This is the episode transcript for Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed.
Transcript[]
Prologue[]
(Just like The Toy that Saved Christmas, this episode opens without the usual theme song. We open up on the Bumblyburg movie theater as people are shown exiting it.)
Lil Pea: That was a lousy movie.
Percy Pea: You're telling me. That monster looked like a chicken in the wig.
(A shadowy figure passes by the camera. Percy and Lil Pea stops to look at the night sky.)
Percy: Hey. Do you remember what we saw the last time we were here?
Lil Pea: Yeah.
(The Milk Money Bandit (played by Scallion 3) shows up.)
Milk Money Bandit: Hey, kids, could you spare a nickel?
Percy: We're-we're not supposed to talk to strangers. And no, I don't have any extra money.
Milk Money Bandit: Oh, really? Well, how about a dollar and 28 cents?
Percy: What?! How did you know I have that?
Milk Money Bandit: I've been watching you, kid. Every Monday morning, your mom gave you a dollar and 28 cents. And I want it!
Percy: But... but that's my... milk money!
(Cut to the rooftop with a cat yowling sound. The scallion climbs up the rooftop.)
Milk Money Bandit: Ha-ha! See you later, boys! I hope you like water with your lunches!
(The scallion starts to run off, laughing. He stops, seeing something offscreen.)
Milk Money Bandit: Huh?
(Cut to a silhouetted Larry-Boy against a billboard. He turns to the scallion, who backs up, and Larry-Boy comes into the light. The Milk Money Bandit looks with shock.)
Larry-Boy: I believe you have something that belongs to those boys!
(Larry-Boy approaches closer, causing the scallion to back up.)
Milk Money Bandit: Well, I...
(The Milk Money Bandit has been backed up to the edge of the roof top. Larry-Boy gets right in front of him, face to face.)
Milk Money Bandit: Who are you?
Larry-Boy: I'm Larry-Boy.
(The Milk Money Bandit tries to escape and Larry-Boy grabs him with his super suction ear, and jumps onto the edge of the roof.)
Milk Money Bandit: What are you going to do?
Larry-Boy: It's not nice to take people's milk money!
(Larry-Boy flips the Milk Money Bandit upside down. The two peas are down below, watching everything.)
Milk Money Bandit: Hey, take it easy, fella...don't get crazy.....
(Larry-Boy starts shaking the Milk Money Bandit about, causing the milk money to fall out of his pockets and in front of the peas, the Milk Money Bandit screaming all the while. Once the money is returned, Larry Boy turns the scallion back upright.)
Milk Money Bandit: I ain’t feeling so good.
(Larry-Boy takes off with the Milk Money Bandit, who yells in protest.)
Milk Money Bandit: Hey, hey. Hey! Where are we going?! You can't do this! I've got rights! Hey, hey!
(Cut to Officer Scooter chilling by his police car listening to I Can Be Your Friend. The Milk Money Bandit drops inside through the roof, jumpscaring him.)
Scooter: Ahh!! It's another space alien!
(The Milk Money Bandit chuckles nervously.)
Scooter: Oh! It's the milk money bandit. We've been looking for you for months. Thanks, Larry-Boy!
(Cut to Larry-Boy on the rooftop.)
Alfred: (on speaker) Well done, Master Larry! Splendid job!
Larry-Boy: Why, thank you, Alfred. It was pretty good, doesn't it?
Alfred: (on speaker) Bumblyburg should be proud.
(Cut to Alfred at the Larry-Computer.)
Alfred: Next time though, try to remember. To release the criminal from your super-suction ear, turn your head left and snap your neck down.
(Cut back to Larry-Boy on the rooftop.)
Larry-Boy: Ah, yes. That's why I couldn't get rid of him. But besides that, I was super!
(He walks to the edge, knocking a plant over by accident. It then lands on a power line.)
Larry-Boy: Oops.
Alfred: (on speaker) What? What happened?
Larry-Boy: Uh, nothin'.
Woman in the window: That’s exactly what Harold told me. Yeah, but guess what I heard about Ethel. Uh-huh, she goes to a salon for that!
(The woman in the window speaks on the phone. As she does, the volts electrify the plant and turn it into a weed. It eventually falls off the power line.)
Woman in the window: Did you hear something? Oh well, I don't know. But anyway, did I tell you about Wanda's cousin Jennifer? Yes, she's not really...
(As she speaks, the weed falls into the sewers and flashes with electricity.)
Larry-Boy: Hey, what do you say we go get some pizza, you know, to celebrate?
Alfred: (on speaker) Oh, I love to, Master Larry! But it's getting late and I'm volunteering at the Veggie Valley Grade School tomorrow morning.
Larry-Boy: Oh, all right. Good night, Alfred.
Alfred: (on speaker) Good night, Master Larry.
(Larry-Boy looks at the night sky.)
Larry-Boy: If anymore space aliens one have fallen into Bumblyburg, I'm ready for you too!
(Camera pans down to the sewer to see the weed making an evil grin. The title card appears. After that, we cut to the Larry-Boy Theme Song)
Larry-Boy Theme Song Short Version[]
Lead Vocalist: Who do they call when Bumblyburg's in trouble?
Who's got the suit with super suction ears?
There's no need to panic, 'cause this guy's manic,
And you know that he'll save the day! (Ooooh-oh)
You need a hand, he's right there on the double.
Hey, hey, he's on the way.
Purple and yellow, he's one super fellow!
Asparagus Singers: Larry-Boy!
Lead Vocalist: Groovy Larry!
Asparagus Singers: Larry-Boy!
Lead Vocalist: You're out of sight! You're-
(during some parts, we cut to a montage of clips of Larry-Boy including some from the first Larry-Boy episode)
Asparagus Singers: Lookin' great!
Fashion plate! Larry-Boy!
Lead Vocalist: Larry!
Asparagus Singers: Larry-Boy!
Lead Vocalist: Oh Larry! You're-
Asparagus Singers: Lean and mean.
You're green machine!
You're...Larry-Boy!
Lead Vocalist: What a dude!
Asparagus Singers: Larry-Boy!
Lead Vocalist: What a guy!
Asparagus Singers: Out of sight, veg-o-mite!
Larry-Boy!
Lead Vocalist: Do your thing!
Asparagus Singers: Larry-Boy!
Lead Vocalist: Yeah!
Asparagus Singers: Lean and mean green machine!
Lookin' great! Fashion plate!
Outta sight.
Larry: Dino-MITE!!!
Asparagus Singers and Lead Vocalist: Larry-Boy!
(Cut to black)
LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed[]
Alfred: (V.O.) So I repaired the chafing dish, and sent the chef out to get another jar of pickled herring, and the dinner party was saved.
(Cut to a classroom in Veggie Valley Elementary.)
Mike Asparagus: Well thank you Mr. Alfred. Wasn't that a great story kids? (The kids are speechless) Well, we still have more to do today. Mr. Alfred, would you like to stay and watch?
Alfred: Oh, that sounds like fun, but I'm a bit winded from my story-telling, so I think I'd better go home and recharge my batteries.
Mike Asparagus: Well, okay. Let's all thank Mr. Alfred for coming today.
Class: Thank you, Mr. Alfred!
Mike Asparagus: Remember, tomorrow, we're going to learn about rumors, little stories that can hurt.
(Junior and Laura look at each other confused. Scene switches to Junior and Laura hopping down the sidewalk after school.)
Junior: Did you hear what Mr. Alfred said?
Laura: Yeah, he said he had to go home and recharge his batteries. Why would he say that?
Junior: I don't know. I have a toy with rechargeable batteries. It's my robot. (They look at each other)
Laura: Do you think Mr. Alfred is a...?
Junior: I don't know.
Laura: He talks kinda funny.
Junior: And he's kinda stiff, kinda like my... (gasps) robot!
Laura: Should we tell anybody?
Junior: No, we better keep it to ourselves.
Female voice: Keep what to yourselves?
Laura: Who said that?
Rumor Weed: (O.S) Hey, over here! The weed! (on screen) Keep what to yourselves?
Laura: You're a talking weed!
Rumor Weed: I'm a talking weed, you're a talking carrot. Your point was? (Laura smiles) So, come on. Tell me what it is you're keeping to yourselves.
Junior: It's about Mr. Alfred, but we can't tell you anymore.
Rumor Weed: Listen, sprout! Did your parents ever teach you to share?
Junior: Well, yeah, but-
Rumor Weed: Then share with me! I'm a good friend of Albert's!
Laura: Alfred.
Rumor Weed: Whatever. I ask, because I care. (They stare at each other again)
Junior: Well, we learned something about Mr. Alfred today.
Rumor Weed: Yeah? What is it?
Junior: We think Mr. Alfred...
Rumor Weed: Yeah?
Junior: (Whispers) Is a robot!
Rumor Weed: No! (Junior and Laura nod) He looks so natural! He's a good robot.
Laura: You won't tell anyone, will you?
Rumor Weed: Hey, I'm not like you guys. I've got roots. I'm not going anywhere! Your secret's staying right here!
(Junior and Laura look at each other, while the Rumor Weed smiles, before the screen irises out. Scene switches to the neighborhood shot from "Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space!", before cutting to the backyard where Percy Pea is bouncing a soccer ball on his head when another Rumor Weed appears.)
Rumor Weed 2: (O.S) Psst! Did you hear about Mr. Alfred?
Percy: What?
Rumor Weed 2: Mr. Alfred! The guy who came to class today!
Percy: Yeah?
Rumor Weed 2: HE'S A ROBOT!!!
Percy: (gasps) Aren't robots dangerous?
Rumor Weed 2: I don't know. Did you hear that?
Percy: Uh, yeah, I think I did.
Rumor Weed 2: So then, Alfred is a DANGEROUS robot!!!!
Percy: (gasps) Oh my!
Rumor Weed 2: Well, thanks for the tip. (Iris out on Percy. Scene goes to Nezzer and Dad Carrot until a third weed appears)
Rumor Weed 3: Psst, did you hear about Alfred?
Mr. Nezzer: Huh? A weed! In my yard!
Rumor Weed 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, but did you hear about Alfred?
Mr. Nezzer: What about him?
Rumor Weed 3: It turns out, he's really a dangerous ROBOT!!!
Mr. Nezzer: Alfred?
Rumor Weed 3: Uh-huh. Everybody's talking about it.
Mr. Nezzer: You don't say?
Dad Carrot: Hey, I just read a book where dangerous robots took over the world.
Mr. Nezzer: Do you think Alfred...?
Dad Carrot: He is on the library board.
Rumor Weed 3: (gasps) Today the library! Tomorrow-
Mr. Nezzer: (Zoom in on his eyes) The world!
(The camera fades back in and switches to Larry and Alfred in the garden.)
Alfred: Nothing lifts the spirit more than an afternoon dabbling in the horticultural arts.
Larry: I couldn't agree more, Alfred.
Alfred: Oh, sweet, sweet petunia, may your bloom be a beacon of hope for all who tread these grassy hills. (Alfred smells the flower, before the phone rings, interrupting him.) I'll get it!
(Alfred leaves to answer the phone, leaving Larry alone, who looks before becoming shocked and outraged.)
Larry: Hey! You're a weed!
(A fourth Weed is shown strangling the flower.)
Rumor Weed 4: That's right, but did you hear about Alfred?
Larry: Oh, Alfred's gonna be mad! He hates weeds in his flower bed!
Rumor Weed 4: Yeah, but, did you hear about Alfred?
Larry: You better get outta here, before Alfred comes back!
Rumor Weed 4: You're not listening to me!
(Before she can continue, Alfred interrupts her)
Alfred: (O.S) Master Larry it's the Mayor! She says it's urgent!
Larry: I'll be right there! I gotta go. Hold that thought. (Larry leaves the garden, leaving the frustrated Rumor Weed behind, before bursting through the door.) Alfred! There's a huge weed in your flower bed! I told her to leave.
Alfred: Oh dear, well, wait till you hear what the Mayor has to say.
Larry: Hello, Mayor. This is Larry.
Mayor Blueberry: Yes, hello Larry. Listen, I need you to get Larry-Boy.
Larry: Yeah sure, but why didn't you call him with the Larry Signal?
Mayor Blueberry: Because it's daytime. You can't see it in the daytime.
Larry: Good point. (to Alfred) Alfred, make a note of that! (Alfred nods)
Mayor Blueberry: Tell him we need his help. There are weeds! Terrible weeds popping up all over Bumblyburg! They are saying very strange things about your friend, Alfred. I don't believe them, but some of our citizens are getting worried. What's worse though, they are ruining the lawns and gardens of our fair city. Larry, if Larry-Boy can't stop them, our property values will plummet, and homes will be worth nothing! Can you find him?
(Larry is silent for a moment and then Alfred nods)
Larry: Don't worry about a thing, Mayor! Help is on the way! (hangs up) Alfred, we've got some gardening to do!
(Alfred smiles, before the scene switches to a new Larrymobile zooming out of the Larry Cave, as music starts to play. Scene switches to back in Mr. Nezzer's yard, where he is still barbecuing, before being confronted by the third Rumor Weed again.)
Rumor Weed 3: Have you heard the one about Alfred?
A dangerous robot, I'm told
He's got lasers for eyes, and a microchip brain
His skin is terribly cold.
Mr. Nezzer: We've heard the one about Alfred
It's strange...
Dad Pea: Amazing!
Dad Carrot: But true!
Mr. Nezzer: But now that we've heard about Alfred
We'd like to hear more about you!
Rumor Weed 3: (gasps) Moi?
(Mr. Nezzer, Dad Carrot, and Dad Pea nod.)
Rumor Weed 3: I'm a rumor weed! I'm a rumor weed
A tiny little story is all I need
To make a big mess
I'm a rumor weed!
(The song pauses as Larry-Boy arrives at the yard while carrying a weed eater.)
Larry-Boy: Alright, Alfred! I am executing Plan A.
Alfred: Ah, good luck, Master Larry!
(Larry-Boy starts up the weed eater, but the Rumor Weed is unaffected.)
Larry-Boy: Uh, I'm gonna, I'm gonna try Plan B!
Alfred: Alright, trying Plan B!
(Song continues)
Mr. Nezzer: So what is a rumor?
Rumor Weed 3: It starts as a story
Maybe it's true, maybe not
But once you repeat it
It's hard to defeat it
Now look at the mess that you've got!
All: Uh huh!
Rumor Weed 3: Yeah, Alfred's a robot,
Everyone knows!
The story is all over town.
We rumor weeds know how a rumor can grow
Just like a big weed in the ground!
I'm a rumor weed!
All: Yes, it's true!
Rumor Weed 3: I'm a rumor weed!
All: Oo, oo, oo!
Rumor Weed 3: A tiny little story is all I need!
To make a big mess!
I'm a rumor weed!
(Larry-Boy returns while carrying a pair of gardening shears.)
Larry-Boy: Okay, I am executing Plan B!
Alfred: Ah Yes, Plan B.
(Larry-Boy snips the gardening shears, but like with the weed eater, they do not affect the Rumor Weed either, much to everyone's shock.)
Larry-Boy: Alfred, I think we have a problem.
Alfred: Yes? What's that?
Larry-Boy: I CAN'T STOP THIS THING!!!
Alfred: Oh, dear. (On screen) Larry-Boy, put your Super-Suction Ear down by the weed.
Larry-Boy: (O.S) What? Why?
Alfred: I've installed sensors in your plungers that will tell us about the weed's genetic structure.
Larry-Boy: Oh, my! Well, here it goes!
Rumor Weed 3: Hello, hello! Testing, one, two, three!
Larry-Boy: Alfred! Is it working?
Alfred: Yes, yes perfect! (beat) All right, that's enough, Master Larry! You can come back to the Larry-Cave now!
Larry-Boy: Um, I'd love to Alfred, but she's got me by the ear!
Alfred: What? You're a big, strong superhero! Surely you can get away from a little weed!
Larry-Boy: Uh, yeah, you'd think so! But it's kinda strong!
Rumor Weed 3: I'm a rumor weed!
All: Yes, it's true!
Rumor Weed: I'm a rumor weed!
All: Oo, oo, oo!
Rumor Weed 3: A tiny little story is all I need!
All: You'd better watch out for the rumor weed!
(Larry-Boy frees himself from the Weed's strong grip)
Rumor Weed 3: I'm a rumor weed!
All: She's a rumor weed!
Rumor Weed 3: I'm a rumor weed!
All: Yeah, a rumor weed!
Rumor Weed 3: A tiny little story is all I need!
All: You'd better watch out for the rumor weed!
Rumor Weed 3: A tiny little story is all I need!
All: You'd better watch out for the rumor weed!
(The song ends, scene switches back to the Larry Cave, where Larry-Boy returns and meets up with Alfred again.)
Alfred: Good work master Larry, the data is fascinating!
Larry-Boy: Have you figured out how to stop it?
Alfred: Well not yet, but it's extraordinary: it's like no plant I've ever seen... It doesn't photosynthesize!
Larry-Boy: Why do we care if it takes pictures?
Alfred: No, no... Photosynthesize: plants turn sunlight into energy, it's how they grow. Except these weeds don't do that!
Larry-Boy: They don't need energy to grow?
Alfred: Oh, no! They need LOTS of energy! But they don't get it from sunlight!
Larry-Boy: Well, where do they get it?
Alfred: I can't figure it out. They're feeding off something, but I don't know what! Look, I've fed the data about the weed into the Larry-satellite in geo-synchronize orbit over Bumblyburg. Now, wherever a new weed grows, we can see it here, see?
(A map of the city is shown, with all the green dots representing the weeds.)
Larry-Boy: (gasps) Bumblyburg has the measles!
Alfred: Uh, no, those are the weeds.
Larry-Boy: What? They're everywhere!
Alfred: Yes, and at the rate they're growing, if we can't find a way to stop them...
Larry-Boy: Bumblyburg will be really weedy!
Alfred: Oh, it's worse than that! These weeds are strong enough to break up sidewalks and smash through brick walls! If we can't stop them, Bumblyburg will be...
Larry-Boy: ...Destroyed!
(Larry-Boy looks around while accidentally bumping the joystick on the computer.)
Alfred: No, careful, that's the satellite... Oh my goodness!
Larry-Boy: What?
Alfred: Look, I had the satellite looking at the surface of Bumblyburg, see?
Larry-Boy: Yeah.
Alfred: When you bumped the control, you told the satellite to look under the ground! Now watch!
(The computer starts showing an underground image.)
Larry-Boy: They're all connected! (Suddenly, a large green mass of roots appears on the screen as Alfred looks on in horror) Wow, what's that big green thing right under Bumblyburg?
Alfred: It could only be one thing... THE MOTHER WEED! (Now he's hyperventilating and with shallow breaths as the camera zooms in on him and Alfred back to back.) How do you kill a weed? You go to the root!
(We now cut the Larry-Boy in the Larry-Mobile)
Alfred: You've got to take out the mother weed! Fortunately, I made some modifications to the Larry-Mobile that will really come in handy!
Larry-Boy: (panicked) I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do!
Alfred: Don't worry. I've planned out the entire mission. I'll be right here giving you instructions as you need them. Remember, Bumblyburg is counting on you. You can do it! (the Larry-mobile rockets out of the cave.) I hope. (Camera transitions into the inside of the Larry-mobile.) Are you up to speed?
Larry-Boy: Yes I am!
Alfred: Alright, press the yellow button.
(Larry-Boy presses the yellow button and the car switches to plane mode. The Larry-Plane takes off.)
Larry-Boy: Okay, this is great, but, um, I thought the weed was under the ground.
Alfred: (O.S) Yes, that's right. Now you're almost there. Steady, steady! Now, push the red button.
Larry-Boy: Huh? Okay. (He pushes the red button and his wings retract and the Larry-Plane starts to plummet to the ground.) Hey! My wings! I need those!
Alfred: (O.S) Not where you're going, you don't!
Larry-Boy: What? (The plane falls toward the ground.) ALFRED, ARE YOU INSANE?!
Alfred: It's all part of the plan, Master Larry. Now, push the blue button!
(He pushes the blue button and the canopy glass is covered by a metal shell.)
Larry-Boy: This better be good! (Green lights turn on. Cut to outside the plane as the front breaks away and out pop three drill bits. Larry-Boy watches the screen showing where he's landing.) GOODBYE BUMBLYBURG!!! (The drills start turning and the Larry-mobile hits the ground and starts drilling.) Alfred! I'm, I'm still alive!
Alfred: Yes, isn't it lovely?
Larry-boy: I'm flying under the ground!
Alfred: Well, actually, you're boring.
Larry-Boy: Gee, Alfred, I know I'm not the wittiest of cucumbers, but I--
Alfred: No, no, not that kind of boring, it's like drilling. It's a boring machine.
Larry-Boy: Oh, I see.
Alfred: Now, I set coordinates to take you to the sewer system to take you about 50 feet from the weed. Once you break through the tunnel wall, I'll give you more directions.
Larry-Boy: Roger.
(The vehicle's speed decreases.)
Alfred: I'm slowing you down now so you don't hit the wall too hard. (Cut to the sewer. After a few seconds of silence, the Larry-Plane bursts through the wall. The canopy opens as the airbag activates.) Master Larry, are you in the tunnel? (Confused) Master Larry?
Larry-Boy: Alright Alfred, I'm in the tunnel. Alfred?
Alfred: Master Larry, can you hear me?
Larry-Boy: Alfred, can you hear me? (gasps) The radio isn't working!
Alfred: The sewer walls must be blocking the transmission! (In shock) That means I can't give him his...
Larry-Boy: (panicking) DIRECTIONS! What do I do?! WHAT DO I DO?!
Alfred: What to do, what to do? (In shock) I must save him!
Larry-Boy: ALFRED!!!!!
Alfred: I'm coming Master Larry! (Runs to the garage and gets on his scooter.) Help is on the way!
(He pulls out of the cave, but his scooter moves rather slowly.)
Larry-Boy: Okay, I can do this. I am, after all, a super hero. (sees a small weed) Oh look. It's just a little one! What was I so nervous about? (To the weed.) You've met your match, weed! I'm gonna take you and I'm gonna... (Suddenly, the real Mother Weed emerges from the darkness. Larry-Boy takes notice.) Mother!
(We cut to Alfred riding his scooter and sees Officer Scooter's police car. Alfred rides up to him)
Alfred: Oh, yes! Officer, I need your help! Larry-Boy is battling a giant weed in the sewer system...
Scooter: Aah! The robot!
(Scooter starts his car and drives away. Alfred is confused, but then continues driving away. Cut back to the sewer.)
Larry-Boy: Come on Alfred, what'd you give me?
Mother Weed: How's your ear?
Larry-Boy: Huh? How'd you know about that? That's right! You're connected. (spots what Alfred gave him) Ah! Oh, Alfred, I knew you wouldn't let me down!
Mother Weed: So, did you hear the one about Alfred?
(Larry-Boy pulls out his weed killing weapon. Mother Weed gasps)
Larry-Boy: Hasta la vista, Weedy! (He prepares to fire, but he presses an incorrect button, making the ammo fall out.) Wrong button. (Smiles nervously)
(Meanwhile, Alfred arrives at City Hall.)
Alfred: Everyone listen to me! (Sees the Mayor and Officer) Ah, Mayor, Larry-Boy needs our help!
Scooter: Look, Mayor! It's like I told ya! He has a shiny metal head just like a robot!
Mayor Blueberry: You're right! Stand back, evil robot!
Alfred: (confused) Oh, no. That's my helmet. It keeps my brain safe.
Scooter: Your robot's brain!
Alfred: (scared tone) No! What? NO!!! (Turns around and sees an angry mob)
Mr. Nezzer: Don't look at his eyes! They're laser beams!
(The mob closes their eyes)
Alfred: No, wait! I'm not a robot, I'M BRITISH!!!!
(We transition back to the sewers where fighting sounds are heard. Larry-Boy tries defeating the Mother Weed, but is unsuccessful.)
Larry-Boy: I'm warning you, I'm a super...(Larry-Boy gets thrown against the wall by the Mother Weed) hero.
Mother Weed: Face it you can't stop this weed! Thanks to your friends up there, I'm getting bigger by the minute! (evil laughter)
Little Weed: So, did you hear the one about Alfred?
LarryBoy: What?
(Back to the City Hall, everyone continues surrounding Alfred)
Mr. Scallion: I heard he wants to take over the world!
Dad Carrot: I heard there are teenagers inside him that know karate!
Mrs. Cucumber: Our children are in danger!
Alfred: No, no! It's not true! I'M NOT A ROBOT!!!
(The ground suddenly starts to shake and everyone is shocked.)
Mr. Nezzer: It's the robot, he's shaking the world!
Alfred: I'm not shaking anything! IT'S SHAKING ME!!!! (The ground shakes harder and harder until, all of a sudden, the Mother Weed bursts out of the sewer.) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! (Alfred tries to run but the mother weed grabs him. Then she wraps herself around the City Hall as everyone watches her holding Alfred)
Mr. Scallion: Hey, the weed has the robot!
Mrs. Cucumber: Serves him right, the menace!
(Junior's father arrives.)
Mike Asparagus: Laura, Junior! What's going on? (O.S) What's that thing that has Alfred?
Junior: It's a big weed, Dad! Didn't you hear? Alfred's really a dangerous robot with laser-eyes!
Mike Asparagus: What? Who said that?
Mr. Nezzer: It's true! He's gonna take over the world!
Mike Asparagus: Now where did you hear that?
Mr. Nezzer: The weed told me! Yeah, isn't that right?
(Mike walks up to the Weed.)
Mike Asparagus: Did you make up this story?
Mother Weed: What? I'm a rumor weed, I never make anything up. I heard it from two very reliable sources. (To Junior and Laura.) Right, kids?
(Junior and Laura look at each other in shock)
Mike Asparagus: Junior, Laura? Do you have something to tell me?
Laura: Oh. Well, we heard Alfred tell you he needed to recharge his batteries.
Junior: So, we thought he must be a robot. Right?
Mike Asparagus: Oh, kids, that was a figure of speech.
Junior: A what?
Mike Asparagus: Sometimes, grown-ups say things that really mean something else. When Alfred said he needed to recharge his batteries, he really meant he was tired and needed to go home and rest, that's all.
Junior: Oh.
Mike Asparagus: Listen, if you hear something about someone that sounds bad, or even just weird, you should ASK them about it or ask your mom or dad, but don't spread rumors. Even if it's true, God doesn't want us to tell stories that can hurt, he wants us to spread nice words.
Junior: So Mr. Alfred isn't a robot.
Mike Asparagus: No, Mr. Alfred is a very nice man. (Flowers suddenly start sprouting on the weed)
Laura: Did you see that?
Junior: Yeah! Did you think?
Laura: We can save Alfred by spreading some nice words! Come on!
(They run up to Scooter.)
Junior: Hey, Mr. Alfred's a nice man!
Scooter: What? The scary robot?
Junior: He's not a robot, he's a nice man who came to our class to tell us stories.
Mr. Nezzer: Well, I remember when Alfred helped me out with my dinner party. A scary robot wouldn't do that
Unnamed scallion man: He helped me change a tire.
Mrs. Cucumber: He carried my groceries for me.
Scooter: (sobbing) He helped us with our bake sale!
Everyone: What a nice man!
(The Mother Weed looks at Alfred, and when nice words are spread, Alfred smiles and they both look down at everyone. Suddenly, the ground starts to shake from under the mother weed as everyone backs away from the weed. Due to all the kind things said by all the city folk, more flowers sprout all over the weed until her head finally becomes a flower, defeating her for good.)
Alfred: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! (Alfred is shown sliding down the stem and lands safely)
Mayor Blueberry: We're sorry we thought you were a robot!
Mr. Nezzer: We didn't even ask you if it was true.
Alfred: Oh, I forgive you. I forgive you all. (Junior and Laura smile) Uh, has anyone seen Larry-Boy?
(Just then, one of Larry-Boy's plunger ears shoot out of the sewer, sticks to the ground and pulls a bruised and black-eyed Larry-Boy out. Larry Boy sees his friends smiling at him)
LarryBoy: Oh, hey Alfred! Somebody told me you were a robot!
Everyone: Shh!
(Larry-Boy then notices the flowers)
Larry-Boy: Is there a flower show?
(Everyone laughs, thinking that he was joking, as the camera cuts to a frontal aerial view of the building where the Rumor Weed wrapped herself, as the camera pans around it and a flower flies around. The flower comes closer and closer to the screen as the score concludes)
Chorus: The end.
Ending Segment[]
(We transition to the Larry-Cave)
Larry-Boy: Say there, citizen! We really had an adventure today, didn't we? That was a thorny one! I mean once that problem got going, it just spread like a w-
Alfred: Master Larry, enough with the puns! Can we please get on with this?
Larry-Boy: Uh, sorry. We're back at the Larry Cave to wrap this one up and send you home. Alfred, do you suppose the Bible has anything to say about what happened today?
Alfred: As a matter of fact, it does. It's coming up on the screen right now.
Larry-Boy: Here, take a look at this: "Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Proverbs 12:18." Hmm. So the Bible says If you're not careful, your words can hurt people, just like a sword.
Alfred: Oh, is that right!
Larry-Boy: Junior and Laura didn't mean to hurt Alfred, but they weren't careful with what they said and who they said it to. And it caused big problems.
Alfred: But that verse also says that if we use nice words, we can make it all better! We can make people feel good!
Larry-Boy: Remember, God doesn't want us to tell stories that can hurt, He wants us to spread nice words. And if you can do that, you'll be that hero too! See ya next time!
Alfred: Ta-ta!
(Larry-Boy turns off the Larry-Computer, ending the episode)
(The End credits plays The W's version of The Rumor Weed Song)
(End of transcript)