabyte shifts his jaw as he looks down at Bob. He raises a hand, palm toward Bob. A line snakes out, coiling around Bob. Megabyte yanks on it and pulls Bob forward. Megabyte grabs Bob's head with one hand, swings him back, and throws him. Bob goes crashing into the pews, breaking through a bunch of them in a diagonal line and hitting the organ. It disappears into splinters. The base holding the pipes breaks, and the pipes spill down. Binomes gasp and cover their eyes, then look back when the noise dies down. Bob is buried under a haystack of pipes. Megabyte, eyes narrowed, walks closer. The pipes glow, then stand up, forming a barrier. Megabyte looks up and backs several steps away. The pipes in the middle bend. Bob is on the other side, using Glitch to shoot a beam of light at the pipes. He causes one pipe to bend, then with a yell sends it toward Megabyte. It wraps around the Virus and pins his arms to his sides. Megabyte struggles. After a few nanos he breaks out of it, and Bob goes flying back into the wall behind the pipes. Bob shakes his head to clear it, then gapes. Megabyte, claws held out in front of himself, growls and rushes toward Bob. He seizes Bob by the shoulders, picks him up, and snarls at him, then runs out of frame. Holding Bob by his hip, he rams Bob headfirst into three columns, which shatter. Megabyte laughs. Bob's eyes and mouth open wide when he sees the approaching wall. Again Glitch transforms into a glowing bar. Bob uses it to pole vault out of Megabyte's grip. Megabyte runs face-first into the wall. Hack and Slash watch from the end of the aisle.]
Hack:
[blithering frantically] Ish - eh - I- Who do we help?!
Slash:
Uh, I don't know, don't look at me!
Hack:
Ah - I - [arms flailing] Whuddabudda!
Slash:
Whuddabudda?
Hack:
[shrugging] It's all I got.
Slash:
Oh.
[Both bots scream and do a take, then crouch down. Megabyte goes sailing over them and through the doors. He bounces down the steps to the entrance of the Principle Office and comes to a stop lying on his front. He raises himself on his arms. Bob leaps from the top of the stairs ala Ranma Saotome.]
Bob:
[holding his left arm up] Why, Megabyte?! [clenching his fist] Why do this?!
Megabyte:
[chuckles] It amused me.
Bob:
Well, laugh this off! [to Glitch] Glitch! Power ram!
[Glitch shoots a large beam of energy. Megabyte gapes briefly before it hits him, knocking him away. He tears a furrow in the ground as he skids backward. Bob superleaps down the rest of the stairs to the start of the furrow. Mouse and Matrix come out the doors. Megabyte stands and brushes at his front with one hand.]
Megabyte:
Impressive. You seem stronger than I remember.
Bob:
I've been workin' out.
[Megabyte pauses and tilts his head, then spits a green spray into Bob's face. Bob yells in pain and covers his eyes. Megabyte leaps high into the air. When he lands in the midst of Phong, Enzo, Matrix, Mouse, and AndrAIa, who are halfway down the stairs, he swats all but Phong aside. He looks around, growling softly. Then he looks up and walks forward. Dot is standing a few stairs down from the entrance. She raises an arm as Megabyte approaches.]
And she thought she was choosing the prettier Bob! Megabyte:
Ahh, the blushing bride.
[Megabyte puts one hand around her waist and cradles her head with the other. She pushes uselessly against his chest.]
Megabyte:
One final kiss.
[He dips her. As she makes sounds of disgust he leans forward and kisses her softly. When he pulls back she stares in helpless disgust. He grins like a crocodile, eyes narrowed. Bob is still crouching in the furrow, a hand over his eyes. He lowers his hand and looks around, blinking. Megabyte runs into the Principle office as Dot sits on the stairs and everyone else watches from lower down. Megabyte looks around. The binomes in the Great Hall gasp. The camera comes in on Specky. Specky glances around, then slowly turns. Before he can flee Megabyte grabs him by the eyeblock. Specky gasps and shudders.] Patpatpat
Megabyte:
[to the other binomes] Get out! Run!
[Binomes stampede down the aisle, tumbling Mike the TV's camera nome above them like a piece of driftwood. The camera falls. Reflected in its lens, Megabyte picks Specky up as binomes run past.]
Specky:
[terrified] W-w-w-w-w-whaddaya going to do?
[Megabyte grins and shifts his jaw side to side. Binomes flee the hall. Specky, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, steps hesitantly out from between the pews, looks around, then runs, yelling, for the door. Bob rubs his forehead, then looks at Matrix, who is standing beside him.]
Bob:
You ready?
[Matrix looks out at the city. His artificial eye rotates into targeting mode. Seen through his gunsight point of view, Gun flies over the city. The viewpoint zooms in on it. Gun flies through the air, then smacks into Matrix's hand.]
Matrix:
Yeah. And Bob - welcome home.
[In the background, Dot lowers her eyes.]
Bob:
Let's do it.
[Bob and Matrix run up the aisle. They stop partway down.]
Matrix:
Where is he?! He couldn't've gotten out!
[Bob looks around. The camera's viewpoint pans across ruined pews and columns, then to the unwrecked side of the room. Bob and Matrix walk forward, Matrix with Gun raised and Bob with his Glitch arm out. Following Bob's point of view, the camera looks about. In the middle of the broken pews a binome hand sticks straight up. Bob sees a binome in the wreckage, runs up, and kneels. He turns the binome over. It's Specky.]
Bob:
[to Matrix] He's out cold.
[Dot, AndrAIa, and Mouse have reentered.]
Dot:
But - I-I just saw Specky outside!
Bob:
Megabyte! He can shapeshift!
Dot:
How?
Bob:
The Web's changed him! He's become a Trojan Horse Virus!
Matrix:
So how're we gonna find him?
[Specky awakens. He yelps and stares for a nano, then calms himself.] Something's stinky
Specky:
Oh, he's gone.
Bob:
He's shifted again!
Dot:
What're we going to do, Bob?
Bob:
[shaking his head] I'm...I'm not sure.

Story Editors Ian Pearson
Gavin Blair
Phil Mitchell
Starring the Voices of Sharon Alexander
Giacomo Baessato
Michael Benyaer
Kathleen Barr
Garry (sic) Chalk
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Michael Donovan
Tony Jay
Scott McNeil
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Dale Wilson
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Shona Galbraith
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George Samilski
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Blair Simmons
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Michael White
Lip Sync Technical Director Jason Osipa
Supervising Modeler Michael John Haslam
Senior Modelers Gerald Lauzé
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Digital Effects Supervisor Michael Mussellam
Digital Effects Animators Anne Davis
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Video Production Technicians Andre Guilbeault
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Software Support Tim Belsher
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