02x04 - Body Swap

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

[chomps]

[expl*sive burp]

[sniffs]

[glass breaks]

-[James] Ah! Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
-[Max] Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, ah!

[loud expl*si*n]

See? Everything worked out.

[loud crash]

[James laughing]

Aww, I wanna be a letter!

[burps]

[Western showdown music playing]

[school bell ringing]

[loud eating noises]

Huh?

Ugh. Careful, Stuart.

Some of that actually got in your mouth.

Hey. Mind your business.

[loud eating noises continue]

[belt gleaming]

[boots scuffing wood]

[birds caw in the distance]

[horses neigh]

Howdy, partners!

-[horses neigh in distress]
-[whip cracks]

What do y'all think of my new look?

Always wanted to be a cowboy.

[Stuart chortles]

[laughs boisterously]

Nice hat.

[Stuart continues laughing]

[Mr. McFly sighs]

Oh! Look at him walk into his seat.

Poor McFly. He thinks it's Halloween.

No! I bet he's auditioning
to be a rodeo clown.

It doesn't even fit his giant head!

[Stuart resumes laughing]

-[Mr. McFly] Oh...
-[Stuart, while laughing] Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

[Mr. McFly softly crying]

[grunts]

Leave the guy alone,
you poor excuse for jello!

[Stuart abruptly stops laughing]

[entire class]
Ooh!

Huh?

You and me, after school,
at the playground. 3:00 p.m.

We fighting.

Can't wait.

Oh...

What was I thinking standing up for McFly?

Stuart's gonna b*at me into a pulp,
roast me over a campfire,

and turn me into a tasty snack
with crispy skin...

-Ooh...
-...and a gooey delicious center.

That means you're gonna be
a delicious dead man!

Which means I gotta start
writing your eulogy.

[dramatic music begins]

I'd like to take a moment and talk
about my best friend, James.

Why not take me?

[over the P.A. system]
Ah. Good morning, pupils.

As I've always wanted to be a clock,

today I'll be playing one all over town!

[laughs]

It is now four hours until three o'clock!

[laughs]

Four hours until Stuart beats me up?

[smacking the floor]

[polishing noises]

Why do bullies make you wait?

If Stuart would just b*at me up now,

I'd be home from the hospital
in time for dinner.

But instead,
he insists on scheduling a b*at-up time

that causes the b*at-up-ee, aka me,

a whole day of major
anticipation-filled stress!

You're stressed?

I can't stop picturing my best friend
as a delicious after-school snack!

Waiting for a bully is like waiting
to get a sh*t at the doctor's.

The anticipation hurts
more than the injection!

[James] Uh,

and Stuart won't even give you a lollipop
when it's over!

[loud crushing noises]

[emotionally] It's so unfair!

[sighs] If only you could put
that strength towards my protection.

You'd be the perfect backup
for this fight.

Uh, what strength?

-[Echo] Hey! Locker abusers!
-Huh?

[metal echoing]

[Echo grunting]

[chuckles]

[Echo continues grunting]

Dr. Squats? Echo?

Come here.

-[beep]
-[electricity crackles]

[spooky music playing]

[James and Max yelling]

Thanks for lending me
your beefy tree trunks.

Oh. It's just nice for them to be noticed.

[chuckles]

'Sup?

Echo! What was that?

Oh, I couldn't find a nutcracker
and thought Squats' thighs

would do the job.

I was right.

You've had body-swapping technology
this whole time?

You had walnuts this whole time?

[James chomps]

Body-swapping's average tech
in the future.

Nothing to write home about.

Max! Do you know what this means?

We can finally swap bodies
with our parents?

And show them
what an electric current feels like

pulsing through one's
writhing experimental body.

[snorts] No.

Oh!

We can put Echo's fearlessness
into your powerful croc body,

so I have the perfect backup
to go against Stuart,

and I don't have to stress!

-[Echo yelps]
-[electricity crackles]

[spooky music playing]

Hey! Don't touch my stuff!

[metal grinding]

[Echo, in Max's body, chuckles]

Wow! I didn't know my own strength!

It's not your strength, it's Max's.

Mine now. Here, have a swan.

James. It's happened.

I've achieved what we both have dreamed
about all our lives!

I have hair!

[chuckles]

I can finally try all the hairstyles
on my vision board.

To the salon!

[Max, in Echo's body, laughs happily]

Oh. It's also now 230 minutes
to three o'clock!

[laughs]

[James silently screams]

[Stuart laughs diabolically]

[shakes off]

Come on, door masher. No more waiting.

We're gonna challenge Stuart right now!

Nah, I'm good.

[sighs]

I'll buy ya lunch.

Okay.

[metal clanks]

Hmm. Ooh!

[ominous chord plays]

[food farting noises]

Oh, Stuart!

Me and my backup
are ready for you right now!

Hmm. What backup?

[uneasy music playing]

[wolfing down food noisily]

This is amazing! [gulps]

Wait.

Why am I using my hands?

[crashing noises]

[Echo, in Max' body, groaning loudly]

Uh, forget I said anything.

Still on for the playground at 3:00 p.m.?

Ooh, yeah. Did I say 3:00?

It's actually, uh, Wedgie Wednesday,
so I got a lot of people to pull up.

[laughs] So, uh, gonna have to reschedule
you for, uh, 4:00.



[clock ticking]

Don't even think about not showin' up.

I know where you live.

Uh... I don't really, but,
but I can look it up!

Oh, I guess I gotta learn
how to read a map now.

[Echo, in Max's body, eating loudly]

What are you doing?

You were supposed to be my backup!

Now I've got 260 minutes
of pre-fight stress!

Wait! If I can swallow trays of food,
[gulps]

I'm gonna make every all-you-can-eat place
in town regret they ever opened.

Wait! You're my backup!

Oh, I'm a dead man.

No wait, I can still do this.

All I have to do is find Max,
who has Echo's tech.

Then I can switch myself into his body.

Max! Max? Oh, where is he?

In here, James!

Max? [gasps]

'Yello.

What-what-what-what-what happened?
Why are you McFly?

Do you know how expensive
a hair salon is?

I saw the bill.

[yelps]

Hmm.

And I bolted out of Echo's
body really fast!

[electricity crackling]

Anyways, now I'm McFly.

And where's McFly?

In Echo's body.

No! No, no, no, no, no! Max!

Hmm?

I need Echo's body to use her tech
to give myself your body,

so I won't spend the next two hours
freaking out about fighting Stuart!

[muffled battle-cry]

Hold on.

As McFly, I can use my teacher strength.

That will be detention for you, Stuart.

Also, give me apples.

Stuart isn't afraid of McFly.

But if I can find McFly,
I can switch myself into Echo's body.

Then I'll have Echo's tech
and Birdie as my backup!

[triumphant music]

Okay. Well, if you need me,
I'll be at the wig store buying a toupee.

[quirky music playing]

Now where would I be
if I were a half-man half-fly

who's regretting his purchase
of Western apparel?

[Western music playing]

Well, that's convenient.

[Mr. Mcfly, in Echo's body] Um...

I-I would like to return this hat.

[mechanical arm squeaks]

[threatening music playing]

Yes, ma'am. No problem, ma'am.
Just keep that Birdie concealed.

Well, that was certainly
easier than normal.

Seems strange that you respect
a little girl more than a fly,

but I'll take it.

Hmm.

A respected guy like me
needs a cowboy hat!

So you do want the hat?

You will respect my choices!

Yes, ma'am! Of course, ma'am.

Oh, my. I feel so alive.

[laughing happily]

This... [gasps]

This must be what it's like
to be respected.

Bing. Bong.
It's three hours until four o'clock!

And I'm really enjoying my new hobby
of voicing every clock in town. Yes!

[while laughing] Yes!

Oh, hey, Mr. McFly.

Sorry about the mix-up. [chuckles]
I'll just be switching us and...

Switch? Ha-ha! Not on your life!

I have just tasted
the sweet nectar of respect.

And I want another swig.

[James] Wait!

[James] Mr. McFly!

-Huah! Mr. McFly, plea...
-Not now, James!

It is time to strut.

[grunting] Unh. Uh-huh.

[snazzy music playing]

-Oh. Uh-huh.
-[crowd] Ah!

Pedestrian respect.

[cars skidding and crashing]

Mr. McFly!

[James yelling]

[Mr. McFly, in Echo's body, humming]

Ooh. Uh-huh.

There it is. Mm-hmm.

Oh! Some great news!
It is now two hours until four o'clock.

[James yelps]

Mm-hmm.

-Please. Mr. McFly.
-Mm-hmm.

Just let me borrow the tech for like an
hour and then you can have it back!

-Uh-huh.
-[blasts off]

Bam. Wah. Pow. Hoo! Board game respect.

Ah!

Yay!

Bing. Bong. Bing bong. Bing bong. Yeah.

It's 30 minutes until four o'clock!

[Mr. McFly, in Echo's body]
Oh. Uh, uh-huh.

Fine, Mr. McFly! Enjoy your hat!

I'll just be here anxiously
counting down the minutes

until Stuart beats me up.

What? You're getting bullied
by Stuart too, partner?

Were you not in your own class?
I stood up for you!

Oh. McFly. McFly, what have you become?

Has this great girl power changed me?

Made me lose sight of the respect

that a common boy deserves?

Hey! Enough self-reflection!

I'm about to die because of you!

So I need you to take
your newfound swagger

and be my backup, so I can stop stressing!

Hmm.

As Loudspeaker as my witness,

I will honor your pathetic squeamishness,

of which I played a tiny role in,
and be your backup.

But first, you'll need to look more
intimidating for the disrespect-or.

I'm not sure I can wear this
in public, Mr. McFly.

You own it, James. He will respect it.

-[Western showdown music playing]
-Hmm.

The time is now 4:00 p.m. Bong! Bong!

Time for whatever event
everyone's talking about,

but won't fill me in on,

which I should probably
be concerned about.

But yeah, yeah, who cares? I'm a clock!

Hey! That's a good look for me.

Huh? Ugh.

That's right, Stuart.

Old James made it to four o'clock
without dying of a panic att*ck.

Bet you weren't expecting that, huh?

Bet you thought I would cr*ck
under the pressure of time,

didn't you?

But now I'm here
and the tables have turned.

Huh?

[loud stomping]

[Stuart grunting]

-Ah!
-Not the face!

Oh heck yeah, you're here!
Oh, and you brought Echo.

Uh, she's the worst!

Great thinkin'.
The more backup we have, the better.

Wait, what? The more backup we have?

What? Oh, I thought we
were gonna fight you!

Why would you think that?

You're a bully!

[donkey noises]

That's fair. But no,

I got myself into a bit of a pickle
with some scary kids

who wanted to fight me this afternoon.

Oh, I was so stressed out about it.

But then I saw you stand up
for Mr. McFly and I thought,

"Huh, that's a good guy
who could have my back too."

That is insane!

Wait a minute.
Who are you scared of?

Ah! Them!

[birds cawing in the background]


for those cookies you stole.

It said free samples. Ah.

That's who you're scared of?

[whips cracks]

[all gasp]

-[all gasp]
-[Stuart] Yeah!

Tarnation!

[boots sound off]

I'm out.

Ah! Please! I'm not his backup!

Hey!

[both whine]

[whip cracking]

[both scream]

Oh, what happened?

Troop girls.

Ugh.

Huh. Surprised there isn't more blood.

You know, today was a lot of fun.

What if the four of us teamed up
for more adventures?

Oh. Uh, sorry, Mr. McFly,

but we're kind of a trio type deal.

But if one of us dies,
you're the first person I'll call.

-[beeps]
-Hey!

Yay! My body!

[spooky music playing]

[gasps] My hat.

Oh-oh! My hat! It fits!

Wait, you had hat-growing technology
this whole time?

[scoffs] Of course.

[gasps]

Respect! Huh. A respected
cowboy needs backup.

-[eating food noisily]
-[whip cracks]

Ayee! Come on, partner!

No! Aww.

Well, I guess I should probably learn
some kind of lesson

about not judging books by their cover,

or not to anticipate the worst, but...

Ah! Good evening. Good evening.

There are now 20 hours and three minutes

left under James's detention.

Detention?

For fighting! See you in 20 hours
and two minutes! Tick, tock.

Yeah. You'll see me in detention.

-Hey!
[James laughing]

[electricity crackling]

[Western showdown music playing]

[Mr. McFly] You will respect my choices!