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| - Freakshow: Hm, that's odd. I commanded it to eat you. [Looking thoughtfully at the Gauntlet] I need more practice. Agent O: The Gauntlet is active. Bad news. Agent K: Very bad. When I file a report, [pulling a pair of handcuffs out of his jacket] I shall be affixing blame to you. Agent O: [scowling and reaching into his own jacket for handcuffs] Not if I affix it to you first. [To Freakshow and his minions] Freeze, freaks! Freakshow: Freeze? If you insist! Freakshow: Now, where were we? [reaching down to grab Danny by the front of his jumpsuit] I was going to ruin your life the way you ruined mine, ha! [He raises the red-glowing Gauntlet, but before he can strike Danny knocks him to the ground with an ectoblast.] Danny: [approaching] Show's over, Freak--yahh! Freakshow: [As a train engine pulls up behind him, whistling] Looks like our little showdown is going to require a bigger audience. [Lydia steps out onto the back of the train, smirking at them.] A much bigger audience. [Laughs] Sam: Danny, what about Freakshow? Danny: Let the jerkcicles handle it. I'm on vacation. Besides, two words: Sam: [reading] The Reality Gauntlet consists of four gems, which-- Danny: [putting his hand over the page] Guys, come on! It's summer. As in no more pencils, no more books... Tucker: [pointing at the book] You might want to take a look at this book. Especially the author. Danny: [taking the book and reading] Frederick Isak Showenhower? [Sam reaches over and folds the page to cover the middle part of the name, so that it reads "FreakShow".] Freakshow? Well-- I don't care, Sam. As of right now [giving her back the book], Freakshow is not my problem. [The band starts playing.] Oh, I love this part! This is where the band comes out of a giant egg. Freakshow: Are you kids ready to have a great summer? Because Dumpty Humpty had a great fall! [Laughing] Danny: Will this vacation ever start? [Looking around, he ducks under the bleachers to go ghost.] Freakshow: [the Gauntlet glowing yellow] Ah, the only thing better than an audience is a captive audience. [He gestures, and seatbelts fasten everyone down to the bleachers.] Danny: [flying over the stage] Show's over, Freakshow! [He dives to attack] Freakshow: Au contraire. That's French for, "I'll bet this hurts". [He punches Danny out of the air with the Gauntlet.] Jazz: I can't go on this trip. I need to write my thesis on ghost envy. If only I could find someone that fits the bill. [Looking at her father meaningfully] Jack: [looking down and seeing Lydia on the TV] Ghost! Jazz: That was easy. Lance Thunder: It's ghost-based chaos at the Casper High School's Out Concert, where notorious ghost kid Danny Phantom is fighting for his afterlife. Agent O: Let's roll--roll--[sneezes] Freakshow: Any last words? Ah, might I suggest, 'Ah, Freakshow, don't hurt me.' 'Sam: 'Leave him alone! Freakshow: I see we have the same taste in authors. [Sam kicks the book out of his hands and grabs at the Gauntlet.] And in gloves. Let go, girl! Freakshow: You did it--you found the combination that activates all the gems! Which means I control all reality! [The world around them begins to waver.] Sam: Guess again, cue ball! As long as we're touching the Gauntlet, we have just as much control as you do. Freakshow: [Attempting to shake them off] Let...go...of...my...Gauntlet! [He throws them again, but they all manage to grab back on.] Sam: [to Danny and Tucker, as Freakshow continues to try to dislodge them] Quick, according to the book, the Gauntlet has a defense mechanism. Thinks of a place to hide the gem you're holding! Freakshow: No, no! Freakshow: Blast! The gems have gone. [Lydia phases through the stage to stand beside him.] We must flee! But dramatically! Danny: Um, nobody saw that, right? Jazz: You didn't see that, right? Dash: Holy sweatsocks! Danny Fenturd is Danny Phanturd? Paulina: [brightly] And he's totally infatuated with me! This makes things so much easier-- for me! Tucker: Back! Back, savages! Sam: [to Danny] Well, uh, it, could be worse? Danny: Really? How? Guys in White: Nobody move! Maddie: [shrilly] Our son is the ghost boy?! Jazz: [jumping in front of the TV and holding up her hands pacifically] Now, now, let's not go jumping to any insane conclusions-- Jeremy Manson: You! Jack: You! Jeremy: We were watching 'Extreme Nanny Makeover' when we found out your son was a ghost! Jack: Why are you yelling at us? Your spooky-ooky bat daughter has to be behind this! Mr. Foley: [pushing the two men apart] Now, fellas, it's ok to point fingers as long as nobody's pointing them at my son. Maddie: Ok. Maybe Danny is the ghost boy. But it's not as though our ghost activities have ever put your families in any danger! Jack: [shrugging sheepishly] Until now. Agent K: You're coming in for questioning. Agent O: And experiments. Lots and lots of really painful experiments. Danny: I don't think so! Tucker, Sam, grab hold of me. [They do so] I'm going ghost! Tucker: Dude, you're a rock star. Danny: Who can't do anything! Danny: [Getting to his feet] That Reality Gauntlet explosion must have messed with my ghost powers. Sam: I'll get us out of here. [Grabbing Danny by the shirt, she flings him out into the crowd.] Mosh pit! Agent K: [pointing after them] He's lost his ghost powers. Agent O: Get him! Danny: [taken aback] You're...helping me? Dash: Well, duh! You've only been helping us for like, ever! Paulina: [kissing Danny's cheek] Paulina Fenton. Hey, I finally wrapped my mind around it! Sam: Ok, I'm feeling relieved and nauseated at the same time. Agent K: He couldn't have got far without his ghost powers. Paulina: [to Sam] I want that back by Monday-- minus the goth sweat. Sam: [irately] We don't sweat, we simmer! Danny: Ok, I zip in, get my stuff-- Tucker: Then what? Run away from home? Danny: Well, what choice do I have? The whole world knows my secret! But if I can get the Gauntlet, I can change reality so that none of this ever happened. [Stepping through the front door into the dark living room] Believe me, [flicking on the light] it'll be better for everyone if I just-- [he pauses, seeing something that catches him up short] uh, disappear? Sam: For those still counting, that's three times we've been grabbed today. Agent O: Humans are secure. Take down the ghost child! Danny: Where are my mom and dad? What have you done with them? Agent K: Daniel Fenton, in accordance with the Federal Anti-Ecto Control Act, Article 1, Section 1, Sub-section A, you're under arrest. Danny: I'm only gonna say this once. Let my friends go, and get out of my house! Agent O: Or what? Danny: Or this! [Running to a curtained wall, he throws back the curtain to reveal a red button behind a glass case labeled "In Case of Fenton Emergency, Break Glass!" Using the hammer hanging there, he breaks the glass and presses the emergency button. Immediately an alarm sounds and a red light starts flashing.] Jack recording: FentonWorks Anti-Creep Mode activated. [the agents looks around angrily] Our special today is fudge. I mean pain. Agent O: Fire ectoweapons! Sam: [protecting her head with her arms] What's going on?! Danny: The house attacks anything using ecto-energy. I'm going ghost! [He does so, and immediately five different weapons drop out of the ceiling and target him. He quickly reverts to human form and they retract.] Darn! If I go ghost the house will think that I'm an enemy. Run! Sam: [to Danny] Where are your parents? Danny: Probably looking for me...or a scalpel to dissect me with. Random Agent: [coming down the the stairs, gun aimed] Freeze! Danny: [halting and throwing his arms out so his friends don't pass] Ok! Danny: Three to the Op Center! Tucker: Man, your dad really needs to get rid of that ham. Danny: Time to lock up for the night! Sam: [incredulously] The Fenton Blimp? What are we gonna do, bore them off our tail in a low-speed chase? Danny: Not quite. [Moving the Emergency Ham, he reveals another red button hidden beneath it. He presses it.] Agent O: We're gaining on it! Agent K: [disgustedly] Of course we are, it's a blimp. Agent K: ...and now it's not. Tucker: We're gonna destroy the school! Danny: I don't know what to do! Sam: Do something! Danny: Wait! Jack recording: Auto Jack activated. Please buckle up and pass the fudge! Sam: It's after five. Why can't they quit like every other government employee!? Agent O: [as the fuselage of the plane vanishes] We're losing visual! Activate White Fang Tracking Device! Agent K: [unimpressed] White Fang? Agent O: [exasperated] I don't name this stuff. Sam VO: Danny, we lost them yesterday. You can stop now. Tucker: We should contact your parents. Danny: And tell them what? "I'm sorry I've been lying to you, and please don't rip me apart molecule by molecule"? Besides, if they have anything to say to me they can always contact me. [Right on cue, the communications console starts beeping.] Ugh...here we go. Freakshow: Oh, hello. Hope I'm not interrupting the worst day of your life ever! But it seems I need your help. Danny: You miserable freak, why would I ever help you?! [glaring] Freakshow: I'm sorry, did I say 'need'? I meant demand! [Laughs] Sam: [gasps] He's got my parents! Tucker: [to Sam, slightly exasperated] He's got all our parents. Danny: Mom! Dad! Freakshow: Why look. I have something you want. [pointing at Danny] And you know the location of something I want: my gems, which you three fools will retrieve if you ever want to see your families alive again! [offhandedly] Oh, and just to keep it dramatic, you have three days. [He laughs, and the screen cuts to static.] Danny: Three days? But we don't even know where to start looking! Sam: [picking up the Gauntlet book] You know, school being out or not, you really should listen more. We're the ones who hid the gems, remember? Sam VO: Which means they're safe and sound at Gothapalooza. Tucker VO: Except I was thinking about the comic book convention. Danny VO: And I was thinking about the Space Center. Tucker: Looks like we're gonna get that cross country trip together after all. Danny: [pointing as a map drops down behind him] Starting here [indicating Florida]. Auto Jack: Auto Jack setting new course for Cape Canaveral, Florida. Tour guide: And now, we'll get a close-up look at the famous Space Shuttle. Little boy: [discovering the Gem of Life on the floor of the elevator] Whoa, what's this? [picking it up] Some kind of moon rock? Tucker: [to Danny] No fair! How come we get to go your place first? Danny: Does it matter? We're not here to have fun. We're here to look for the Reality Gems. Sam: [looking at the book] Which according to Freakshow's book, are activated by touch. So as long as nobody found it yet... Sam VO: ...maybe this will be easy. Sam: [as the shuttle approaches through the front window, to Danny] It's never easy, is it? Danny: Going ghost! Sam: [on the PA, helpfully] Danny, go, get the gem! Danny: I always wanted to ride on the Space Shuttle, just not on the outside! Danny: [holding it aloft triumphantly] Yes! Tucker: [exasperated] We had to come here first. Danny: Ok, I've run the simulation a million times on my computer. Danny: Ladies and gentlemen, the eagle has landed intact! Agent on PA: Attention Daniel Fenton, AKA Danny Phantom. Give yourself up! Danny: Yes! [gasps as he sees the GiW agents wheeling back around] Agent O: We've lost visual again! Agent K: Don't worry, they won't get far. We've got sensors everywhere. Radio: All units, be on the lookout for the ghost boy and his accomplices. I repeat: all units be on the lookout for the ghost boy and his accomplices. Danny: [pulling the Gem of Life from his belt] Let's just put you someplace where your ghostly energy can't get out. [he drops it into a Fenton Thermos] One Reality Gem found, two to go. Sam: [scoffing] We'll never make it across the country in time on these things! Danny: And now we will. Shall we? Sam VO: Can you hurry it up, Tucker? We're on a deadline. Sam: Emphasis on "dead". Tucker: [tossing another clean bone on his plate] We have to eat, Sam. [Picking up a whole fried chicken] And I'm a meat connoisseur in the land of barbeque and bacon fat. Lance Thunder on a nearby TV: A nationwide search continues for this ghost-powered teenager. [gasping, the trio look up. A video of Danny transforming is inset on the news.] If you have any information, please contact local authorities. Danny: Uh, sorry about this. [He quickly blasts their phones.] Customer: Hey, I still had minutes left! Danny: [on their way out the door] You gotta watch those roaming charges. Tucker: But Thursday's all you can eat night! Danny: [turning to him angrily] Not if we're in jail! We're trying to save our parents, remember? Wherever they are. Jeremy: [to the Foleys] This is Fenton's fault. Pass it down. Mr. Foley: [Crawling across their cage to pass it on to Jack] This is Fenton's fault. Pass it down. Jack: [starting to pass it to Maddie] This is--wait a minute! Maddie: [putting a calming hand on his arm] Settle down now, Jack. It's all right. [unhappily] This whole business about Danny being the ghost boy has got me just as confused and baffled as you. Jack: Imagine, our own son has had ghost powers all this time and has kept them a secret from us. [confused] But we love him! [turning to Maddie] I wonder why he didn't trust us enough to tell us. Jazz: [sarcastically] Hmm, let me guess. [mimicking Jack] "Hey, Maddie, let's destroy the ghost!" [mimicking Maddie] "No, Jack, let's dissect the ghost." [mimicking Jack again] "I know, let's catch the ghost and rip it apart molecule by molecule!" [normal voice, sarcastic again] You guys are so understanding. Freakshow: [approaching] Your beloved children have but a day to return my Reality Gems. [He stops in front of the Fentons' cage.] Should they fail, well, let's just say I've got plans. Jazz: [unimpressed] So in other other words, we're just gonna sit around until you get your stones. Not much of a bad guy, are you? Freakshow: [narrowly] What's that? Jazz: Well, you don't have any powers. I mean technically Lydia's a lot stronger than you, and without her-- Freakshow: [throwing a tantrum] I will not-- be upstaged-- by ghosts! [eye twitching] Jazz: Wow. [exchanging a knowing look with Maddie] Jealous much? Freakshow: [calm again] Of ghosts? Untrue. I love ghosts. Worked with them all my life. Jazz: [accusingly] By seeking to control them! That's ghost envy if I've ever seen it. Freakshow: [yelling right in her face] I don't have ghost envy! Freakshow: [snapping at Lydia] Use the door like a person! Sam: Gothapalooza! The ultimate celebration of despair and darkness. Teddy bears: We love you! Sam: Destroy them, Danny! [several colorful bears leap up to hug her and she tries to yank them off] Find the gem that did this [tearing them off and throwing them on the ground] and rip the stuffing out of every last one of them! [She tears the head off a teddy, and is immediately bowled over by several more affectionate bears.] Danny: [cheerfully] Somehow I don't think that'll be necessary. [to the bears] May I have the Gem of Form? Teddy bears: Say the magic word! Sam: Die? Danny: [sweetly] Please? Sam: [relaxing as the two teddy bears hugging her turn into goths, dropping her arms around their shoulders] Aahh. I love the smell of anti-establishment in the evening. Danny: [dropping the Gem of Form into the thermos] Two gems down, one to go. And less than 24 hours to find it. Danny: [reaching down to pick up a paper] What's this? Oh, great. Freakshow: [angrily] Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts! Freakshow: You have no idea what it's like living in the shadow of ghosts all your life. Jack: [snoring and talking in his sleep] Ghosts...ghosts! Jazz: [sardonically] Oh, I think I have some idea. Freakshow: My parents loved ghosts more than me. My audience loves ghosts more than me. And deep down, I think I love ghosts more than me. Jazz: Tell me about it. Freakshow and Jazz: Sometimes I wish I was a ghost. Freakshow: [approaching the cage] You really do understand me, don't you, child? Jazz: More than you know. Danny: We've just gotta find a train that's headed for the comic book convention without drawing any attention. Danny cosplayer: [to Danny] Dude! Great costume! Tucker: [grinning] I think we found our train. Tucker: [looking up the line] What? No Tuckers? Am I not geek-worthy? Agent K: [pointing] Over there! Agent O: [grabbing his shoulder] Ok, spook boy. It's all over. Danny Cosplayer: [brushing off the agent's hand huffily] Paws off! This suit's handmade. Agent K: The train's leaving! Agent O: We know where it's headed. Tucker: [dismayed] Still no Tuckers. A crying shame. I even come with gadgets! [pulling several out of his pockets] Danny: Hm. Everything here looks normal. Sam: [watching a tiny cosplayer in a green outfit pass by] Compared to what? Danny: Oh, you know what I mean. I don't think anyone's triggered the Gem of Fantasy yet. Blue Chunk: Behold, the Crystal Leviathan's life-sustaining Kleptonian gem! Red: Wow, where'd you find that? Wolfgirl: [grabbing it] Lemme see, lemme see! Wolfgirl: [flinging it away] Ow! Red: [catching it and then juggling it in his hands] Agh, hot! [he flings it away as well] Danny: [looking up at them] Awesome! The Gem of Fantasy turned three regular nerds into superheroes! [Gesturing to them as he turns to Tucker] They can help us rescue our parents! Tucker: You need to read more comic books. [pointing] Those aren't superheroes--they're supervillains! Danny: I've gotta get that gem before these geeks do some real damage. Danny: Hey! I never approved of this! WolfGirl: You shall not pass. So speaks Empress She-Wolf! Tucker: [to Sam] That may be the hottest geek I've ever laid eyes on. Sam: Yeah? How 'bout now? Tucker: Yeah, still hot. Star Trek Cosplayer: Aah! Our comics have come alive! [running offscreen] Another geek: I don't know whether to be horrified or run and report this on the internet! Danny: Now to finish off the reset of the legion of super-dweebs. Agent O: [out of breath] Man, these cross country ghost chases are like...totally exhausting. Danny: Not so fast! Agent K: Hey, you're just geeks. Red: [holding up a finger] Technically we're enthusiasts. Sam: Nice work, Danny. We've got all three gems now! Danny: And Freakshow only has one. That means once we find him, we can beat him and take the Gauntlet! [dropping the Gem of Fantasy into the thermos] Sam: [looking around at the tat minions] Uh, guys? Tucker: [oblivious] We can save our parents! Danny: [also oblivious] And we can change reality so that nobody remembers my secret. Freakshow: [coming to loom over them, wearing the Gauntlet. The power gem is blinking.] Well, well. Look what the bats dragged in...with my Reality Gems! [rubbing his hands together] Danny: [glancing at the thermos, then standing up and starting to open it, determined] I don't think so. [Some of Lydia's tattoos snatch it from his hands and he tries ineffectively to catch it.] What? Ah! [they drop it into Freakshow's hand] Oh, no. Freakshow: [as he places each one into the Gauntlet] The Gem of Life...the Gem of Form...the Gem of Fantasy...and put them with a power source, and thanks to you, [tapping his head] I now know how to activate the Gauntlet! [He laughs, then starts tapping out the sequence.] Sam: Danny, stop him! Danny: [struggling] I can't break free! Freakshow: [completing the sequence] Thanks to you, I am now ringmaster of all reality! [fireworks go off behind him as he rises up on a pedastal, now wearing a more elaborate hat and coat and wielding a red-gemmed scepter. He waves the Gauntlet, and the sunny sky turns into a starry night.] Neato, huh? [Laughing, he glances over at the trio's families, still locked in their cages.] Danny: [angrily] Let 'em go, Freakshow! I brought you the gems. We had a deal! Freakshow: [walking over to the trio] The deal was, bring me the gems if you want to see them alive again. Well, [gesturing] here they are: alive--for now. [Laughs] Danny: [still bound and furious] You lied to me! Freakshow: [looking at Danny over his shoulder] Yes, yes I did. Goody for me. [turning] But it wouldn't be drama if I didn't give you a sporting chance. Freakshow: And an audience! Freakshow VO: A big audience! Freakshow: Ladies and gentlemen, freaks of all ages, [his scepter turns into a microphone] may I direct your attention to the center ring--[gesturing] Freakshow VO: --where Danny Phantom, AKA Danny Fenton, will attempt to rescue his friends and family from a ghastly doom of my own construction! Danny: Hey, what did you--? Oh man-- Freakshow: Only to be stopped at every turn by the master of all reality. [taking off his hat and bowing] Sam: [horrified] Danny! Tucker: It can't be! Jack: [screaming] Noooo! Maddie: Danny! No! [she lunges;Jack grabs her before she can fall out of the car and she lets him pull her back to him, crying] Freakshow: [holding a hand up to his ear] What's that? You want more? Freakshow: Well, since you insist, I'll give you more. Much more! Freakshow VO: It's all mine now. My revenge, your nightmare. Freakshow: There! A kingdom fit for a freak, and a freakdom fit for a king. Jazz: Danny! Jack: He's alive! Jazz: [yelling back at Danny] He has ghost envy! Use psychology! Danny: Psychology? That's it! Freakshow: [suddenly humongous, looming up behind him] Oh, no. You do not get to leave this world with a smile. Danny: Why wouldn't I smile? So what if you're the most powerful human on earth? [Freakshow traps him between his hands, but Danny phases through.] [tauntingly] No matter what you do, I'm half-ghost, and uh, you're not. Freakshow: I am the master of all reality! [He fires a red blast at Danny] Danny: Oh sure, but can you do this? [Danny stretches and bends unnaturally and easily around the ray. Below, the clowns cheer.] Freakshow: [to the audience, angrily] What? No! [pointing] He's not the star of this circus! I am! Me! Danny: [cartwheeling through the air] Ghost powers...[vanishing and reappearing] ghost energy... [flinging several balls of ecto-energy around] ghost, ghost, ghost! Freakshow: [looming furiously over the audience] I will not be upstaged by a ghost! Danny: Ah, half-ghost, technically, but still way cooler than you. Freakshow: [slapping Danny out of the air] Enough! [Danny crashes to the ground, dazed.] I may be losing control of the crowd, [kneeling down threateningly] but I control all reality. Freakshow: And if you think being a half-ghost is so cool....[He raises the Gauntlet, and all four gems blaze white. when the light clears, we see that Freakshow has transformed into some crazy thing with four arms, wings, and a face on its chest] What do you think of me now that I'm all ghost? [roaring] Danny: I think this just got a lot easier. [picking up the thermos, he sucks Freakshow inside.] Freakshow: What? No! Nooo! Danny: [putting the lid on the thermos] Sucker. Danny: [landing on the side of the pool] Are you guys ok?! Oh, [waving] Hi Mr. and Mrs. Manson, Mr. and Mrs. Foley. Danny: [turning and raising the Gauntlet] And as for you... Jack: Danny! Maddie: Young man? Danny: I...I'm sorry. Gah! [Jack crushes him in a bear hug] Jack: We're very proud of you, son. Maddie: Oh! Oh, my baby boy! [Kissing his cheek] Danny: [nonplussed] But I lied to you. Over and over for a really long time. If I were you guys, I'd be furious. Maddie: Well, of course you lied to us. We never gave you a reason not to. Jack: All this time we've been yammering on destroying and dissecting ghosts. [putting a hand on Danny's shoulder] I'd have been terrified too, if I were you. Maddie: We love you, sweetie. You. Jack: Whether you're ghost, boy, or something in between. Danny: And I appreciate that. [hugging Jack] More than you guys will ever know. [Maddie hugs both of them, then Danny pulls back, looking at the Gauntlet.] Or will ever remember. Agent K: What is it? Agent O: A massive spike in ecto-energy. Danny: That would be me. Danny: Ah-ah-ahh... Danny: Here, [holding up the Fenton Thermos] a gift. Danny: Oh, and from now on, [sternly] you're gonna leave Danny Fenton and his family alone. Agent K: Why would we do that? Danny: [raising the Gauntlet, which glows blue] Because he's not the ghost you're looking for. Agents O and K: [mechanically] He's not the ghost we're looking for. Danny: So that's it. I set everything back to the way it was before. Nobody knows I'm half-ghost except you two and Jazz. [Looking at the Gauntlet] Now it's time to destroy this thing for good. Dash: Hey, [Danny hurriedly hides the Gauntlet behind his back] Fentonio, Orlando, and Dawn! [Dash and Paulina walk up to them, dressed for the beach] What are you still doing in town? Paulina: Yeah, weren't you taking a trip to Loserville? Oh wait, [taking off her sunglasses] you're already there! Danny: Oh, man. That's right. Everything's back to the way it was. Which means we should be getting ready for our vacation! [He turns eagerly to Sam and Tucker, who look less than thrilled.] Sam: Uh, if it's ok, Danny, pass. Tucker: Yeah. We already had one cross country trip together. I don't think we can handle another. Danny: Yeah, I guess so. All right, then, [going ghost] time to finish this. Jack: [from the window] Hey! [Danny turns] Yeah, you! You've got a lot of nerve, floating around like that! [He runs and gets a large ectogun.] I get my hands on you, I'll tear you apart molecule by molecule! Danny: [waving] Have a nice summer! [He flies off over the street, and gets zinged in the rear by another ecto shot] Ow!
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