The Troop (2009) s01e07 Episode Script

Excuse me.
Can you tell me
the flavour difference
between 'Taste Sensation'
and 'Taste Explosion'?
No.
[door bell chimes]
Okay.
I'll just take grape.
[shuffling steps]
[distant voices]
[cash register dings]
Hey, are you okay?
Gus Huh?
Oh, yeah, I'm fine.
Fine.
I just get excited when
the new issue of
'Quilting Bee Monthly' comes in.
"25 Thimbles You Just
Can't Live Without."
Augustus, are you hiding from
those tough bullies outside?
Which would be
less embarrassing?
Hey, you know my name.
I'd hope so.
We've only been in history
together since
beginning of the year.
Yeah, but you're
Hayley Steele and I'm
Gus.
Right.
See, sometimes even I forget.
[giggles]
Hey, if you want,
I'll walk outside with you.
Nah, that's okay.
I'll just wait them out.
I've found that they usually
get tired after a fewdays.
We close at 11:00.
Okay, well do you sell
disguises or guard dogs?
Harumph!
Hayley Gus, you should not
let them get to you like that.
I bet if you just told them
you aren't afraid of them,
they'll just be
scared little boys.
Vin Come on, Gus!
Behind all that
muscle.
I'll just stay till 11:00.
Fine.
I think you could stand
up to them though.
I just wish you had as much
faith in yourself as I do.
Harry Gu-us
[distant taunts]
[door bell chimes]
[boys talking loudly]
All right, I've had enough.
I'm not scared
of you and
There's nothing you can
Ahhh!
Vin Get him!
Alejandro Come back
here, Gus!
[crash, bash]
Gus!
[rumble, crash]
Vin Get in there, man.
[rustling]
Harry Gus!
Alejandro Come on out, man.
Yo, Gus!
Sissy boy, where are you?
Vin Gu-us!
It'll be a lot easier
if you came out now.
Gus, we're going to fight,
you might as well just give up.
Harry Yo, Gus?
Vin Come out now and
we'll only beat you up for
six minutes, how 'bout that?
[metal creaks]
Gussy!
[squeak]
Come out and play, man!
[horn blares]
[creak]
[hiss]
There he is!
Get him!
Alejandro Hey, Gus,
now we're gonna get you.
Oh, Gus.
[bullies scream, thumps]
[groans]
What was that?
Let's get out of here.
Go! Go!
[rustling]
[crashing footsteps]
Eeh!
[whack]
[growls]
[growls]
Master.
[snarls]
Felix Shazow!
Jake Sha-what?
Shazow! I'm working on
my new signature catchphrase.
You know, like the ones
all the cool superheroes
in the comics have?
Remember when you asked me
why people sometimes
don't like you?
[pow! pow! pow! zap!]
Things like this.
Felix, look out! Go!
[snarls, zaps]
[wall rumbles]
Felix Uh-oh!
Jake Felix!
Ah, I'm sorry!
I'm so sorry!
Are your okay?
Felix!
He's dead, Jake.
Congratulations.
I'm impressed.
In that last simulation
you managed to destroy
everything.
Ahhh, yeah.
Thanks, partner.
Come on,
no one could've predicted that
thing collapsing like that.
It was a total fluke.
No,
me sinking that half-court
shot to win last year's
donkey basketball game,
that was a total fluke.
Stockley Fluke or not, this
last run proves you guys need
to spend more time practicing
in the simulator.
Hope neither of you had anything
planned during lunch this week.
[computer beeps]
Felix But it's
Melted Cheese week.
It's my second favourite week,
next to 'Hooray for Salt!'
But I guess Jake
does need the work.
Jake You're the one who
stepped on my foot in there.
Because you're supposed
to step to the right.
Since when?
Since that's what protocol
says we do when fighting
the Helmatrop.
You're supposed to go stay
to the right and zap high,
while I wait for two
counts and zing low.
Right, cause I'm sure
the Helmatrop knows to wait
two counts before attacking.
Stockley It may
not make sense, Jake,
but the monster behavior
that you're encountering
in the simulator is
extremely accurate.
Programmed straight
from the Troop manuals.
Jake I'm not doubting
the manuals, but along with
the book smarts, maybe we should
incorporate some street smarts.
What's the point of having
instincts if you're not
allowed to trust them?
[alarm horn blares]
What is that?
I don't know.
Never heard it before.
[alarm horn blares]
Felix Hey, guys.
[alarm horn blares]
[zap, crack]
Ahh!
[slow grinding]
Hey, there you are.
Hayley, hey.
See, all in one piece.
I told you.
If you just held your head up
high, they'll leave you alone.
Yeah, thanks.
[approaching footsteps]
Ooo-kay
You know what?
Those other guys,
they might be afraid of you,
but I'm not, all right.
You just got lucky.
Let's see you fight
with the lights on.
[chuckles]
It's okay, Hayley.
I can handle him.
Oooh, I'm shaking.
[monster growl]
Vin Arghh!
[groan]
[gasps]
Girl Did you see that?
I guess you can fight
with the lights on.
Did you see that?
That was awesome!
Hayley Glad you're not
afraid of him anymore.
Maybe you could try talking
to them next time though.
Now that you found
your inner power,
there's a lot of different
ways you can use it.
I intend to.
Was it always raining
in the '50s?
Why is everyone wearing hats?
Yeah, it was raining.
It was raining 'style'.
It's called being dapper, Jake.
I kind of like it.
Maybe I should get a fedora.
Stockley I've always found
mine to be a wise investment.
So it turns out that the
alarm we heard means that
a monster has escaped.
Jake But I checked the cells.
All our creatures
are accounted for.
All the ones we knew about.
But there's one monster
that was captured by
the Troop back in 1952.
Now it was too dangerous
to keep with the others,
so they housed it in a makeshift
holding cell in the old
abandoned ice cream factory.
It's unthinkable!
Stockley I'm afraid
it's true, my friend.
The Doulos in on the loose.
No, I mean,
who'd abandon
an ice cream factory?
Felix It says here they
closed it down in the '50s
when old Dimitri Healthiboy's
heart burst,
or maybe it was his stomach.
They can't really tell,
he was buried in a piano crate.
What are we waiting for?
Let's take this Doulos down!
Yeah! Let's put
some Shazow on it!
Will you stop
it with 'Shazow'?
I'm afraid it's not
going to be so simple
as saying "Shazow", Felix.
The Doulos isn't
so easy to capture.
Take a look.
I think that's the best
photo that we have of him.
Jake I don't see anything.
Stockley Exactly.
The Doulos is invisible.
It's an imprinting monster
that latches on to the
first person it sees.
That's because it
can't think on its own.
That's why he needs a master.
Stockley No one has seen a
Doulos, literally, in decades.
In fact, our escaped Doulos
is the only recorded capture
in Troop history.
Aren't there usually
three members in a Troop?
There are only two
people in this picture.
The Doulos is so dangerous,
so elusive that in the process
of trying to contain this one,
that Troop lost one of its own.
a few kids by shop class.
I got
seven dollars
and this tie rack.
Gus Ahem!
Ah, Father's Day came early.
What'd you bring for me, Harry?
How do you expect me
to shake people down
when none of the kids in
my home ec class bring cash?
I mean, we get extra credit
for bringing in our lunches.
FYI, the shrimp bisque
in there, exquisite.
Oh, yeah.
I also stole this from
some girl at the bus stop.
I guess her name is Di Abetic.
Ooh, this will
be tough to top.
Vin, what'd you bring for me?
I don't bring.
I get brought.
Well, not anymore.
You're going to start earning
your keep around here.
You don't want to see
the wrong side of me.
[bang]
[boys snicker]
That's not very
[crash]
That's not very what?
Not very uh, not impressive.
Gus?
Hayley!
Hey, how long have you
been standing there for?
Ah, what's going on?
What happened to the table?
Oh, ah, termites.
Ah, I just came by
to see how you were doing.
Oh, I'm doing fine.
Thank you.
And if you'd like to see
more, I'm free tonight.
I was thinking of going
to the mall, picking out
some new cloths, you know,
more befitting of my new stature
as being 'not' the lowest
man on the totem pole.
You do seem different.
I know.
Isn't it great?
And it's all thanks
to you, really.
Ever since I stopped letting
others push me around,
they've stopped
throwing things at me.
People really actually
want to be my friend.
And I've been wedgie-free
for more than ten hours.
Ten hours!
I'm thrilled for you, Gus,
especially that wedgie part.
Oh, and I got this,
especially for you.
Huh?
Gus It's just a little
token to say thank you.
For what?
For believing in me.
I really can't accept this.
Why not?
Am I not good enough
to give you a gift?
No, I'm not diabetic.
Well, maybe you will be,
cause you're just that sweet.
Well, listen, II've got
to go hang out with my guys.
Ah, but I'll catch you
after school, okay?
Okay.
[rumble]
Jake Felix! I'm so sorry!
Now that was better.
Felix Better?
Better?
He killed me again.
I know.
But this time it
took a lot longer.
Over 90 seconds in.
Great work, Jake.
I'm telling you, something's
wrong with the machine.
That's easy for you to say.
You're not the one
being splattered,
blasted and crushed.
Stockley Oh yeah, that
crushing was hard to look at.
But, it's got to be done.
We've got a Doulos on the loose
and no way to take him down.
I don't see the point
of these simulations.
Just because a book
says this is how
a Doulos acts,
doesn't mean it will.
It's the best information
we've got, Jake.
What else do you want to go on?
My gut.
Hmm
Felix Is this the same gut
that likes bananas
on top of pizza?
It's the perfect combination
of savory and sweet.
The simulator is programmed
with data from every monster
fight the Troop has ever had.
And the last time
the Troop fought a Doulos,
they lost a guy.
Come on, Felix.
What am I good at?
Bringing your spit back up
before it hits the ground.
Ha, it's great.
Aside from that.
Fighting monsters.
Exactly.
So let's quit these simulations
and go after it.
We can't.
Until we know where the Doulos
is and who it's master is,
we might as well
keep practicing.
[Doulos growls]
Soon everyone
will know my name
and pay me the respect
that I deserve.
But not my middle name, Simon.
No one will know that.
Hey, Gus.
Hayley!
Just the person I wanted to see.
Did you change your mind
about going shopping with me?
I'll treat you to anything
you want in the food court.
There's nothing they won't
put on a baked potato.
[bus rumbles]
Gus,
I need you to stay calm
and quickly get behind me.
You're one of them.
What?
The Doulos told me about
a group of monster hunters.
You're obviously a
member of the Troop.
You talked to the Doulos?
Gus, you don't know what
you're dealing with.
Please, please get behind me.
You're in danger.
Aw, it's sweet to know
how much you care, Hayley.
[rustling]
But I can fight
my own battles now.
I guess the more
important question is,
are you going to join me
or do I have to destroy you
along with rest of your friends?
Destroy who?
The other members
of the Troop.
I can't let the group that
captured my Doulos do it again.
Like I said, my Doulos
told me everything.
So what's it going to be?
You can't do this.
I know its power
is hard to resist,
but you are making
a big mistake.
The only mistake here
is that you could've had
a twice-baked potato.
Let's give Hayley a lift.
[gasps]
[Doulos growls]
Gus I know it doesn't seem
like much at the moment,
but I really think with your
feminine touch, we could make
this whole ice cream factory
thing, really feel like home.
Hayley Sorry, I'm not into
industrial-monster chic.
Come on, don't be such
a spoil sport, Hayley.
Just because I have
to destroy the others,
doesn't mean you and
I can't be friends.
Yeah, I'm pretty
sure it does.
[Doulos growls]
Told you she was feisty.
I don't understand.
What happened to you, Gus?
Where is that sweet guy
who used to sit behind me
in Mr. Horton's history class?
That pathetic mess?
Why would you want him back?
He's a nothing, a nobody.
Look at me know.
With the Doulos by my side, I'm
powerful enough to do anything.
And after I take care of your
friends, you'll want to join me.
Doesn't work that way, Gus.
You can't force people
to respect you.
You have to earn it.
Now let me go or the rest of the
Troop will come looking for me.
And you don't want that.
Don't I?
[watch-coms beep]
It's Hayley.
She's in trouble.
Jake I'll get the weapons.
We still don't know
how to defeat the monster.
But we don't have time to
Stockley I know,
which is why I think
Felix should stay here.
What?
No.
Look, the Doulos
is too dangerous.
We still don't have a simulation
where you guys have defeated
the monster.
I justI don't think
this is a good idea.
I can't risk it.
Shouldn't that
be my decision?
Jake Felix, you can stay
if you want, but you've got
to know, I wouldn't let
anything happen to you.
I know what I'm doing.
[zap]
Oops.
Fire up the battle cruisers.
Felix
No, Mr. Stockley,
I have to do this.
I believe in Jake.
Besides, Hayley needs us.
Jake Don't worry, Felix.
Everything will be
just like we practiced.
Except, not at all.
Everything will turn out okay.
You have to trust me on this.
I do.
I trust you.
[whack]
Ooof!
Jake.
[rustling]
Doulos, dispense with them!
[Doulos growls]
[whack, whack]
[crash, crash]
[Doulos growls]
[zap]
[zing]
Felix Ahhh!
[crash]
Felix!
Felix!
[Doulos growls]
Ahhh!
[Jake groans]
[Doulos growls]
Hayley Ahhh!
Ah, these marshmallows
are so old.
[Jake screams]
[crash]
Gus Hayley, have
you had enough?
Ha, you know, I find
your tenacity very cute,
but you gotta know
you're gonna lose.
Join me, before it's too late.
It's never going
to happen, Gus.
Sad thing is, I was actually
beginning to like you.
Oh, really?
Which part?
Was it the taco sauce that
they poured into my hair?
Or was it the way that I
cringed behind the lockers?
Or maybe it was my
'kick me please' attitude?
That Gus is gone.
Jake Come and get me!
[metal creaks]
[steam hisses]
[Doulos growls]
[crash]
[Doulos grumbles]
Doulos!
Destroy the boy
and save the girl for me!
[growl]
Felix Shazow!
[gasp]
Hayley What's going on?
Felix Without the master
the Doulos doesn't
know what to do.
[groans]
[zap zap]
[zap]
[crash]
[splat]
Whoa!
"Shazow" is a
little bit better.
I'm so happy you're okay.
I was really worried
for a minute.
Yeah, me too.
Hey Jake, you were right.
If you're dead, people stop
paying attention to you.
Told you I wouldn't let
anything happen to you.
How'd you know all
those barrels were empty
and weren't going
to crush Felix?
I never really
thought about that.
Geez, that would have been bad.
[Stockley laughs]
Nice.
Felix We owe it all
to Jake's instincts.
Thanks for
trusting me, Felix.
Ha, ha, next time though,
aim for something softer,
like the marshmallows, okay?
[Gus breathing heavy]
How could you?
The Doulos was my best friend
and now I'm back to being
a nothing.
That's not true.
You were never a nothing.
You'll never be a nothing.
You'll be Gus.
Oh yah.
That's great.
Wee!
Look, soon you'll forget
any of this ever happened
and life will go back
to being what it was.
No, I will never forget
what the Troop has done to me.
Hayley Trust me, you will.
Gus What's that?
[high-pitch cry]
[cry stops, box snaps closed]
Hayley Hey, you okay?
Yeah, fine.
Whewhere am I?
Mine practice.
Gus Wow, never thought
I'd become that much of a loser.
Thanks again for walking
me here after school.
Yeah.
We'll see you
in class tomorrow?
Right. Class.
Tomorrow.
Gentleman.
Told you I'd never forget.