DAN RATHER:
"If you're just joining us, John Kricfalusi has been a fugitive from justice for the last three days. Today, he is leading New York state police on a low speed chase going northbound on Interstate 87 having reached Albany at about 2:30 Eastern time. The Mounted Police in Canada were alerted hours ago that Kricfalusi may try to flee to Quebec, and right now, Canadian authorities have the border sealed off. The mayor of Albany has declared a state of emergency, urging residents to stay home and off the roads for the duration of the chase."
KEITH OLBERMANN:
"Because of the John Kricfalusi situation unfolding in Albany, New York, this afternoon, the city's mayor has declared a state of emergency effectively putting the city on lockdown."
DAN PATRICK:
"And because of that state of emergency, the Albany Firebirds, the city's Arena Football franchise has told ESPN they would reschedule tonight's game against the Atlantic City Sharks at Knickerbocker Arena for the following Tuesday night."
PETER JENNINGS:
"Julia Lewald is now joining us on the phone. Hi Julia."
JULIA LEWALD:
"Hi Peter. Can you hear me?"
JENNINGS:
"Loud and clear."
LEWALD:
"Thanks."
JENNINGS:
"What can you tell us about John Kricfalusi at this time?"
LEWALD:
"Eric and I did indeed work with him at Gemini on
Jem and the Holograms eleven years ago, as Danny Abbott mentioned to Larry King."
JENNINGS:
"Now, Abbott described, as I understand, a physical altercation over a storyboard that John drew up."
LEWALD:
"Correct. John did in fact, as Danny said, storyboard a scene of Jerrica talking to herself and pacing back and forth in her underwear. He wanted to have that particular scene be placed at the beginning before the dad gets killed. I stood up and calmly told John: 'Listen up pal, this film is being marketed towards very, very young girls about six to twelve years old. Has that ever occurred to you? Do you realize how many angry moms, dads, grandparents, etc would boycott Hasbro or Universal if this scene were included in the film? This scene is not only stupid and pointless, but it also adds nothing to the plot.' That's when John's face turned red like a tomato. He punched the water cooler hard enough to spill the water all over the floor. He then started screaming at me to the point of tears and started winding up like he was gonna attack me. Eric and Danny then got out of their chairs and wrestled John to the ground. Security had to physically drag John out of MCA Tower in handcuffs. For the rest of that day, I had staff members asking me if I was ok and I'd just tell them 'Yeah, I'm fine.'"
MCA Tower: Home of Gemini Animation.
JENNINGS:
"What happened afterwards?"
LEWALD:
"As Eric and I were walking to our car, we found John standing in the middle of Lankershim still screaming obscenities at the top of his lungs and the studio police had to be called. About a week or so later, we found out he had flown to New York to work for Trump."
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NBC CHIMES***
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The Mission Part IV***
BRIAN WILLIAMS:
"This is Brian Williams in New York. It is now 6:09 Eastern time. John Kricfalusi has just surrendered in front of East Capitol Park on Eagle Street and Washington Avenue, and is now in the custody of the Albany PD. The driver has been identified as fellow Trump Manhattan staff member Eddie Fitzgerald. The missing 15 year old is safe and sound."
East Capitol Park, facing the NY State Capitol.
This will go down in history as the darkest day in animation history. All the same, Navy, I for one would
love to hear John K's twisted opinions on the Jem situation. I know I probably shouldn't, but I think it might be fun seeing a Psycho try to justify his actions that day.
I've also been thinking about some more Gadget lore. For instance, how about having a graphic scene where Claw is ripping gadget apart, taunting him and pointing out how ''useless'' he is. How he's essentially a worthless idiot and how everyone would be better off if he had been killed in the explosion. After Penny and Brain save him, he slags them off, angrily telling them to keep away from him for his own good. Penny tells Dr Bradford about the situation and she finds her brother in this seedy bar downtown, drinking gin mixed with Kerosene, as it's the only way for him to get the least bit buzzed. They have this back and forth conversation about how he needs to get off his ass and save Metro City from Nega-Gadget. Instead, John goes off on this tirade about how worthless he sees himself as, how incompetent he sees himself, how much of a joke he believes he is, how he can't see the crooks around him, making him useless as a crimefighter and how he's still just a dumb, sheltered kid with a nasally voice playing cops and robbers in the backyard. (I have this idea where in a much earlier scene, Gadget and Bradford' childhoods are shown briefly, Sleepy Hollow style. Basically showing that John was very much sheltered and doted over by his overprotective parents, who saw him as weaker and fragile, due to being born half a month early, which explains his naive, somewhat incompetent nature as a whole.)
It all culminates with the Doc theorising that her brother's main weakness could also be his biggest strength, telling him that the city needs him and so does penny and encouraging him to at least try. Sometime later, after dispatching of Nega-Gadget in a fit of heroic anger, he storms the M.A.D. Building, deliberately bumbling his way through, while Penny helps out by screwing with the HQ's electronics. Ultimately, Penny gets caught and Eventually Gadget, Bradford and Brain rescue here. However, Claw and a number of his higher-ups escape on this Cyberpunk Helicopter, just as the building implodes and the three escape. The family celebrates but gadget feels somewhat down about Claw's escape, but Penny assures him that all will be well; Calling him ''Uncle Gadget'' for the first time as the press and Quimby swarm the area.
The movie ends a few months later with John and Penny sitting around their house. After a call on the Gadget Phone, they find Quimby in the Fridge and he gives them two messages. The first is from John's ex, who we see is now living alone as she writes it. She tells John how wrong she was and how proud she is of him, but also says she can't get back together again because he deserves better than her. She also says that and Penny have agreed to change their last names to Gadget legally and hopes that one day, John can find it in his heart to forgive her. Which John does, as he's come to accept that his bumbling nature will always be a part of him. After telling Gadget how proud he is, Quimby gives Gadget the
other message. One that says that s group of terrorists are planning on blowing up the Theater District of the city and whats more, agents with the old M.A.D corporate logo have been spotted near the area. Oneself destructing message gag later and Gadget steps out of his house, flying away on his Gadget-Copter...while bumping into several lamposts along the way, Penny and Brain decide to follow him in the Gadgetmobile using autopilot, and the film end on a shot of them chasing Gadget towards the city with the final notes of the Inspector Gadget theme playing, before suddenly cutting to black and the credits.
In an after credits scene, we see Claw, sitting in a chair in a dark, underground room with flickering lights, looking at a newspaper clipping of gadget in front of him. We don't see his face, but we
do hear his voice and his catchphrase.
''I'll get you next time, Gadget! Next time!
Raaaaaaooooow!
Besides, movie executives would still be clambering for a boyband on their soundtrack no matter what TL and better this than Youngstown IMO.
