ACT ONE
OPENING SONG: SACRED GUARDIAN OF THE MOUNTAIN (FROM DISNEY’S MIGHTY JOE YOUNG)
FADE IN:
EXT.—SPACE-345 TE—DAY
We start in a STARFIELD, when a ROTATING LITE-DARK BLUE SQUARE-LIKE OBJECT appears from SPACE, only to reveal the Words “TIM BOX” in GOLD “TIM” on the top and in 3 MINI SQUARES for each letter, and “BOX” on the bottom and also in 3 MINI-SQUARES for each letter. Then the TIM BOX Logo rests on the LEFT SCREEN and the words “THE” and “COMPANY in GOLD. During the LOGO, drums hits. At the END of the LOGO, The CHORUS starts singing. The TIM BOX Logo began to fade out. The CAMERA turns down when the SUN RISES. When The CHORUS sang for the SECOND TIME and the DRUMS hits two more times, the following WORDS appear on the center of the screen: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX, WALT DISNEY PICTURES AND UNIVERSAL PICTURES IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIRAMAX FILMS, THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY AND THE TIM BOX COMPANY PRESENT.
EXT.—REPTARIAN FOREST—DAY
The CAMERA finally STOPS at a LUSH and GREEN REPTARIAN FOREST. REPTARIA is like no place you’ve ever seen before…
The CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE form a LANDSCAPE of HILLS and TOWERING CLIFFS. The vegetation and the REPTARIAN JUNGLE resemble the MARYLAND WOODS. It is into the forest of this “JURASSIC PARK OF THE TIM BOX GALAXY” where A HERD of TSINATOSAURUS, CHARONOSAURUS, PARASAUROLOPHUS, LAMBEOSAURUS, HYPACROSAURUS, CORYTHOSAURUS, and OLOROTITAN, 3 TRICERATOPS, 2 STYRACOSAURUSES, A CHASMOSAURUS, 5 IGUANODONS, 4 CAMPTOSAURUSES, and a running CLAN of HYPSILOPHODON grazes in the FOREST and often took a drink. When the DRUMS HITS again, the following WORDS appears on the SCREEN: A TIM BOX/CARTOON NETWORK/WINGNUT FILMS/LEGENDARY PICTURES PRODUCTION.
When The CHORUS Sang and the Drums hits another time, The CAMERA takes us to…
EXT.—REPTARIAN MOUNTAINOUS AREA—DAY
Helicopter Shot: The TERA-GUL a MOUNTAINOUS VALLEY is SURROUNDED by SHEER CLIFFS on the side of the NARROW, DRY VALLEY, an area deep in the heart of VEROS, dominated by spectacular PINNACLES of STONE, jutting out of the ground like giant fingers. The TERA-GUL is less than 75 feet wide, flanked by sheer, seemingly un-scalable cliffs. There, A Herd of DIPLODOCUS, APATOSAURUSES, IGUANODONS, and PARASAUROLOPHUSES roams all over the area. The following WORDS appear on the SCREEN: “A TIMOTHY ROBERT MCKENZIE FILM”. After passing the HERD, As the DRUMS hits again, THE CAMERA TAKES US TO SEE A PACK of 7 ALLOSAURUSES and 9 CERATOSAURUSES racing through the Mountain Cliffs. When The DRUM Hits and the CHORUS sang again, The CAMERA travels from a MOUNTAIN FACE to…
EXT.—REPTARIAN VALLEY—DAY
Helicopter Shot: a LUSH and FERTILE VALLEY surrounded by CLIFFS and filled with a variety of DINOSAURS such as SAUROPODS, THEROPODS, ORNITHOPODS, ANKYLOSAURS, STEGOSAURS, CARNOSAURS, POLACANTHIDS, DIPLODOCIDS, IGUANODONTS, BONEHEADS and many other DINOSAUR GROUPS, including A Variety of NON-DINOSAUR PTEROSAURS. During the next 1 Minute and 18 Seconds, The CHORUS’ singing and DRUM Hits overlapped during this shot and when the CAMERA began traveling through the GORGES of REPTARIA, through the GROUNDS full of Herds of Dinosaurs, through 2 MORE CLIFFS, ANOTHER SET OF GROUNDS full of Herds and Packs of DINOSAURS, and Into a cliff where a Family of IGUANODONS and TYRANNOSAURS are grazing. When the Title, “DEXTER’S ODYSSEY: A TALE OF THE TIM BOX WARS” (which is shown without the SWORD OF THE PHOENIX in its logo) appears on the screen, the camera swings to the left to reveal the entire Valley. Suddenly, when the song ends, a FLASH ENGULFS THE SCREEN to reveal the logo with the SWORD OF THE PHOENIX sandwiched between the logo in space.
EXT.—SPACE-345 TE—DAY
The FOLLOWING WORDS APPEARS ON THE SCREEN: “VOLUME ONE: THE BIRTH OF MANDARK” Pull back to reveal Tom Amuck looking out at the STARFIELD in the window.
TOM AMUCK:
(Voiceover)
The 28th Day of April, in the year 407 TE, by Tim Boxian Reckoning. Townsville, Mankook, Reptaria, Cotolamia, the Tim Box Federation of Galactic Systems, the Tim Box Galaxy. The Beginning of The Seventh age of this universe. This is the story of my father, Dexter Andrew Zarus, and his father, Arthur Windbear Zarus.
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EXT.—SPACE—DAY
The MILLENNIUM 20 space station is seen at the surface of Townsville Planet. The MILLENNIUM CRUSADER is approaching the dock bay of the MILLENNIUM 20.
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INT.--MILLENNIUM CRUSADER—DAY
While the PILOT and the CAPTAIN are controlling the cockpit, TOM AMUCK ZARUS, 35, and his brother, DAVID SAMSON ZARUS, 30, asks the captain and the pilot.
TOM AMUCK:
Captain, contact the captain of this station.
The Captain does TOM’S bidding, contacting Captain Andrew Samulus of the Millennium 20. She said…
MILLENNIUM CRUSADER CAPTAIN:
Captain Andrew. Can these peace accords be legal?
CAPTAIN ANDREW SAMULUS:
We’ll make them legal.
DAVID S. ZARUS:
Alright, we’re going in.
The Millennium Crusader zooms towards the Millennium 20.
INT.—MILLENNIUM 20 DOCK BAY—DAY
The CRUSADER landed on the parking place as Humans, Aliens and Robots watch. EMPEROR STEVEN UTONIUM, formerly Supreme Professor of the Tim Box Galaxy, and aged 73, greeted the two brothers and said…
EMPEROR STEVEN UTONIOM:
Welcome, my friends, to The Millennium 20, the mega-premium Space Station of the Galaxy. It is more than 4000 years since we tried to end the war. Any one who faces our old enemies, the Astronomeans, is a friend.
DAVID turns to TOM AMUCK and said…
DAVID S. ZARUS:
What is this war, Tom? What is this 300-year old battle against Mandark?
TOM AMUCK closes his eyes and then opens them when he said...
TOM AMUCK/NARRATOR:
Long ago, the Astronomeans and their emperor went mad, and wage war on the local Tim Boxian Planets. It feeds off a few planets themselves, growing larger…powerful…and evil.
As he continues, A group shot featuring MANDARK (0 TE-372 TE) on the center, ASTRO NOMINAR (4678 BTE-2079 TE), SALMANOS I (2079-1615 TE), and SAMSON (628 BTE-0 TE) on the left, and SALMANOS II (1615-628 BTE), LORD WILHELM ASTRONOMENOV (372-394 TE) and SALMANOS III (394-400 TE) to the right, is shown with their sword raise like those of Marines.
TOM AMUCK/NARRATOR:
(CONT’D)
The Tim Boxians Planets resisted, and in the year 3625 BTE, Founded the Tim Box Federation of Galactic Systems.
The 977 members of the Tim Box Federation of Galactic Systems, or Tim Boxian for short, or T.B.F.G.S., including REPTARIA, TOWNSVILLE, and MANKOOK, Raises their US salutes.
Cut back to TOM AMUCK telling DAVID S. ZARUS…
TOM AMUCK/NARRATOR:
The Astronomeans desperately wanted our colonies, for our homes are beautiful, Peaceful, and rich in resources and technology and everyday life. Do they, David?
DAVID S. ZARUS:
Tom, listen to me. The Astronomeans would have destroyed us thousands of years ago. But our planets are protected by the Tim Boxian Armada, the largest of all the armies of the universe.
TOM points out to a map of the Tim Box Galaxy, and told DAVID and PROFESSOR UTONIUM…
TOM AMUCK:
Guys, as in this map, it is then with 977 nations that we stop The Astronomean Armies. The massive positions are easy to defend, and both sides’ superior numbers are made worthless in the thousands of years that have follows.
EXT.—OUTER SPACE—DAY
Thousands of T-WING FIGHTERS, M-FIGHTERS, COMPASS DROID STARFIGHTERS, M-DROID STARFIGHTERS, ULTRA-M STARFIGHTERS, ULTRA-T FIGHTERS fights in an AERIAL DOG-FIGHT BATTLE! SOME FIGHTERS fights alongside the ASTRONOMEAN STAR-DESTROYERS, TIM BOXIAN STAR-DESTROYERS, An ASTRONOMEAN SUPER-STAR-DESTROYER, and A TIM BOXIAN SUPER-STAR DESTROYER. OTHERS DESTROY EACH OTHER IN SPACE!
NARRATOR/TOM AMUCK:
For more than 4000 years, The Tim Box Wars rages on.
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EXT.—TOWNSVILLE PLANET—DAY
A Crusader-Class Star Destroyer passes through the sky line. Townsville is a city world.
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EXT.—REPTARIA—NIGHT
A REPTARIAN SOLDIER fights a STRONG BORG in REPTARIA.
NARRATOR/TOM AMUCK:
(cont’d)
It is A Nightmare of Battles…
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EXT.—MANKOOK—DAY
An ASTRONOMEAN TANK fires laser at a MANKOOKIAN TIM BOX GROUND BASE.
NARRATOR/TOM AMUCK:
(Cont’d)
…sieges…
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EXT.—ASTRONOMA—DAY
A MASKED ASTRONOMEAN EMPEROR that is LORD SAMSON ASTRONOMENOV watches as his ARMY leaves ASTRONOMA.
NARRATOR/TOM AMUCK:
(Cont’d)
…tyrants…
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EXT.—ASADONIA—SUNSET
A BATTLE in the CRYSTAL WORLD of ASADONIA occurs. One CRYSTAL TOWER was hit by an M-FIGHTER and CRASHES INTO THE GROUND!
NARRATOR/TOM AMUCK:
(Cont’d)
And terror.
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EXT.—LEPUK—NIGHT
THE PLANET OF LEPUK. It is a LARGE PLANET with 10 MOONS surrounding it.
NARRATOR/TOM AMUCK:
The war was changed when the Tim Box Federation of Galactic System’s new nemesis arrived from the depths of the Tim Box Galaxy.
INT.—BASEMENT in DALAXINE RESIDENCE, LEPUK 5—NIGHT
A HUMAN COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT named LARRY THOMAS DALAXINE is hanging out in the DORM BASEMENT with his FRIENDS, FRANK SALANTOS, DAVID RAINGUS, GARY EOSANOS, HARRY FALCONUS, and SAM UNIVERSOS, discussing what might happen in their future.
LARRY DALAXINE:
So guys, what’s your future gonna be look like?
FRANK SALANTOS:
I’m going to Reptaria with all of you this March.
DAVID RAINGUS was the third to say.
DAVID RAINGUS:
I’m going to Reptaria after you graduate this summer.
GARY EOSANOS:
I’ll work on my film, Samurai Cop Part II.
HARRY FULCANUS:
I’m going to the Sue the T-Rex exhibit.
SAM UNIVERSOS:
We’re going back to school tomorrow after the Christmas and New Years Eve holidays.
LARRY DALAXINE:
We’ll do all that after I graduate from College this year. So after school, you want food or what?
ALL 5 FRIENDS:
We want food!
LARRY DALAXINE:
Okay, we might do that. We’ll eat at Outback Steakhouse after school. So get back to what you’re doing upstairs. I’m staying alone in the basement.
The 5 FRIENDS left the basement and go upstairs. LARRY DALAXINE is sitting in his basement chair alone. Moments later, he picks up a SCREWDRIVER. He taps it 12 times, but then he taps it hard 8 times before he taps it loudly 10 times in a hole in the stone floor besides the DRYER and TV, PLAYSTATION 2 and VCR, until he plunges it into the stone hole and a crack appears.
LARRY was in shock when the cracks spread from the stone hole to an area in the basement when it culminates in the CEILING in the BASEMENT. The ceiling POPS OPEN a small speck of ceiling. Suddenly, a black cloud appears from the cracked CEILING and crashes into the RUNNING MACHINE. Suddenly, MANDARK’S FACE from DEXTER’S LABORATORY appears from the BLACK CLOUD.
MANDARK:
You cannot hide, Larry. I see you.
LARRY was scared to see THE BLACK CLOUD MANDARK. He Pulls the SCREWDRIVER out of the STONE HOLE, drop it down, and aims a blaster at MANDARK.
LARRY DALAXINE:
Who the hell did you think you are?
MANDARK:
I have a name that matches the darkness that flows through me, a name that told of the man I could be. I am, Mandark!
He lets out an evil laughter. LARRY DALAXINE resists that.
LARRY DALAXINE:
Fuck you Asshole!!!!!!!!
LARRY FIRES THE BLASTER AT MANDARK, BUT INSTEAD, BLASTED A HOLE in the WALL!!!!!!
MANDARK:
(Taunting)
You Can’t Catch Me! You Can’t Catch Me! You Can’t Catch Me! You Can’t Catch Me!
He ROCKETS THROUGH THE HOLE!!!! LARRY DALAXINE reaches his WALKIE TALKIE and told his 5 FRIENDS…
LARRY DALAXINE:
Guys! We’re calling the Police!
THE BLACK CLOUD MANDARK flies through the areas of the DALAXINE RESIDENCE and STARTS SHOOTING INTO THE SKY. As MANDARK Rockets, we see the WHOLE RESIDENCE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LEPUK 5’s capital city, POVERONA, and finally, the entire fifth moon of LEPUK from outer space.
EXT.—LEPUKEAN SYSTEM--NIGHT
We see MANDARK rocketing from the fifth moon of Lepuk and then EXPLODE! The electrical static stops for a while. Suddenly, A SHADOWY OCTOPUS-LIKE CREATURE with MANDARK’S face showing creeps out of the galaxy and lets loose a BLOOD-CURDLING, EAR-SPLITTING ROAR. It then ran away to the sound of a police siren.
4 LEPUKEAN POLICE SHIPS pursue the beast. LEPUKEAN POLICE battle occurs: One of the police ships FIRES its laser at the beast breaking a shard. The MANDARK BEAST SCREAMS in pain as three more police cars FIRES its laser at its body. It then turns into a shadowy scorpion. One police car is hit but FIRES BACK! The 4 police ships FIRES all but one shard that is broken from the beast and falls into space.
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The Ships continues to destroy the beast, just as the piece falls through space.
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EXT—OUTER SPACE—DAY
The black shard that is separated from the beast was seen hurtling through space for a week.
NARRATOR/TOM AMUCK:
A week pass. Sunday changes to Monday. Monday changes to Tuesday and then to Wednesday. Wednesday changes to Thursday. And Thursday gave Friday and Saturday a miss and straight on into Sunday again.
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EXT.—ASTRONOMA SYSTEM—MORNING
The BLACK PIECE hurtles through ASTRONOMA. The ASTRONOMEANS are the Enemies of the TIM BOX FEDERATION OF GALACTIC SYSTEMS.
NARRATOR/TOM AMUCK:
(Cont’d)
Then, One Day…
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EXT.—ASTRONOMEAN ATMOSPHERE OUTSIDE OF TAIGON—MORNING
The BLUE LAKE far from TAIGON. It is just water and very quiet. LORD DAREK ASTRONOMENOV was there collecting rocks.
NARRATOR/TOM AMUCK:
(Cont’d)
First light across the western hills of Astronoma’s capital, Taigon. The Astronomeans were ruled by the Wise Samson. But Now Samson was dead. So they summon the one who will be their new emperor.
The BLACK PIECE fell into the lake making a huge splash that rocks the ASTRONOMEAN COUNTRYSIDE. DAREK can hear it far away. He DROPS his rocks and saw what was going on.
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When he reaches the lake’s edge, the camera shook and 4 TREES shaken by the shaking of the EARTH fell into the lake. After the trees fell into the lake, two horns sprang out of the water.
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The camera shook again, and later the horns were gone. A GIANT TOWER seven feet tall springs out of the water and growing until it stops at seven feet.
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The tip of the RECTANGLE-LIKE TOWER shifts into a balloon-like head which pops the same two horns that we saw earlier. Meanwhile, the rest of the rectangle-like structure shifts into MANDARK’S body that looks like half of a Christmas tree without its tip and sprang humans-sized legs and arms. Finally, the shifting distorted and we reveal the back of MANDARK’S body.
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Darek peeks at the body and recoils.
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A pool of light engulfs his unseen front of the head and the body turns around to reveal the front of MANDARK with the beam now with an M in DEXTER’S LAB. The demon’s name was MANDARK.
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Long shot of MANDARK standing, seeing DAREK.
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Zoom in to reveal MANDARK’S Face. His eyes open and he yawns.
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MANDARK:
(Yawns)
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MANDARK finish yawning and raises his hand towards the sky. LIGHTNING FLASHES and MANDARK turn the sky into a half-red sky, using the sun to cause light to fade into a shadow.
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MANDARK:
(Groans)
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He opens his left hand. Then he turns around and opens his right hand. MANDARK pause for a moment, then he looks at DAREK and says…
MANDARK:
Oh! It is you! Thank You!
DAREK:
At last after a week of search, we found a new emperor.
MANDARK:
Oh. (Laughs) It was that black piece and that hocus pocus that set me free. (He gets out of the lake.) A new dynasty has begun for I am Mandark, the Emperor of Astronoma, The Supreme Dark Lord of the Galaxy, The Monarch of Darkness, your new master, my empire will bow down to me!
He made a BLACK AND RED CAPE similar to MANDARK’S in DEXTER’S LABORATORY and put it on. Darek receives Samson’s Magic Astronomean Sword and Mandark sheath the sword unto his belt and sheath.
MANDARK:
Lord Darek, I will begin the dawning of a new era, where the Astronomean Empire will be ruled by the almighty Mandark.
LORD DAREK ASTRONOMENOV:
Then let’s go to the Imperial Palace
And with that, Mandark and Darek walks back to the city of Taigon.
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INT.—ASTRONOMEAN IMPERIAL PALACE GREAT HALL—DAY
A few ASTRONOMEAN WARLORDS pass by. Among them was Senator TARIKOV. DAREK and MANDARK stop TARIKOV by saying…
MANDARK:
Greetings, Senator Tarikov!
TARIKOV RECOILS IN HORROR!
TARIKOV:
Who the hell are you?
DAREK:
He’s the new emperor of Astronoma. His Name is Mandark.
MANDARK:
Yes! My name is Mandark. I will take Samson’s place for I, Mandark, have succeeded in my first, greatest and most brilliant journey to Astronoma. And I, Mandark, shall be the Evil Within, The Essence of Evil, The Tim Box Galaxy’s most ultimate evil, The Emperor of Astronoma, the Supreme Dark Lord of The Tim Box Galaxy and the Monarch of Darkness!
He lets loose his evil laughter. As he was laughing, TARIKOV turns to DAREK and said:
TARIKOV:
What the Hell is he talking about, Darek?
DAREK:
It was a week ago. He is born in a freak accident on the fifth moon of Lepuk. He is a gigantic, evil entity which was all but destroyed by Lepukean Police. During the Battle, a small fragment fell away from the entity. This fragment drifted through space for a week, before falling to a lake in Astronoma, where I was collecting rock. The Hocus Pocus gave Mandark his humanoid form, sentience, and the capacity to shape shift.
As he continues, footage of how that happens was seen. When the flashback sequence ends, there is a flash that takes us back into DAREK and TARIKOV.
DAREK:
(Continued)
And that’s how he came to be.
TARIKOV:
Lord Mandark, Are you sure you want to be Emperor of Astronoma?
MANDARK:
Yes. Do My Bidding, Darek and Tarikov.
They left MANDARK, While MANDARK went to the throne room.
NARRATOR/TOM AMUCK:
Well, here we go again. Because Mandark is going to become emperor for the next 372 years!
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INT.—ASTRONOMEAN THRONE ROOM—DAY
Mandark is seen scheming happily in his throne. Then, He turns into the ARMAGEDDOUS and raises his hand to contact the spirit of Samson.
MANDARK:
The power of Astronoma is at your command, Samson, the old emperor of Astronoma.
The Armageddous reveals Samson as we saw him in the beginning.
LORD SAMSON:
What did you want from me?
MANDARK:
Build me an army worthy of yours.
LORD SAMSON:
Okay, you want some food or what?
MANDARK:
Okay, I want food.
LORD SAMSON:
Then, your wish is in my command. Go do your bidding.
THE ARMAGEDDOUS stops working. Mandark thinks.
MANDARK:
Hmm. What will I do?
Two STRONG BORGS enters his throne room.
STRONG BORG #1:
What new did you bring from Astronoma, my lord?
STRONG BORG #2:
What do you and Samson’s ghost command?
MANDARK:
We have work to do.
INT.—ASTRONOMEAN TERRITORY, REPTARIA—DAY
The GREAT ASTRONOMEAN WALL OF REPTARIA, LAURASIA. It rises directly from the square, towering 5 stories into the air. A STONE structure, with ORNATE CARVINGS and decorated with HUGE TUSK-like CRYSTAL ROOFS and BRONZE ASTRONOMEAN figures. In the center of the wall is an ENORMOUS 40 foot MARBLE GATE, strongly built and very old. From the vines and weeds that grow from cracks, it has clearly not been used for many years. The wall is not vertical on this side - it slopes like the pyramids, allowing quick access to the top.
Atop the Wall and Towers are STRONG BORG and VERAKIL TOWER GUARDS, Guarding the GREAT WALL OF ASTRONOMA, until they Spotted MANDARK, riding a VASTATOSAURUS REX (the dinosaur from PETER JACKSON’S KING KONG (2005)), and MOJO JOJO, a GREEN-FACED, BLACK-FURRED MONKEY—or PRIMAKIL, as his PEOPLE are called on the Planet PRIMOR—with WHITE GLOVES and BOOTS, BLUE TUNIC, and PURPLE CAPE, and also wears a WHITE BELT with a PURPLE TRIANGLE at the BUCKLE and a LARGE WHITE HELMET with PURPLE PINSTRIPES and SPOTS of the same color at its RIM, riding a CERATOSAURUS, A DINOSAUR from the LATE JURASSIC, along with his STRONG BORG and PRIMAKIL ARMIES, reaching the GREAT WALL.
STRONG BORG GUARD:
Halt! Who Goes There?
MANDARK:
It is I, Mandark, the shape-shifting monster from Astronoma, Emperor of all the Astronomeans, Supreme Dark Lord of the Galaxy, and Sovereign of Darkness.
STRONG BORG GUARD:
And who is this monkey over there?
MOJO JOJO:
Who am I? It’s the evil Mojo Jojo, son of Dante the Primakil, from Primor, King of all Primakil, Defeater and Destroyer of the Primorian Humans, Sovereign of The Apes and Monkeys.
STRONG BORG GUARD #2:
And who brings you guys into this territory?
MANDARK:
It was the ghost of Lord Samson Astronomenov. He died in a car accident 12 days ago. We’ll go to this Astronomean Territory of Reptaria and build an army there. So open this gate now.
STRONG BORG GUARD #2:
Very Well, welcome to our territory in Reptaria, and build your army there?
MOJO JOJO:
After that, we will feast.
STRONG BORG GUARD #1:
Okay.
The GATES opened. MANDARK and MOJO JOJO and their armies began riding on their PREDATORY THEROPOD DINOSAURS and began entering the territory.
MANDARK:
Guys. We’re Going in.
PULL BACK to reveal the ASTRONOMEAN TERRITORY OF REPTARIA, THE KANG VALE.