Chapter 5 - Episode 2: A Million Monkeys

(The episode begins in outer space. We see the Fighter (Galaga) fly by before we see a pod come into view with Earth in the background. A narrator begins to speak.)

Narrator (LBP): Planet Earth, or as the rest of the omniverse calls it: The Orb of Dreamers. (We cut to the inside of the pod to find the Sackboy at the controls.) Well, look who it is. It seems that adventure is brewing for our little sack friend. What's on the schedule for today? (Sackboy messes with the pod controls and we the Earth through the pod window imitate how choosing a level plays out in LittleBigPlanet. Sackboy chooses a location and a respawn portal opens up and the camera zooms inside.)

(We cut to a busy zoo. Many people are strolling through the open areas. We cut to a few employees trying to corral a kangaskhan (Pokemon) into an exhibit. We cut to one of the other exhibits to see Kuma (Tekken) sitting in it and staring at the people looking in. Yet another exhibit shows a bengal tiger (Kinectimals) chewing on a ball of yarn. The camera cuts and pans past a lion exhibit before settling on a specific exhibit. We cut inside of it to see Diddy Kong. He is looking around grumpily at the people watching him. A regular monkey comes up to Diddy to inspect him. Diddy turns away from him.)

(We cut to just outside the zoo. We see Toejam, Earl, and PaRappa are walking through the zoo employee parking lot with PaRappa on his skateboard.)

PaRappa: So where do we go now?

Toejam: I would say we head back to the rocket, but who knows what's happened to it by now with those thugs.

Earl: And we don't know where it is.

Toejam: Good point, Big E.

PaRappa: I really wanna get home. I miss my family and my friends. Hopefully Sunny Funny's alright.

Earl: We'll get you back home, little dude.

PaRappa: Thanks, fellas! Now, where to? (Suddenly, a pipo monkey (Ape Escape) comes running through and takes PaRappa's skateboard from his hands and runs off.) Hey, that monkey took my board! (PaRappa runs after him with Toejam and Earl quickly following. We cut to the pipo monkey playing with the wheels on the skateboard outside a side entrance to the zoo.)

Toejam: Get funky! (Suddenly, a music note flies through the air and hits the pipo monkey down. He gets up, now missing his mind control helmet, and walks away. PaRappa runs up to get his skateboard.)

PaRappa: My board! (Toejam and Earl run up to him with Toejam holding a boombox.)

Toejam: Remember, music can solve everything.

PaRappa: (Picking up the mind control helmet.) Why was this thing on that monkey?

Toejam: Maybe it's a bike helmet.

PaRappa: I don't think so. (While they're talking, we see Earl look into the zoo at the people walking around. He spots a hot dog cart being pushed around. He begins walking after it.)

Toejam: Something unfunky is going on. Don't you feel it, Earl? (Earl is gone.) Earl? (A loud scream is suddenly heard from inside the zoo.) What has Big E done now? (Toejam and PaRappa run into the zoo. They see the hot dog vendor cowering in fear behind his stand.)

Hot Dog Vendor: Get away from me!

Earl: I would just like one hot dog please. (Toejam and PaRappa run up.)

PaRappa: What's going on?

Hot Dog Vendor: There's more of them!

Toejam: Chill out, homie. What seems to be the problem?

Hot Dog Vendor: Wait a minute. Are you three from that blackout that brought all those weirdos throughout the world?

PaRappa: Weirdos?

Hot Dog Vendor: Everyone's calling it the "Game Changer". All kinds of freakish things are popping up everywhere. I'm just waiting until you things disappear. Too much trouble has been caused by you. (He pushes his cart away.)

PaRappa: Toejam, are we freaks?

Toejam: Of course not, kid. They just don't understand us yet. We'll be heading home soon anyways.

PaRappa: Yeah... hopefully.

Earl: I just wanted a hot dog.

(We cut to the entrance of the zoo. A crowd is walking around the entrance. In the crowd are Paula (EarthBound) and Yo-Yo (Jet Set Radio). As the crowd parts a bit, we see Jak walk through with Daxter on his shoulder. Jak studies the place.)

Daxter: What kinda place is this, Jak?

Jak: Not sure. (He approaches an exhibit with elephants.) Never seen these things before.

Daxter: This place is booooring. We need to work on getting home.

Jak: We have no idea where to go. (He begins walking through the zoo more. Behind him, we see a pipo monkey take a balloon from a child. The child begins crying. Suddenly, a pipo monkey jumps onto Jak and swipes Daxter away from him.) What the-?!

Daxter: Jak! (The pipo monkey sprints away from Jak.)

Jak: Dax! (Jak runs after the pipo monkey. The camera cuts to see the pipo monkey weaving between zoo goers. They all stop and gasp as they see what's happening.)

Daxter: And I thought you were going to protect me! (The pipo monkey stops next to an exhibit.) I've got two words for you: tooth brush! (The pipo monkey looks up for a second before chucking Daxter over the gate. Daxter screams. He lands in the water.) What was that about?! (Daxter pulls himself onto a rock in the water as a low growling is heard. The camera pans out to see a group of alligators surrounding Daxter on his rock.) Oh no... Jak!

(We cut to Diddy Kong in his exhibit. A zookeeper opens the door to it with a bunch of bananas.)

Zookeeper: Hello, monkeys! I have bananas for you! (He throws them onto the ground and begins to leave. As he exits, a pipo monkey jumps onto him and hits him in the head with a pipe. He gestures for Diddy Kong to follow him. Diddy Kong points at himself, confused. The pipo monkey nods in response. Diddy Kong exits his exhibit. We see them run through the employees only section of the zoo until they reach a door. The pipo monkey opens it and they both walk in. It's dark in there at first.)

???: Well, what have we here? (The lights suddenly turn on and we see that the room is full of pipo monkeys. The one speaking to Diddy Kong is none other than Specter sitting on his floating throne.) Sorry to pull you out like this, but I thought that you looked like an asset to my simian army. Don't you hate those miserable humans for locking you up? Don't you want revenge? (Diddy Kong thinks it over.) Just one thing. (Specter holds up a pipo helmet.) You'll need to wear this. (A pipo monkey swipes Diddy Kong's hat off of his head and Specter places the pipo helmet on Diddy Kong. In a moment, Diddy Kong's mind is taken over.)

(We cut back to Toejam, Earl, and PaRappa. We hear Jak running near in the background.)

Jak: Dax? Dax! (Our heroes turn around to meet Jak. Toejam stops Jak as he runs by.)

Toejam: What's the rush, G?

Jak: Have you seen an ottsel around here?

PaRappa: An ottsel?

Jak: Named Daxter. He was taken off my shoulder.

Daxter: Jak!

Jak: I hear him! (Jak runs off as the rest follow. They all reach the alligator exhibit as Daxter is getting closed in by alligators. A crowd of curious onlookers have formed as well.)

Daxter: (To Alligators.) Don't make me come over there and... sic Jak on ya!

Jak: I'm coming Dax! (Jak leaps over the gate and lands on the rock that Daxter is on. As he does, an alligator lunges at them. Jak does a spin move and flings the alligator away.)

Daxter: I could have taken them myself. (Daxter climbs onto Jak's shoulder. Another alligator lunges and Jak rolls out of the way.)

Jak: We might be in trouble, buddy.

Daxter: Oh boy.

Earl: Yo! Catch! (The camera pans to see Earl throwing a gift towards Jak and Daxter. Jak opens it to reveal Icarus wings.)

Toejam: Put 'em on, yo! (Jak puts them on and they begin to flap. He keeps getting higher as the alligators snap at him. He finally makes it over the fence.)

Jak: Thanks for the help.

Toejam: We're just doing our thing, dog.

(We cut to a different part of the zoo with a respawn portal in it as Sackboy pops out of it.)

Narrator (LBP): Oh, you're a cute one, aren't you? (Sackboy frowns at this.) Look at that, a face like a smacked bottom. (Sackboy smiles again and begins wandering around the zoo. He passes by and waves at Maya Fey (Ace Attorney). We see the head of Diddy Kong watching Sackboy from the shadows. We cut to Sackboy walking a bit more before he is suddenly hit in the back of the head with a peanut and falls over. The camera pans to see Diddy Kong holding his peanut popgun towards Sackboy.) What in the blue blazes? (A couple zookeepers take notice of this.)

Zookeeper: Hey, grab that monkey! (Diddy Kong points his peanut popguns at the zookeeper and begins firing at them rapidly. We see them fall to the ground as the crowd gasps. Diddy Kong sneers as Sackboy uses this opportunity to somersault into him. This pushes Diddy back a bit.)

Narrator (LBP): Sackboy and adventure go together like ice cream and wasps. (Sackboy gets into a fighting position. This makes Diddy angry as he runs up and jumps onto Sackboy's head before quickly jumping off again, pushing Sackboy down. Sackboy gets up and equips his popit. We see a sticker of Earth suddenly become connected to it as Sackboy moves the sticker onto Diddy. Sticker sounds are heard and Diddy becomes covered in Earth stickers, angrily swiping at them.) Good job! (Diddy wipes off all the stickers and pulls out his jetpack. He equips it and flies over to Sackboy. Diddy swipes him up and flies high before dropping Sackboy. He lands with a thud. The camera cuts to the rest of our heroes watching Diddy in the sky from some ways away.)

PaRappa: Woah! What is that?

Toejam: That doesn't look like an earthling.

Jak: (Equipping his morph gun.) Let's take care of this. (Our heroes run towards it.)

(We cut back to Sackboy on the ground. He slowly gets up before looking up at Diddy. He suddenly gets an idea and uses his popit to grab the hot dog stand that is nearby.)

Hot Dog Vendor: My stand! (Sackboy raises the cart higher with the popit until it is above Diddy. Then, he lets go, and Diddy and the cart begin crashing to the ground. When they hit the ground, Diddy's pipo helmet falls off.)

Narrator (LBP): Hooray! (Diddy Kong woozily gets up as Sackboy stances up to continue fighting. Diddy looks around confusedly and Sackboy drops the stance, also confused. Our other heroes then run up.)

Earl: Yo, what's the problem. (Diddy suddenly gets up angrily and begins looking around.)

PaRappa: It's just a monkey.

???: Just a monkey? (Everyone turns around to the voice. The camera cuts to reveal Specter on his floating throne.) I would watch your words if I were you.

Daxter: Hey! What's the big idea?! Are you the one who sent an ape after me?!

Specter: Indeed, I was. Now, my magnificent power will bring you down. (To Diddy.) Isn't that right my friend? (Diddy angrily pulls out his peanut popgun. He shoots at Specter who easily floats out of the way.) So, you're turning your back on simian kind? Fine then, I'll just destroy you too. (He throws Diddy his hat who quickly puts it on.)

Toejam: Take us down? You and what army, monkey?

Specter: The army I have at my command. The zoo! (Screams are heard as an army of pipo monkeys starts towards our heroes. Not only that, but we also see lions and elephants wearing pipo helmets as well.) You will no longer lock us in cages. The time of reckoning has come. Now, my army... go!

Daxter: Let 'em all have it, Jak!

Toejam: C'mon, Earl! (Our heroes quickly run off in different directions. We cut to Jak firing in all directions with his morph gun. A pipo monkey approaches from behind as Jak turns around and uppercuts it.)

Daxter: That had to hurt. (We cut again to Earl using Toejam as a bat to bash multiple monkeys with. PaRappa skates past them with the camera following as he suddenly skids and jumps off. His skateboard goes airborne and clotheslines two monkeys.)

Specter: You'll never win. (Diddy Kong suddenly jetpacks into the air to meet Specter.) You really want to fight me? Fine. (Specter shoots a blast of psychic energy out. Diddy Kong swerves out of the way and shoots at Specter, who dodges again.) You'll never hit me like that. (Specter suddenly drops down a bit.) Huh? (The camera pans to see Sackboy attached to the bottom of Specter's throne with a grappling hook. He is swinging happily with his tongue out.) Why you- (He is suddenly hit in the head with a peanut.) I still won't go down.

(We cut to a different part of the battle as Earl holds a pipo monkey upside down as Toejam beats it like a sandbag. Jak and Daxter suddenly come into frame.)

Daxter: Woah, look at those. (Daxter points and the camera pans to see a group of lions near them.) Shoot those helmets off, just be careful. I don't wanna find a new shoulder to ride on. (Jak begins shooting at them. We cut to another part of the battle as PaRappa uses his skateboard to skate up an elephant's trunk.)

PaRappa: Now what? (He notices the pipo helmet.) Aha! (He removes it and the elephant returns to normal.)

(We cut back to the fight with Specter. Specter is shooting more psychic projectiles at Sackboy and Diddy who are both on the ground.)

Specter: Take that! (Diddy is hit but Sackboy helps him back up. Sackboy then takes out his popit and creates a barrel with it. He drops it down as Diddy catches it and throws it at Specter. Specter blocks it with a shield and the barrel breaks.) Did you really think- (Diddy suddenly surges forward with his jetpack and knocks into Specter. Specter begins spinning wildly as Diddy hits the ground again.)

(We cut back to Jak fighting the lions. He shoots the helmet off of one of them when suddenly another lunges behind him and snarls.)

Toejam: Heads up! (A flurry of tomatoes suddenly begin showering the lion. The camera cuts to see Toejam and Earl chucking handfuls of tomatoes at the lion. One of the tomatoes shatters the pipo helmet.)

Daxter: Those guys are good. (We cut to PaRappa freeing the last elephant. He then points at Specter.)

PaRappa: You see that monkey? Bring me closer to him. (The elephant obliges. We cut to Sackboy swinging off of a lamp post with his grappling hook towards Specter. Specter hits him in midair with a psychic projectile.)

Specter: Haha! (He looks down at Sackboy and Diddy.) Now, it's over.

PaRappa: I gotta believe! (PaRappa flies in on his skateboard and knocks Specter out of his throne. The rest of the heroes join up to corner Specter.)

Jak: This is the end for you. (Diddy makes angry monkey noises at Specter.)

Specter: This isn't the end. I'm just getting started. (Specter pulls out a remote control and presses a button on it. He laughs. Loud thud sounds are heard as the ground shakes.)

Daxter: Woah!

PaRappa: What's happening?! (The camera cuts to reveal a giant ape coming out from behind the city skyscrapers. A small pipo helmet is on his head. This is George (Rampage).)

Specter I told you. This is just the beginning. (Specter laughs and gets back into his flying throne. He floats up next to George's head.) Get them! (George roars and beats his chest before advancing on our heroes.)

Jak: Run! Everyone!

Narrator (LBP): What has Sackboy gotten himself into now?! (Our heroes run out of the zoo as the figure of George slowly advances towards them.)

End of Episode

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