04x08 - Super Ickis/The Substitute

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( Clock chiming, thunderclap )

( Creaking )

( Owl hooting )

( Shrieking )

( Crying )

( Gasps )

( Screaming )

That was pathetic!

( Needle scratching record )

( Chuckles )

( Whimpering )

Oh-- ow! Oh!

The human
has ultra monster trapped!

Oblina:
oh, really, ickis.

You and that silly
comic book-- fah!

Fah?! This is not

( Imitating oblina ):
fah.

This is the hero
of monsters everywhere!

This is ultra monster.

And his faithful
sidekick, frrp.

He's my favorite.

Frrp? Oh, please!

Come along,
we're late for class.

But I'm not finished.

I have to find out if ultra
monster gets out of the trap

And scares the evil humans.

I think he probably does.

Oblina:
are you coming?

Okay, okay,
keep your lips on, sister.

Class, I've looked over
your group scare assignments

And, ah... They stink!

Did you think you could get away
with such pathetic work?

Do you take me for a fool?

( All gasp )
yes! Yes!

He did it!

Hooray for ultra monster!

Thirty-two?

So, you'd rather
read about

Some ninny in a costume

Than listen
to my lecture?

Is that right?

Well... ( Giggles )

Give me that!

I never want to see you

Reading that drivel
in my class ever again!

Any questions?

Oh, poor, poor,
misguided icky.

Don't worry,
oblina

He'll be okay.

Yeah, oblina,
did we come up here

To mope about ickis

Or to go scaring?

( Sighs deeply )

Oh, why is it so wrong
to idolize ultra monster?

It would be great
to be like him.

Oh... All I need
would be a really cool...

( Gasp of realization )

Costume!

( Squeals gleefully )

All right...

We scare on three.

One, two, three.

( Growling )

( Roaring )

( Roaring )

( Music playing on walkman )

( All screaming )

Ahh! It's ultra monster!

( Voice deepening ):
yes, it is i...

( Cracking ):
ultra monster! Ha!

( Giggles )

Cower in fear, human.

And now, to boldly scare where
no monster has scared before!

Away!

Whoa!

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!

( Whimpering )

Oh!

( Screaming )

( Mumbling, whimpering )

Who was that
masked monster?

Do I have a headache.

I feel like...

What the...?!

Oh.

Kriggle:
oh, the amazing way he

Scared that human.

Who scared what?

Icky, leave it to you
to be miles away

When a real hero shows up.

You should have seen
the way

He soared in,
scared that human

And then soared
away again.

So daring,
so dangerous.

Oh, and that costume,
magnificent!

Kriggle:
he's the bravest monster
I ever saw.

Hmm. Well... ( Chuckles )

I guess I am...

Brave.

Zimbo:
pip-squeak.
( Squeals )

Out of the way

So that snorch
and zimbo may pass.

Ow!

( Laughs tauntingly )

Ooh, I would like
to get those two!

If I only had the courage.

Scatter,
pathetic underlings!

There is no room
for choo in this hall.

Ickis ( in deep voice ):
correction:

There is no room for you.

Ahh!

( Snorch screaming )

( Snorch screaming )

You, you scared the snorch.

Yeah, i...
( Clears throat )

( In deep voice ):
yes, I did, citizens...

Uh, monsters. Mm-hmm.

You're so screamy.

( Squealing with delight )

Ooh! I did it!

I am a super-scarer,
just like ultra monster.

And it is all thanks
to my costume.

Best of all, it's a secret!

Krumm:
hi, ickis.

( Gasps )

( Screams )

Ahh, ahh!

Ohhh, that is just great!

I finally get to be
a superhero

And I blow
my secret identity

In the first
five minutes.

Don't worry,
I won't tell anyone.

Oh, thanks, krumm, you're a pal.

I give you my word
as a superhero

That I will do
anything for you, anything.

Um, could you make me
your sidekick?

Sidekick?

Well, ultra monster has frrp.

I, I like him.

Well... Yes, yes,
yes, krumm!

Oh, you shall be
my sidekick.

Together we shall make
monster history!

But first

We have something
even more important to do.

( Chuckling gleefully )

I'm a sidekick!

Okay, world.

Get ready to be scared
by supermonster

And his sidekick, phlegm.

Um... I'm not sure

How I feel
about my name.

How do you feel
about sputum?

Belch boy.

All right, all right,
we can always change it.

( Kids shouting, laughing )

( Growling )

( Screaming )

( Gasping )

( Roaring )

( Screaming )

Away!

Away!

Both:
wow!

Hut, hut, hut, hut.

Let's go, let's go.

Look alive, miserable maggots!

( Roars )

( Roars )

( Screaming )

Away!

Wow!

( Monsters roar,
humans shrieking )

Aargh!

Aargh, aargh!

( Growling )

( Also growling )

( Grunts )

( Yelling )

( Roaring )

( Audience screaming )

Oh! That, that was...

Supermonster!

Oh, you don't say.

Oh, but I do!

The way he flew
through the air

So daring!

Well, this supermonster

Sounds like a real brave fellow.

( Loud belch )

Class, no doubt you've
heard about the monster

Calling himself supermonster,
and his sidekick, belch boy.

Um, that's belch wonder now.

( Screeches )

Whatever. Let me tell you,
putting on a silly costume

Doesn't make you a great scarer.

Courage, daring

And the ability to scare
can only come from inside you

Not from a ridiculous
cape and mask.

Well, I guess that's that.

( Shrieks )

( Yelling )

Ooh! What is the matter

With you, krumm?!

The gromble said...

This costume

Is the source
of my powers!

It made me brave.

Yeah, but the gromble said...

( Mocking ):
the gromble said...

Ow! As my name
is supermonster

I will show
that old gromble

How brave I am!

Krumm, we are
going to pull off

The biggest scare
of the year!

A big scare?

Like what?

( Whiny ):
I don't know!

It'll hit me,
though.

Oh, we need something, something

Big, big, big, big!

With a lot of humans to scare!

Hmm...

( Roaring )

( Screaming )

Okay, we scared them,
let's go.

Ha, that's nothing!

We're going for big game,
belch wonder.

Follow me!

Okay, let's find somebody
to scare, quick.

Au contraire,
mon sidekick.

We will not scare
just anyone.

We are going to scare

The biggest human
we can find.

Ah! There he is!

There he is!

The big one,
the kahuna!

Let's go!

I got a real bad feeling
about this.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Will you stop it?

Relax, calm down!

We have got
our costumes on

What could go wrong?

( Chortling )

Aha, ay! Oh, my mask!

Oh, krumm, give me my mask.

Give it to me now!

Here, take it.

Oof!

( Shrieking in terror )

Here comes auggie!

( Screaming )

( Shrieking )

( Whistling like b*mb )

( Both gasp )

( Yelling )

What the...?

Ooh, ahh!

It's, it's...

Yes, it is i, ultra monster

Hero of monsters everywhere

And the greatest, most daring
scarer in the universe.

You, you... You saved us.

Yes, I did, stinky one.

I hope you two learned
a valuable lesson

From your little adventure.

You know it.

Next time, I'm going
to get a mask that fits.

( Chuckling )

No, my neurotic little friend.

The lesson is this:

The ability to scare
doesn't come from a costume

It comes from inside you.

Wow!

Oh, you're right.

( Giggles )

Thank you.

Don't mention it.

And now I must go away.

I have important work to do.

And so do you-- schoolwork.

Good-bye, my little friends.

Both:
good-bye!

( Dazzled ):
ultra monster.

Away!

Well, so much for
the superhero game.

Yeah, I guess so.

Can you believe how wise
ultra monster is?

"The ability to scare
doesn't come from a costume."

( Chortles )

Yeah. He makes a lot of sense.

Whoa-ho-ho!

Whoa-ho-ho!

Ooh!
( Sigh of relief )

( Panting ):
whew!

Boy, the stuff I got to do to
get these kids to listen to me.

||||||||||
( Belching )

( Class gasps )

Good morning, little monsters...

My name is skritch.

( Chalk screeches )

I'm sorry to announce that
the gromble was called home

To attend
to his dear, sick mother.

Until he returns

I will be teaching
your class.

Yes, my dear, and you are?

Oblina, sir.

And may I begin
by showing my scare?

( Laughs ) no one
has to show a scare today.

While I'm in charge,
we won't worry

About stuff
like scaring or homework.

( Cheering )

Then what are we going to do?

I'll show you.

Let's play slimeball.

( Cheering )

Hmph!

Oballni, right?

No, it's oblina.

Whatever. Why aren't you
playing slimeball?

I have reading to do.

You don't have to read.

From now on,
we're having fun!

Can't you see that?

Yes, I can.

And I think it is

Irresponsible... And lazy.

( Laughter and cheering... )

Oh, well, I cannot believe
you two do not see it.

You're just mad
because this morning

You were miss best scarer

And now nobody cares
about scaring.

All this fun means
you are not number one.

( Gasps )
that is not true.

He's just...
He's... I don't know.

But there is something strange
about him.

I mean, look at him.

Is that any way
for a teacher to act, hmm?

( Students laughing )

Oh, as a matter of fact, yes.

What is wrong with a teacher

Being a nice guy
once in a while?

Ooh, lookee...

Skritch is getting
a second plate.

What could it mean?

It means he's still hungry.

I do it all the time.

Ah!

What?!

Oballni, how nice to see you.

What can I do for you tonight?

I was just passing by

With this book I borrowed
from the gromble

And, well,
I'll just pop it inside

And put it back on the shelf.

Give it to me.

No, I have bothered you

Too much already.

No bother.

No bother for me.

( Sighs )

( Muffled voice ):
oblina!

( Gasps )

Thanks for the book.

That was you yelling?

Yes. Good night.

...and I was sure
it was the gromble's voice.

It is all in your narrow
little head, oblina.

If you would just relax...

( Belching )

...you'd see that skritch

Is a pretty nice...
( Squeals )

Lookee...

( Gibbering )

He is wearing
the gromble's shoes.

Calm down.

We must formulate a plan.

The gromble would never
lend his shoes

To the substitute guy.

Is there a problem?

( Stammering ):
you... Wearing
the gromble's shoes.

And there's no way

He'd let you
wear his shoes.

Everybody down here, come on!

Last one down here is it!

Time for a little slimeball!

( Class cheering )

Icky, no!

We will figure out
this shoe thing, later.

I love slimeball.

Come on, krumm.

I tell you what.

Who's for a little dip
in the sludge pits?

( Class cheering )

Wait just a minute.

What happened
to ickis and krumm?

I'm afraid
while we were playing

Their fathers came
and took them home.

Came out of nowhere,
both their fathers? Hmph.

Isn't that something?

Now, come on, everybody

Let's get out of this
stuffy little classroom.

( Class cheering and laughing )

Listen to me.

Do not let skritch

Turn your heads
with fun and games.

Think, monsters.

Where is the gromble?

Where is ickis?

Our dear, dear krummy?

Gone home? I doubt it.

It is skritch,
skritch and his evil plan.

All right...

Who wants to swim
in the sludge pits?

( Class cheering )

Hmph.

Well... Look at that.

We're alone. I'm glad.

I think you and I
need to talk

About... Things
and communication.

( Oblina panting fearfully )

Oblina, please.

I just want to talk to you.

I don't know how, but you and i,
we got off on the wrong... Foot.

Oh... ( Screams )

( Screaming )

( Sputtering )

Having fun?

You bet.

Aren't I the greatest?

You're the best!

( Muttering angrily )

Oh, pipe down.

Skritch, let us go.

This isn't going to
accomplish anything.

Look at all I've done already.

At least let krumm and ickis go.

They know too much.

No one's ever said that before.

Will somebody tell me
what is going on?

Skritch and I went
to teachers college together.

I did, uh, rather well,
as you might imagine

And, uh, skritch
was just a tad... Lazy.

Liar! I wasn't lazy,
I had a problem.

You. You were
my problem, gromble.

I was on my way
to being a great teacher

But no one knew.

I was doing incredible work

But everyone was too busy
fawning over the gromble.

( Tearfully ):
my drawing was good.

It was a good drawing.

My little man was scared
just like gromble's.

And it wasn't just that one.

There are eight or ten or... !

There are examples

I can think of right off
the top of my head!

I think this is going
to take a while.

( Ship's horn blowing )

( Gasping and panting )

( Screaming )

( Whistle blowing )

...and in the end

After all my hard work

Who ended up with the bone?

The gromble.

He was the one
who got to be a teacher.

It's not fair. The teacher's
bone should have been mine.

But you never studied.

You never did your homework.

You never applied yourself
to anything.

That's not true.

No one works
harder than I do.

So what have you been doing
for the past years?

Buying lottery tickets.

And dreaming of the day

That I would take from you
the one thing you took from me.

My life... As a teacher.

And now I've done it.

Your class is my class now.

They love me.

( Laughing )

You think you can
win my class over

Just by letting them play
a day or two of slimeball?

Um... You did assign
a lot of homework.

What about oblina?

She'll see
right through you.

She already has.

But I think you've seen

The last
of that little troublemaker.

( All gasp )

( Panting angrily )

The students
will figure you out.

What's to figure out?

I've got the bone,
so I'm the teacher.

And my students love me.

You're no teacher.

Oh? You don't see anyone else

Holding a bone
around here, do you?

No, I'm the only one
holding a bone.

Oblina:
think again...

Skritch.

Oballni, you're alive.

And you came back.

How foolish.

It is my turn
to be teacher, skritch.

Oh, really?

And what's on the lesson plan
today, oballni?

Oh, just how to pronounce
my name. ( Yelling )

( Crash )

Oh, my!

Stand still,
you meddlesome stick!

My name...

Is o-bli-na!

Class, help me! Grab her!

We'll play slimeball!

There'll never be
homework again!

Untie the gromble,
ickis and krummy

And call
the police monster.

( Wailing like a siren )

Skritch, I hope this whole
business has shown you:

Taking something
doesn't make it yours.

Hard work, that's the only way
to get what you want.

Like oblina here.

What she wants, she works at.

That's why she's a good student.

And a hero.

( Sighs )

You're right, gromble.

I think I've found
something I care about enough

To really work at it.

That's the spirit...

Work, work, work!

( Birds twittering )

( Sighs )

Guard:
skritch, come on, time to eat.

Skritch:
I'm working.

Guard:
skritch, dinner!

Skritch:
I told you, I'm working.

Ickis:
you look naked.

( Krumm chuckles )

I like looking naked.