Mega Pinnochio

(Late one evening, a lone robot approaches a scientific facility. The robot wears red and gold armor with a ring on his 
head.)
GUARD: Careful, sonny. There's 10,000 volts of electricity in that fence.
RINGMAN: (taps the fence, and sure enough, it sparks) Woah! Hot stuff! I'll bet it's, like,impossible to bust into this 
joint.
GUARD: That's right! You'd have to knock out the main power generator to shut this place down! (he motions to the generators)
RINGMAN: You mean like this? (he tosses a few Ring Boomerangs over the fence, which rips apart the generator; Ringman then 
leans casually against the fence) Heh, piece of cake!
GUARD: (points his gun at Ringman) Hands up! You're under arrest! 
(Ringman doesn't move, as another Ring Boomerang flys down and slices the guard's gun in half. Ringman makes a gesture, and 
Gutsman and Cutman emerge from the shadows. Gutsman tears the fence down while Ringman turns to the guard and waves.)
RINGMAN: Cao! (The robots enter the facility)
(Elsewhere in the lab complex, and elderly man is working on a robot.)
PETTO: Now, let's see...the optical orb's connected to the titanium cranium sockets...appendage modules connected to the...
now where did I put that arm...?
(The wall nearby collapses, courtesy of Gutsman. He and the other robots enter the lab)
PETTO: Hmmm...I don't recall this model...Do you have a digital imprint authorization to enter this lab?
GUTSMAN: (shoves his fist in the old man's face) You're looking at it!
(Gutsman picks the man up, just as Megaman and Rush burst through a wondow)
MEGAMAN: Put him down, or I'll recycle you into soda cans!
CUTMAN: Well, if it isn't that goody two-circuits, Megaman!
RINGMAN: Step aside! It's time for Ringman to do his ring-thing! (he tosses a Ring Boomerang at Megaman, who quickly dodges
to the side)
MEGAMAN: Rush! Fetch it!
(Rush grabs the ring in his mouth, and barrels right into Ringman, flattening him)
MEGAMAN: Good boy! My turn to play ring-around-the-robot!
(Megaman copies the Ring Boomerang and fires one, knocking Cutman's blade off his head, then flies up and cuts a talon from
a bird-like robot up above, which calls on top of Cutman. The ring then slices open several cans of glue, whick traps
Gutsman's feet. As he pulls free, the whole section of the floor comes up, sending hi flying through another door. The
elderly gentleman walks over to Megaman and checks him out.)
PETTO: Incredible! Internal weapons converter...titanium outer shell...self-lubricating ball joints...My my, you sure are
one tough cookie.
MEGAMAN: Thank you, sir. But we'd better get going before more of Dr. Wily's robots show up. Snap to it, Rush.
(Rush morphs to his jet form and Megaman and Petto race back to Dr. Light's lab.)
PETTO: ...And I experimented for years in bionic genetics, and finally I've found a link between life and the digital 
world...
(As the old man talks, Rush reaches for a box of dog biscuits, but Roll snatches the away.)
ROLL: Rush, where's your manners?
PETTO: ...And now, I'm ready to turn my first robot into a real human being!
DR LIGHT: That's incredible, Dr. Petto! Absolutely incredible!
ROLL: Yeah, and I'll bet that's why Dr. Wily tried to kidnap you! To learn your secrets!
PETTO: But they're safe now. (turns to Megaman) Thanks to this brave boy.
MEGAMAN: Actually, I'm not a boy, sir...technically speaking...
PETTO: Well, my lad, how would you like to be one? I can give you a life...since you saved mine!
MEGAMAN: Gosh, sir...I've never thought about it before.
PETTO: If you were human, you would thrill at the smell of a rose...feel all tingly inside at the sight of a pretty girl...
DR LIGHT: It's a kind offer. But Mega is perfectly fine the way he is.
MEGAMAN: Dr. Light's right. I'm really happy being a robot.
PETTO: Are you sure you know what "happy" is?
(Megaman seems to think about what Petto said to him. Later, he goes back to Dr. Petto's lab, where he is continuing his
work on his robots.)
MEGAMAN: Dr. Petto. Will you make me human?
PETTO: Why, of course, my boy!
(Petto has Megaman lay down on a table)
PETTO: In order to modify your life cell, I must shut you down, Mega.
(He removes a chip from Megaman's forehead, and Megaman powers down. As soon as he does, a familiar voice speaks up.)
DR WILY: I'll take over from here, Dr. Petto.
(Wily and Protoman enter the lab. Wily points a strange device at Petto and he becomes stiff as a board)
DR WILY: Now, that you've served the purpose I built you for... (he shoves Petto's metallic husk on the ground) Mwaha...I've
done it! Megaman will soon be my obedient servent!
PROTOMAN: And my brother in battle!
DR WILY: Now, to insert my telepathic mind link. With it, I can control his thoughts!
(He inserts a chip into Megaman's head. Later, Megaman is brought back online)
PETTO: The surgery was a success, Megaman. You are now human!
MEGAMAN: I am? Wow, I don't feel all that different.
PETTO: Smell this rose, and then tell me what you feel.
(As he hands a rose to Megaman, Wily and Protoman are watching from elsewhere. Wily is wearing a helmet-like contraption
on his head)
DR WILY: Watch Protoman. With my mind link helmet, I can make Megaman think he's human. (he speaks into a mike at the
side of the helmet) You feel all mushy and tingly inside.
MEGAMAN: (after smelling the rose) I feel all mushy and tingly inside...
PETTO: That's it, my boy! You've got it!
MEGAMAN: I'd better go back and tell everybody the news!
DR WILY: It's working! Megaman is under my control! And when he carries out my plans to wreak havoc on the world. Dr. Light
will get the blame! MwahahaHAHAHAHA!
(Back at Light's lab, Dr. Light and Roll are working on one of their projects when Megaman walks in.)
MEGAMAN: Hi, you guys. Hey, do I seem any different to you?
ROLL: Don't tell me; you took a titanium acid bath?
MEGAMAN: No, Roll. Something much better! Dr. Petto turned me into a real human boy!
DR LIGHT: Why, that's incredible, Mega! Absolutely amazing. You must tell me what it feels like. 
ROLL: Yeah, Mega, tell us! Do you feel all tingly inside, or what?
(A siren goes off)
DR LIGHT: The satellite tracking system. It must be an emergency! (he goes up to a monitor and turns it on) Oh, no. Dr. 
Wily's robots are attacking the Sky Tower skyscraper! Mega, you have to stop them!
MEGAMAN: All right! Now I'll show you what a REAL kid can do! You'll be proud of me, doc! Let's go, Rush!
(Megaman and Rush fly off)
DR LIGHT: I sure hope Mega's up to it. Maybe I'd better send him some help...
ROLL: Like me!! I can take on Wily's 'bots with half my brain circuits tied behind my back!
(Before Dr. Light says anything, she races over to a sky-cycle and takes off)
DR LIGHT: Roll, wait! I was referring to by robo-rescue squad!
(Meanwhile, at the Sky Tower skyscraper, Magnetman, Sparkman, and Crashman are busy tearing the foundation apart)
REPORTER: This is Rita Ricaida reporting live from Main Street, where robots are invading the Sky Tower skyscraper. The 
police are unable to stop them. Fortunately, the building has been evacuated...(she looks up) But wait! Up in the sky! It's
Megaman to the rescue!
(While Magnetman is ripping steel beams from the building with his magnetic power, Crashman walks up to him.)
CRASHMAN: Hey, hey! Step aside, Magnetman! It's time for Crashman to finish this with his time bombs!
(Crashman fires a pair of Crash Bombs at the building, but Megaman flys in and snatches them out of the sky.)
MEGAMAN: Touchdown! Hey, this must be what humans call fun!
(Wily continues to moniter Megaman.)
DR WILY: You're feeling afraid, Megaman. Afraid you might drop those bombs.
(A wave of panic surrounds Megaman.)
MEGAMAN: I'd better be careful...I wouldn't want to drop these bombs...
(As if it were the power of suggestion, Megaman drops the bombs. They hit the buliding and explode, causing it to begin 
tipping over)
MEGAMAN: Oh, no! I really blew it this time.
(Dr. Wily watches the newscaster react to this twist of circumstances)
REPORTER: Paniced citizens are fleeing as the Sky Tower skyscraper is shaking to its foundation. And it appears to have 
been Megaman who caused the damage!
DR WILY: Yes...YES!! Blame Megaman! My plan is working perfectly!
(Back at the tower...)
MEGAMAN: I don't know what happened, Rush. I never felt afraid before...
(Rush barks and motions up)
MEGAMAN: Looks like we've got trouble upstairs, boy.
(Cutman flys a large chopper overhead, as Gutsman is attaching hooks coming from the chopper to the building. The chopper 
begins to lift the scyscraper)
REPORTER: Oh, my goodness! The robots are actually stealing the building! Wait, Dr. Light's robo-rescue squad has arrived
on the scene.
(Dr. Light pulls up in a large van as several robots pour out of it.)
DR LIGHT: Secure the building!
(As Light's robot's get busy, Roll also arrives.)
ROLL: Hey, wait for me! I'm armed and dangerous!
(Megaman climbs up to the top of the building.)
MEGAMAN: Alright, Gutsy. Drop that building or I'll have to plasma you all over the universe!
GUTSMAN: Get off my building, cyber-punk!
(Gutsman rips and antenna off the building and smacks Megaman with it, he then gets ready to knock him over the edge)
GUTSMAN: Happy landings! Heheheh.
(Megaman shoots the antenna. It conducts the energy, and zaps Gutsman, knocking him back.
MEGAMAN: And now to finish you off, Gutsman!
(However, Wily gets back into his head)
DR WILY: But you cant...beacuse you feel sorry for the poor robot! You don't want to hurt him!
(It works once again, as Megaman hesitates)
MEGAMAN: I...cant do it...I don't want to hurt Gutsman...
(This diversion is enough for Gutsman to climb aboard the chopper and escape)
REPORTER: Megaman is letting Gutsman get away!
(As the chopper flys away, it drops the building and it begins to crumble)
REPORTER: Oh, my gosh! The building is falling! I'm out of here!
(Everybody clears out as the building collapses. Dr. Light and Rush find Megaman in the rubble)
DR LIGHT: Mega! Are you alright?
MEGAMAN: I guess so...At least I'm not missing any parts.
(The reporter walks up to Dr. Light)
REPORTER: Tell us, Dr. Light, after this fiasco, why should our citizens put their trust in any of your so-called advanced
robots?
DR LIGHT: Well...you see...
REPORTER: Thank you very much, Dr. Light. They say robots are only as good as their programmer. And in this case, it's just
not good enough. This is Rita Ricaida signing off.
(Dr. Wily turns to Protoman)
DR WILY: Yes! Soon, Dr. Light's reputation will be destroyed, and all of his robots will be under my command! Then nothing
can stop me from conquering the world! (laughs maniacly)
(Meanwhile, Dr. Light is collecting dropping off scraps at a recycling plant> Megaman is with him.)
DR LIGHT: Luckily, I can recycle these damaged robot parts and make new ones for my rescue bots.
MEGAMAN: I guess I let you down, doc...
DR LIGHT: Don't blame yourself, Mega. Failure is a human quality. But we humans learn from our mistakes.
MEGAMAN: Am I one of your mistakes?
DR LIGHT: Oh, why of course not! You'll always be special to me, Mega.
MEGAMAN: I don't know, doc. My robot side tells me one thing, my human side says something else. Maybe I need to be one...or
the other... (he walks off, but Dr. Light doesn't notice)
DR LIGHT: No, you're fine just the way you are, Mega. (he looks around) Mega?
(Wily and Protoman are still eavesdropping)
PROTOMAN: When do we get to the action part of your plan, Dr. Wily?!
DR WILY: Patience, my fine fighting machine. First, we need Megaman to help us with our next step.
(Back at the lab, Dr. Light is looking though some old reconds of Megaman. He sighs.)
DR LIGHT: Maybe if I hadn't designed him with self-determination...he wouldn't have wanted to be human.
(Unknown to Light, Megaman is listening)
MEGAMAN: I guess I WAS a mistake...What do I do now?
(Dr. Wily speaks to Megaman's mind again)
DR WILY: You need to reprogram Dr. Light's robots and remove their self-determination!
MEGAMAN: I know! I'll reprogram Dr. Light's robots and remove their self-determination!
DR WILY: Once he reprograms Dr. Light's robots, they will follow my command without question!
(Megaman walks to the room where Dr. Light stores his robots. He approaches a robot and opens it up when Dr. Light, Roll, and
Rush enter)
DR LIGHT: Megaman! What are you doing?
MEGAMAN: I'm reprogramming your robots so they won't make any more mistakes! Now stand back!
DR LIGHT: Easy, Mega. You're just experienceing an emotion overload...
(As they approach Megaman, he pulls a lever, causing a trap door to open under their feet)
ROLL: He dropped us in the trash compacter!
(Now, Dr. Wily and his robots enter Light's lab)
DR WILY: Nice work, Mega. I need a clever boy like you to help me carry out my plan. Now, turn on the trash compacter!
MEGAMAN: Yes, Dr. Wily.
(Megaman turns on the compacter)
ROLL: The walls...they're closing in!
DR LIGHT: I can't believe it...Mega's turned against us!
ROLL: If we don't find a way out of here fast, I'm gonna be a hubcap!
DR LIGHT: There may be a way out, Roll. Give me a hand.
ROLL: Okay. What do you want me to do?
DR LIGHT: (motions to a robotic hand among the garbage) No, I mean give me a HAND.
(Roll gives the mechanical hand to Light, who tinkers with it for a moment.)
DR LIGHT: Now we can escape without lifting a finger. At least, not our own.
(He sticks the hand out of the compacter through a hole. Taking a remote control device, Light controls the hand with it,
guiding it to the control panel. Unfortunately, Ringman is standing in the way.)
RINGMAN: What's this?
(He stomps on the hand.)
ROLL: Hurry!
(Dr. Light punches some more buttons on the device. Meanwhile, Ringman picks up the hand. As he does, the hand springs to 
life, pummeling Ringman, and eventually knocking him out. Wily, Megaman, and Protoman hear the commotion and barge inside, 
but they're too late to stop the hand from pulling the release lever on the control panel.)
PROTOMAN: Hey!
(Roll and Dr. Light race out of the compacter on Rush Jet)
DR WILY: Don't let the prisoners escape!!
(Protoman fires a shot at them, but misses. Before he gets a chance for another shot, Roll and Dr. Light have escaped through
a hole in the ceiling.)
DR WILY: Never mind them. We have an invasion to plan. (turns to Megaman) Continue reprogramming these robots.
MEGAMAN: Yes, sir.
(Dr. Light and Roll head to Dr. Petto's lab to find out what happened to Megaman.)
DR LIGHT: Dr. Petto, we must speak with you. Dr. Petto?
(Petto doesn't answer)
ROLL: Dr. Petto? (As she shakes him, he simply falls over, making a loud clang on the floor) He's a robot!
DR LIGHT: I should have guessed...Dr. Petto wasn't a real biogeneticist. He was programmed by Dr. Wily.
ROLL: But if he's a fake, then...how come Mega thinks he's human?
(Dr. Light looks around and spots onething on a bench.)
DR LIGHT: There's your answer, Roll. A telepathic mind control chip.
ROLL: I get it! Dr. Wily's been making Mega THINK he's having human thoughts!
DR LIGHT: Precisely. And if I can determine this chip's frequency, I think I can free Mega's mind!
ROLL: I sure hope it's not too late...
(Meanwhile, the rest of Light's robots have been reprogrammed and are being loaded onto Wily's chopper.)
DR WILY: Thanks to Megaman, my new robot army will parachute into the capital and take over. (He starts up the chopper) And
once mankind witnesses my awesome might, they'll BEG me to become their new leader! Mwahahahahaha!! (He and the robots take
off)
(Back at Petto's Lab...)
ROLL: I sure wish Doc would hurry up with that mind helmet. I just know Mega's in big trouble!
(An alarm sounds on Dr. Light's comm watch.)
DR LIGHT: We're receiving an emergency message!
(He turns it on)
OFFICER: Dr. Light, this is the Secretary of Defense. I don't know what you want, but I beg you to stop your robots!
(In DC, Light's robots are storming the capital, led by Megaman.)
OFFICER: I implore you, Dr. Light! Make Megaman stop!
(Ends the transmission)
DR LIGHT: Dr. Wily is taking over the government, and making it look like I'M the villain!
ROLL: With Mega working for Wily, I'll have to handle this job. C'mon, Rush! Let's kick some bot!
(She and Rush leave the lab and head for Washington)
DR LIGHT: This has to work...or I've lost Mega forever!
(As Dr. Light finishes the helmet, Megaman is confronted by a number of the army's tanks.)
SOLDIER: Stop or we'll be forced to fire!
DR WILY: Blast them, Megaman.
(Megaman shoots the tanks, melting the gun barrels. The rest of the robots capture the occupants. As this is going on, Roll
flys down by Megaman.)
ROLL: Hey, Mega! It's your silicon sis, come to win you back to the good side.
DR WILY: Vaporize this meddling pest!
MEGAMAN: I'm going to vaporize you, you meddling pest!
ROLL: You wouldn't dare! And don't call me a pest!
(Megaman hesitates.)
DR WILY: You must do it!
MEGAMAN: I must do it!
ROLL: Baloney! The real Mega wouldn't harm a flea! Dr. Wily is putting those goofy ideas in your head!
DR WILY: Don't listen to her! She's lying!
(Dr. Light arrives now in a helicopter, and a mind helmet of his own.)
DR LIGHT: Robots don't lie, Mega. Dr. Wily is filling your mind with evil thoughts!
DR WILY: Don't listen to him!!
DR LIGHT: You must listen to me, Mega!!
MEGAMAN: All these voices in my head! Now I'm REALLY confused!!
ROLL: No, you're not, Mega. Just choose the one you know is right!
MEGAMAN: Okay! (points his buster at Roll) Put up your hands, scum-bot! (he walks over to Roll and whispers to her) Just play
along, sis. (he moves back to continue his charade) I'm with Dr. Wily!
(Megaman shoots at Dr. Light's helicopter, but only damages it enough so Dr. Light can land it safely. Wily, however, is
overjoyed)
DR WILY: I knew the power of evil was stronger than that...goodie-good-guy stuff!! Mwahaha...
(Meanwhile, Megaman and Roll move out of sight, where Megaman opens his helmet and retrieves the mind chip)
MEGAMAN: This must be the chip that was controlling me!
ROLL: Thank goodness you're back to normal, Mega. But what about Dr. Light's robots?
MEGAMAN: Leave them to me.
(Megaman heads back to Wily and his robots, who still think Megaman is on their side.)
DR WILY: Excellent, Megaman! If all humans were as smart as you, I wouldn't have to bother with these nasty invasions.
MAGNETMAN: Yeah, it's good to have you on the bad side Megaman!
(Megaman turns to Magnetman)
MEGAMAN: All right, magnet-dude! Gimme five!
(Magnetman does so, but when he does...)
MAGNETMAN: He's getting my powers!!
(Megaman copies Magnetman's abilities. He first uses it to shove Magnetman away from him, then grabs Wily's mind helmet off
his head and brings it over to him.)
DR WILY: My helmet! I've been tricked!!
MEGAMAN: You can say that again, Doc! (talking into the helmet) Attention all robots! Prepare to attack!
(All of Light's robots stop what they're doing and assemble near Megaman)
MEGAMAN: Alright bots, it's showtime!
PROTOMAN: Stop them! 
(Wily's robots also get ready)
CUTMAN: Let's cut to the chase, Megaman! (he throws a Rolling Cutter)
MEGAMAN: Firebots! Fire away!
(The robots fire focused streams of water, redirecting Cutman's blade at a flag pole. The blade cuts it down, and the 
pole falls right on Cutman)
MAGNETMAN: Time for a fatal attraction, blue-boy!
MEGAMAN: Jackbots! Give him a jackpot!
(The jackbots pound the ground with their hammers, causing a quake focused on Magnetman, who falls apart.)
GUTSMAN: You're scrap metal, Megaman! (he picks up a steel beam and charges at Megaman)
MEGAMAN: Welderbots! Torch him! 
(The welderbots melt the girder with their blowtorches, then twist it around Gutsman's hands, trapping them together.)
PROTOMAN: You wouldn't be so tough without that helmet, little brother!
MEGAMAN: You're on, Protoman! (he removes the helmet) Plasma power!
(They exchange a few vollies of plasma shots)
MEGAMAN: Missed me again, number one son!
PROTOMAN: But I won't miss this time! 
(Protoman points his buster at the Lincoln Memorial and gets ready to fire.)
MEGAMAN: Oh, no! He's going to blast President Lincoln!
(Megaman jumps in front of Protoman's shot, taking the full power of the hit)
PROTOMAN: Ha! I knew you'd risk yourself for Mr. Lincoln!
MEGAMAN That plasma blast drained my energy...
(Meanwhile, Dr. Light and Roll look on)
DR LIGHT: Mega's too weak to beat Protoman!
ROLL: If only Eddie were here!
(Actually, Eddie is there. He pops out of a compartment in Dr. Light's helicopter)
EDDIE: Charge!
(Protoman, meanwhile, approaches Megaman as he moves in for the kill)
PROTOMAN: Too bad you're such a softy, Mega. We could've been mega-brothers in battle!
(Eddie runs up and trips Protoman as he runs over to Megaman)
MEGAMAN: Eddie! I need a quick charge.
(Eddie gives Megaman an energy canister, which he quickly drains. Protoman stands up and fires a buster shot while Megaman
does the same. Mega's at full power now, and his shot blazes through Protoman's hits him, and it sends him flying back into
Wily's chopper, which promptly takes off.)
(The next day, back at Light's lab...)
DR LIGHT: That's it. All of Dr. Wily's microchips have been removed and my robots are back to normal again.
MEGAMAN: Hey, Doc. If I'm just a robot, how come I cared so much about saving a stone statue?
DR LIGHT: I tried to tell you, Mega. You're not JUST a robot. You have compassion and self-determination. Which is more than
I can say for Dr. Wily.
(Rush, in the meantime, is ravonusly gnawing on a bunch of dog biscuits.)
MEGAMAN: It looks like Rush could use some human characteristics too, like good manners.
ROLL: I'll fix that. (She takes a spare mind chip and sticks it in Rush) Rush, you are now the most well-behaved robo-pooch
in the world! 
(Rush is given a biscuit, which he daintily eats) 
ROLL: He's perfect!
(Rush belches.)
MEGAMAN: I guess you can't teach an old robo-dog new tricks!

~Fin