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I'll call my new planet whatever I want!
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[Opens on an un-moving, large, pink-yellow gradient spaceship. A metallic hum is heard, and the spaceship lurches forward.]
[Zoom in to see Sylvia under the ship's control panel, grunting. Mechanical whirs can be heard.]
Sylvia: Don't sweat it, I love working on these old beauts!
[Sylvia comes out from underneath it.]
Sylvia: They may have a lot of light years on 'em but they were built to last!
[Cut to a bird's eye view of the room. Wander is standing in the middle left while Stella Starbella is standing on the middle right.]
Wander: Sylvia'll have you up and runnin' in no time, Ms. Starbella!
Stella: Oh please, call me Stella. But again, I really don't need any help!
Wander: Oh, it's no trouble at all! We saw you floatin' out here all by your lonesome and figured, "it never hurts to help!"
Stella: Suit yourself. But there's no need! That engine's been on the fritz since I defeated Mandrake the Maleficent on the planet X, thus ending his tyrannical reign!
[Wander and Sylvia stare blankly and blink.]
Stella: My pilot man-at-arms, Mittens, handles all the repairs himself! (Sullen look) ..But he's being a bit aloof today. (Points at her purple obese cat)
[Wander and Sylvia exchange looks.]
Stella: Have you met Mittens?
[Wander and Sylvia slowly shake their heads 'no'.]
Stella: (Holds up Mittens) Say "hello", Mittens! (waves Mitten's paw at Wander and Sylvia)
Mittens: (Frantically struggles away from Stella's grip) MRREEEAARR!!
[Freeze frame, title appears]
[Mittens resumes yowling and successfully wrestles out of Stella's grip. Stella stays in place with a dazed smile on her face.]
[Wander and Sylvia look on with cringe and exchange glances. Sylvia nods her head towards Stella and makes her eyes go wonky, gesturing that she thinks Stella may be kooky.]
Sylvia: (Goes back underneath the panel) Ah-HA! A loose screw! Maybe that's it. (Sound of something being pulled) (Alarm sounds) Nope.
Computer: Self-destruct system initiating. Please enter your password to de-activate or prepare to implode in 30 seconds.
[Sylvia dashes up to the keyboard.]
Sylvia: (Panicked) Um, Ms. Stella?? What's your password?
[Cut to Wander and Stella. Wander is shaking, also looking panicked. Stella looks confused.]
Stella: Is it in with the instructions? Or maybe you can call the customer service!
[Sylvia glances at Stella and looks back at the keyboard, finding Mittens on top of it.]
Sylvia: (Putting Mittens away) Not sure we have that kind of time!!
Wander: Uuhm.. maybe you have it written down?
Stella: Well, I don't know. I-is it Mittens? (joyous expression) Have you met Mittens?
[Sylvia glances at Stella and looks back at the keyboard, finding Mittens on top of it again.]
Sylvia: (Putting Mittens away) Get off! (types) M, I, T, T, E, N, S, enter! (hits the enter key)
[A giant X flashes on the monitor. Wander is pulling on his hat, fur in disorder, looking very scared. Stella is smiling and Mittens looks bored.]
Sylvia: IT'S NOT MITTENS!
Computer: 10
Sylvia: Ms. Starbella, we really need your--
Computer: 9. 8.
[Stella holding Mittens and waving Mitten's paw]
Computer: 7.
[Zoom into Wander pulling so hard on his hat that only his eyes and a few areas of his face is visible.]
[Cut to the monitor still displaying, "Enter Password" on its screen.]
Computer: 6.
Sylvia: (Still shaking from fear, hurriedly types out) P, A, S, S, W, O, R, ...D?! (hits the enter button)
[A few beeps are heard before the alarm powers down. Sylvia falls to the floor in relief.]
Stella: Oh, that password! Mittens usually keeps track of all those things.
[Cut to Mittens looking bored.]
Stella: (sweetly) Don't you, Mittens?
[Wander tip-toes over to Sylvia underneath the panel still trying to fix it.]
Wander: (Whispers) Sylvia... I'm really worried that...
Sylvia: ...It's not just Miss Stella's engine that needs a jump-start?
Wander: Yeah. And though she says she doesn't, I really think that [gasps]
Sylvia: She really does need our help?
Wander: Yeah. So I think-
Sylvia: We should stick around and make sure that she really is okay?
Wander: Yeah. 'Cause-
Sylvia: There's no telling what being all alone in deep space can do you you?-
Stella: I knitted you both sweaters. The evenings out here get awfully drafty.
Sherblorg King: Mayday! Mayday! If anyone is out there, Sherblorg 7 is under attack. Please! Anyone! We need help!
Sylvia: Wander, Sherblorg 7 needs our help right away!
Wander: I know, but we can't just leave Stella here alone and helpless. We gotta make sure she's okay!
Stella: Now: Who wants to play rummy?
Sylvia: All right, but in order to fix the ship, I need you to ask Miss Starbella if she has a supersonic socket wrench. Now hurry!
Stella: Oh, I know I had a supersonic - socket wrench here somewhere.
Wander: Ooh, careful.
Stella: Saved it from when I overthrew an organized time syndicate. Maybe it's in- Ohh! [gasps] "Send Donnie Burns' grandson a graduation card". I did that.
Sylvia: Sherblorg 7, come in, Sherblorg 7.
Sherblorg King: Oh, thank Grop.
Sylvia: Yes! Um, signal received, we're coming to rescue you!
Sherblorg King: Oh, thank Grop!
Sylvia: We'll be there right away!
Sherblorg King: Oh, thank Grop!!!
Stella: Maybe it's in my pocketbook.
Sylvia: Please hold!
Sherblorg King: Oh Grop.
(Camera cuts to Sylvia and Wander looking for the supersonic socket wrench in a room with Stella. Sylvia triumphantly pulls out a bag)
Stella: No. That's my change purse. (Wander triumphantly pulls out another bag) Wh- that's a satchel!- Oh, wait! What's that up there? (Camera cuts to Wander and Sylvia standing on top of a tall pile of boxes, suitcases and other things, with Wander holding a jar in his hands) My cookie jar! Been looking all over for that. You want some cookies? I'll make cookies.
Wander: NO-
(Camera cuts to a cooking montage, then to Wander and Sylvia anxiously sitting at a table with Stella, waiting for the cookies to be ready. All three of them have cups in their hands)
Sherblorg King: Where are you?! What in Grop's name could be taking sooo looong?
Wander: Miss Stella, can we-
Stella: Silence! Respect the baking process.
[Sherblorg King crying]
(Oven timer rings. Sylvia leaps out of her chair, puts on gloves, opens the oven, pulls the cookies out, places plates in front of Wander and Stella & opens a drawer. A socket wrench rolls into view)
Sylvia: (holding the wrench with a deadpan expression) Oh, look. Supersonic socket wrench. (Runs to the computer, then comes back, takes a single cookie and returns to the computer again)
[engine revs]
Sylvia: Fixed it! Sherblorg 7, Sherblorg 7, we are on our way!
Sherblorg King: Don't bother. We've been captured. You're too late. Hope you got your wrench.
Stella: Shame. Someone should try and help those nice folks.
Wander & Sylvia: (simultaneously) Stella?!
Stella: That's Starbella! And Sherblorg 7 needs my help! [engine powers up] [both scream]
Wander: Sylvia, I think-
Sylvia: She's completely lost her marbles?
Wander: No. There they are!
Stella: Sherblorg 7, this is Vengastar. We're entering your system, so would you please be a dear and prepare for rescue? Thank you!
Sherblorg King: Oh! Starbella! Oh, thank Grop!
Voice: So, Starbella... [wheezing] we meet again.
Stella: Mandrake the Malfeasant! I should have known.
[engine sputtering]
Sylvia: What happened?
Wander: And where's Stella?
Sylvia: We gotta find her before she does something really-
Wander: Kooky!
[Mittens yowls]
Mandrake: Prepare to meet your [wheezing] doom.
Stella: Oh, poop. I'm in no hurry to do that.
[both roar and run towards each other; the camera cuts to them running very slowly. Sylvia and Wander catch up to Stella]
Wander: Miss Stella! Are you okay?
Stella: It's Starbella. And I already told ya, sweetie, I don't need your- (Mandrake's robots surround them)
Sylvia: HELP! (A beam is formed above them, they get sucked into it)
Mandrake: [evil laughter] [wheezing] [coughing] That's right. I, Mandrake the Malfeasant, am back to show these... these... Lord Hatreds and Emperors and Rock Stars with their skulls and fish faces what a real [coughs] villain is all about! With Sherblorg 7 in my control, I'm more vital... [wheezing] Now prepare [coughs] to die! [coughing fit] Starbella, I may have conquered many planets in my day, but I never conquered your heart. [coughing]
Stella: Good Grop, Mandrake, can't we just have a good time? You always gotta complicate things by throwing a wrench into the works! [music]
Mandrake: Robots! Seize her! [crashes]
Mandrake: Gotcha, Starbella! Now you're mine! Bwah-hah-hah [coughing] So long, old friend.
[loud crash] [alarm blaring]
Computer: Attention, Mandrake. Self-destruct system activated. Enter your password to deactivate or prepare to implode in 30 seconds. 29, 28, 27
Mandrake: Password... password...
Wander: [deep breath] Wow. Guess you really didn't need our help.
Sylvia: [deep breath] But we sure needed yours.
Sherblorg King: [deep breath]
Mandrake: "Evil one"? "QWERTY"? "Canasta Champ"? [alarm continues]
Stella: Ohh.
Mandrake: Uh "Starbella's Fella"? (Stella grabs him and runs to her ship as Mandrake's ship blows up behind them. Stella's ship gets away from Mandrake's, which explodes.
Voice: ♪ Starbella, interstellar ♪
♪ You're the light in any feller's eyes ♪
♪ You hypnotize me ♪
(The camera cuts to a poster of Stella and Mandrake, both of whom look much younger, then to Stella's ship. Her, Sylvia and Wander are eating cookies, while Mandrake sits in a cage. Sherblorg King can be seen on a monitor, also holding a cookie in his hand)
Stella: And then the missiles exploded, and made for quite the ballyhoo!
Sylvia & Wander: Whoa!
Sherblorg King: Miss Starbella, you are a delight.
Sylvia: And like this ship, you may have a lot of light years on you, but you were built to last.
Stella: Well, enough of my babbling. You all probably want to get going.
Sherblorg King: No!! Don't leave me!!!
Sylvia & Wander: No!
Mandrake: I, on the other hand, really should be saying my farewells. I have a galaxy to conquer, and- (Stella shoves a cookie in his mouth)
[all laughing]
Mittens: (sings as he controls the ship) ♪ Starbella, interstellar ♪
♪ You make me feel so young ♪
♪ Yeah ♪