Let's Hit the Road

Act 1

The episode starts out with two cars driving down a road going towards the Shepherd research laboratory. The two cars park in different locations, one backing up to a building like a garage. Once inside, we see a professor with a suitcase in his hand hiding in the shadows. The car that backed up opens its back door and out comes a man with a helmet on, who's holding a cage with whimpering sounds coming out of it. The professor identifies the dog as "Scout" and shows himself. The professor, who is Shepherd, wants his dog back. The man, who is General Parvo, demands the blueprints to the transdogmafier. The general's baddies load up the equipment and the general gets his blueprints. After giving the key to Shepherd, he slides over the cage, saying:

Parvo: You have a very loyal dog.

After they leave, Shepherd opens the cage only to find a bomb about to explode. He has no where to run when the bomb explodes, and the laboratory submerges beneath the ground.

One year later (that's seven in dog years)

We're in Maine, where a dog named Fluffy is outside near a forest. He discovers a blinking light and runs toward it. After he reaches his destination, apparantly the light opens even more, and in a flash, it's supper time. Fluffy's owner is ready with supper, but when she opens the door, she finds a human sized growling tall dog-like man.

Owner: Fluffy?... You've gotten into somethin'.

Fluffy growls some more as we change scenes to see a man with glowing eyes and long white hair, who looks up.

Man: It has begun.

Act 2

We are in Siberia, where we see snow surrounding a group of dogs sleeping. A light shines on a husky with a red collar and a grayish-bluish fur while sounds of dogs howling can be heard in the background.

Master: Exile, you have been chosen.

Exile howls into the night as we move on to London, near a port. A collie , also with a red collar, holds a bone in her mouth that two other dogs want. When the other two dogs approach, we see the shadow of the collie using her hind legs to block off the other two dogs. After being kicked around and beat, the other two dogs run off, whimpering. The collie looks very tired, as a light shines on her with the howling dogs sound in the back ground.

Master: Colleen, you have been chosen"

The collie howls (after dropping the bone) into the moon as we move on to Switzerland, where we see a sheepdog also with a red collar asleep on the job. When he hears his name called out, he wakes up and hides, as the light shines on him.

Master: Shag, you have been chosen.
Shag: Ru? Ee? (points to himself)
Master: Yes, you. Now come.

Shag starts to walk off, mumbling.

Master: Shag, now!

Shag runs now as we switch to a German auto yard. A burglar is trying to start an engine as a doberman, also with a red collar, stands in front of him, baring his teeth. At this instant, the dog "wrestles" with the burglar inside the car, and we eventually see the burglar run out of the yard with torn clothing and a frightful scream. As the dog relaxes and sits down, the light shines on him.

Master: Blitz, you have been chosen.

Blitz smiles, then runs toward the Untergrundbahn, howling into the night. We switch scenes again to the City of Los Angeles Animal Control, where two people walk to a cage holding two dogs, one of them a rottweiler named Muzzle and who's strapped up, and one of them a golden mutt with a red collar and a tennis ball in his mouth. The workers take out the dogs and lead them to a room with a sign above it that says:

The two dogs, seeing this, start struggling and resisting, hoping to escape. The dog on the leash (with the red collar) breaks free of the leash and runs away around the corner. The workers decide to catch him later and get rid of Muzzle first. As the mutt watches, the light shines on him.

Master: Hunter, you have been chosen.

Hunter watches on as Muzzle struggles not to enter.

Master: Flee, Hunter. Save yourself while you still can.

Hunter spits out his tennis ball furiously, then charges toward the workers and his friends. He rams the workers, who drop Muzzle, and Hunter leads Muzzle out of the building (but not without his tennis ball, of course). The moon takes the scene as we hear dogs howling. The "camera" leads us down a vent that goes deep deep down into the ground. When it finally ends, we see some see-through tubes leading into a structure that's a huge fire hydrant. Inside that structure, Muzzle is hopping around while each dog is inside a chamber.

Master: The time has come, my pets. The transdogmafier will change your pure canine forms to a new species called cano-sapiens.

Each of the dogs are transformed into dogs that stand up and with a silver armor around their body (except for tails and head).

Exile: This is how we say in Siberia. Totally neato!
Blitz: Oh, look at me! I'm so handsome, I could kiss myself! In fact, I think I will. (starts kissing himself)
Colleen: Well I'm not so crazy about the color but I absobloomilootely love the boots.
Shag: Ruh? (he changes into a shaggy dog with no armor)
Hunter: I would not have predicted this. No way!
RR (Road Rovers): AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

The Master appears in a doorway. He tells the Rovers that they'll be sent on a vital mission.

RR: Yes sir!
Master: But first, I want you to greet the members of your pack.
RR: Yes sir!

The Rovers kneel down, greet each other, and wag their tails (except Blitz because he doesn't have one). The Master sighs.

Master: Perhaps I should have considered cats. AHEM!

The Rovers stand up again.

RR: Yes sir!
Master: You have all been chosen for your special skills. Hunter, for his super speed.

Hunter, obsessed with his tennis ball, throws it across the room then chases after it, running with a flame behind him, then catching it almost as fast as he threw it.

Hunter: You're out!
Master: Blitz, the doberman, for his powerful jaw.

Blitz has a sub sandwich in his hand, and he scarfs it down using his super sharp teeth.

Master: Colleen, the collie, for her cunning and agility.
Blitz: (walks to where Colleen is) Hello there, pretty dog girl.
Colleen: (kicks Blitz away on accident while practicing her skills) Oh, dreadfully sorry.
Master: Exile, the husky, for his strength and vision.
Exile: (lifts up big machinery and spots Shag cowarding behind it) I can see you!
Master: And Shag, the sheepdog, for his incredible bravery.
Shag: (still cowardly) Ruh?
Master: Well, I got four out of five right, so sue me.
Colleen: Aw, poor fella. He hasn't become very human, has he?

Shag digs into his thick fur and takes out a hamburger. He chews on it as Muzzle hops by next to Hunter.

Hunter: Hey, don't sweat it, Shag, Muzzle hasn't become human at all. (pets Muzzle) Aw, isn't that right, Muzzle, yeah, you're crazy, aren't ya, yeah, okay, bub-bye. (Muzzle hops away) (to Colleen) Buddy of mine.
Colleen: Cool, don't you have the most interesting friends.
Hunter: Yeah, I know, I'm just lucky that way.

We switch scenes to what apparantly is a briefing room, where the Rovers sit in a circular table facing a large screen.

Master: Road Rovers, here's your first assignment. Yesterday, in Camdon, Maine, a cocker spaniel turned into this.

The screen shows the head of the cocker spaniel as a growling monster. Shag leaps into Hunter's arms.

Master: A few hours later, in the same town, this is what happened to a dalmation.

The monitor reveals a dalmation who has driven the firemen out of the fire station with a hose. He roars like the cocker spaniel. Then the next picture is of both of the mutants in the street, roaring to scare away everybody.

Hunter: (Shag is in his seat now as Muzzle hops around behind them) Wow, who's cleaning up after them?
Blitz: I would find great enjoyment biting them on the tushie.
Exile: Don't be a weird boy.
Master: This morning, those two commandered a freight train carrying an experimental gene splicing device called the molecular stabalizer. In the wrong hands, this could be a dangerous weapon. (rises on a platform) These monsters must be stopped. (the Rovers line up before him) So Rovers, do you understand your mission?
RR: Yes sir!
Master: Do you realize you will face great danger?
RR: Yes sir!
Master: Do you realize that some of you may not return alive?
RR: Uh...
Hunter: Come again?
Master: Some of you may perish.
Colleen: Perish?
Hunter: Whoa, as in perish? Ah, check please!

The Rovers dash off towards the doorway but in the process of getting out, all of them get stuck.

Master: I definitely should have considered cats.

Act 3

Master: Rovers! Report to the launch area!
Blitz: But wait a minute! If we're putting out lives on the line, what's in it for us?
Master: For your services, I will give each of you three meals a day, a weekly bath, and a carpet by the fire where you can sleep. Do we have a deal?

The Rovers huddle together to duscuss it. Finally, Hunter begins to step forwardd, but Blitz steps in front of him.

Blitz: Carpet by the fire? Change it to a sofa.
Master: You will stay off the sofa!
Blitz: (cowers behind Exile) Okay, okay, off of the sofa, ya, the carpet's fine, alright.
Master: And, if you succeed, I will do my best to find each of you a home.
RR: Aaahhhh...
Hunter: It's a deal! (to the rest of the Rovers) We're off!

The Rovers run off to the launch area. There, the Sky Rover is set down and the Street Rover is raised on a platform.

Hunter: Exile, Blitz, Shag, take the Sky Rover.
Exile: You betcha, comrade.
Blitz: (pushing Shag towards the jet) Come on, mop(?) boy!
Hunter: (to Colleen) Colleen, we'll take the Street Rover.
Colleen: Roger, Hunter.

Hunter opens the door to the Street Rover. Colleen climbs in as Muzzle hops by.

Hunter: Muzzle, you hold down the fort. (Muzzle begins to whimper) Hey, don't worry pal, we'll be back. (Muzzle still looks unsure as Hunter enters the car)
Exile: (inside the Sky Rover, to Blitz and Shag) Uh, you knowing how to fly this thing?
Blitz: Not a clue.
Exile: Heh heh, me neither. Oh boy, this is going to be funski!
Shag: (covers his head in protection and whimpers)
Colleen: (in the Street Rover, as Hunter buckles up) Right. All buckled up.
Hunter: Then let's hit the road, Rovers!

Hunter steps on the pedal, but the car doesn't move.

Hunter: Hey, what gives? It's not moving. (scratches his head)
Colleen: You, uh, have to turn the ignition key.
Hunter: Oh, right, duh. (turns the engine on) Let's hit the road, Rovers!

Hunter drives the Street Rover through a "doggie" door and into a tunnel. The Sky Rover starts its propellers and flies through an opening in the top of the ceiling. The Master watches them go, thinking to himself.

Master: I should have scotch guarded in the seat covers.

An outside view of mountains is disrupted by an uncontrolled flying Sky Rover, with Exile as the pilot.

Exile: Yippee keeyo keeyef!

At that instant, a small part of the ground opens, and out rolls the Street Rover, where Hunter is driving. He finds the road and roughly gets on it, his tongue in the wind.

Hunter: So, how do you like my driving?
Colleen: Let me put it this way. I hope the airbags work!
Hunter: Aw, thanks. That's nice.
Colleen: (spots a small red button) Hello, what have we here?

As Colleen pushes the button, she and Hunter exchange glances as we see the exterior of the vehicle. The Street Rover suddenly moves very fast, in a "warp" move.

Hunter: Too cool!

In a new scene, the train comes by with the mutants at the controls. The Sky Rover flies above it.

Blitz: Don't be slow-poking, Exile! Schnail(?)! Faster!
Exile: Bulshoi! Everybody's always rushing me.

As the Sky Rover gets into the view of the mutants, the cocker takes out a gun and blasts one of their propellers out. The people inside the jet start to panic.

Exile (holding a communicator device) April day! April day! We're going down!
Blitz: Don't you mean May day?
Exile: May, June, July, who cares? We're in deep doggie donuts!

Still struggling with the controls, Exile manages to safely put the Sky Rover on top of the train. The Street Rover comes next to the train now, with Colleen at the wheel and Hunter ready to jump onto the train and inside the first car where the mutants are. He does this with success, and, after jumping in, grabs the molecular stabalizer.

Hunter:Wow, you two look much bigger on TV.

Saying this, Hunter runs out of the cart as the mutants roar and chase him. While all this is happening, the Street Rover is about to come up to a very curvy road. Colleen misses a curve and goes off the road and on top of the train. As she makes sighs of relief, the air bags pop out.

Colleen: Oh super, the air bags do work.

Hunter still has the device in his hands, but the mutants aren't too happy about it. They chase him, and the dalmation holds a laser gun which he shoots into the "camera". At this moment, the Master identifies who made the monsters.

Master: I know you're out there. I know you created these monsters. I know it's you, Parvo.
Parvo: (in his ship) (holding a poodle) I understand dogs. I understand their qualities, their strength, their loyalty, canine loyalty. Control that, and you can control the world!

Parvo walks up to a big hunk of machinery, where the Groomer has it ready. Parvo is happy, and places the poodle inside a half cut cage. After the Groomer makes a few adjustments, the cage enters the chamber. We see the poodle shocked by a bright light and some gas that makes the poodle grow bigger. As the transformation continues, Parvo rants about how it took a solid year to get the cano-mutator into operation. The door to the end of the transformation process opens, and the mutated poodle emerges, angry and roaring. The baddies are amazed at this creature, but the poodle shrinks to its normal size again.

Parvo: ...unreliable. Get rid of him. Argh! (starts walking toward a window) I need that molecular stablizer to make the effect last. Then I'll create an entire army of soldiers, cano-mutants, powerful, vicious! And above all, permanently loyal to me. Soon, all will call me Master! (the train horn sounds as we see it coming closer to a rocky mountain with "eyes") Groomer, what's the good word?
Groomer: The train is coming, General.
Parvo: Ah, at last.
Groomer: (now we see a view from one of the eyes, with Groomer holding a pair of binoculars) And there's a slight problem.
Parvo: (takes binoculars, spots Hunter with the stabalizer) No. This can't be. More cano-sapiens. Only one other person knew the technology and he's long gone! Or is he?

Hunter, still holding the stabalizer, dashes and hides behind the Street Rover (even though the mutants are coming up on him). It looks as if they're going to get him, but here comes Colleen to the rescue!

Colleen: Hiya, Akita! (with every phrase is a punch or a kick) Shar pei! Shih Tsu! Heel! Rin... tin... tin... Sit down. Roll over. Play dead. Ay yi yi yi yi! (the cocker spaniel she attacks falls over, barely concious)
Hunter: Was the 'ay yi yi yi' part from karate?
Colleen: No, from Baney Harter(?) (don't know what she said).

While the cocker was busy, the dalmation trapped Shag next to the Sky Rover. Shag is terrified at what the dalmation might do to him. As if reading his mind, Blitz shows off what he can do.

Blitz: Let the biting begin! (chomps his teeth a few times)

As Blitz is about to make his strike, the dalmation simply kicks him out of the way. Blitz is thrown over the side of the train, but holds on by grabbing hold of a ladder. Inside the Street Rover, Hunter and Shag talk to the Master.

Hunter: (holding the communicator) We have the box with that molecular gizmo now, Master.
Master: Good dogs. (Shag opens the box to reveal a purple-ish cylinder)
Hunter: Yeah, but out friends here aren't too happy about it. What do you want us to do?
Master: Listen carefully.

Blitz: (still hanging on to the ladder) Ahh! I am too young to die! And far too pretty! (the mutants are above his location ready to jump on him)
Exile: Freeze!

Exile and Colleen are ready to fight. But Exile uses his eyes to project an ice cube around the mutants. The mutants (whose heads weren't in an ice cube) roar in fury. Exile is very pleased.

Exile: I love being Road Rover!
Colleen: I didn't know you could do that!
Exile: Me neither. Must have contracted it during Cold War.
Blitz: (climbs up the ladder and stands next to the frozen mutants) You are both lucky sniffies(?) that I didn't bite you repeatedly! (the mutants break free of the ice and the cocker grabs Blitz and raises him in the air, ready to throw him off) Ahh! I was just joking with you!
Hunter: Put him down!

The mutants turn their heads to see the rest of the Rovers ready to fight, Shag holding the red box.

Hunter: This (pointing to the red box) is what you want!
Colleen: No, Hunter, don't give it to them!
Blitz: (holding his hands together) Give it to them! Give it to them!
Hunter: I don't think we have a choice. Shag?

Shag tosses the box to the mutants as the cocker drops Blitz. After securing the box, the two mutants jump off the train.

Colleen: (sighs) We've let the master down.
Hunter: Not really. (Shag opens another similar red box and shows the purple-ish cylinder)
Colleen: Hello. If we have the molecular stabalizer, what did you give them?
Hunter: A little present for their leader.

In a new scene, we see the mutants "cheering" for their master as his ship, which is shaped like a dog, breaks free from their rock mountain hiding place. As they start to leave, Parvo has the box in his hand, sits down, and opens the box.

Parvo: Ah, it's ours at last. Now my cano-mutants will rule!

Parvo opens the box, but instead of what he wanted, it's what he doesn't want. The box's contents are a gray cylinder attached to a small box with a counter that starts at 10. The countdown is of seconds, and Parvo is furious because he knows who set this up.

Master: (a recorded voice) Parvo, every dog has his day.
Parvo: (looks at "camera") I'm having one of those funny dejavu feelings.

At this moment, the bomb's timer is up, so it explodes, disabling the engines and crashing the ship to where the Rovers can see.

Hunter: To the power of the pack!
RR: AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

The cano-mutants, near the site of the crash, suddenly shrink to their normal size, happy and well. In the smoke, a door blsts open as a furious Parvo escapes with Groomer right behind him.

Parvo: They think they've won. But from the ashes, I will rise again!
Master: (in a new scene) Ahh, I'm glad I went with dogs afterall. (after some time, inside the base, the Road Rovers are lined up, looking up to the Master) You've done well, Rovers. You're good, good dogs. You'll be called agan to serve, but until then, enjoy you're new homes as the pets of world leaders. Exile in Russia, Colleen in England, Shag in Switzerland, Blitz in Germany, and Hunter in the White House, but always remember that deep inside every dog is a Road Rover.

Since all of the RR are in new homes, Muzzle is left alone with an image of Hunter winking at Muzzle at the last minute. Muzzle misses his pal. The Master is behind him.

Master: Now, as for you... how would you like to stay here with me, keep me company? (Muzzle jumps up happily and excited, as the Master pets Muzzle) You would? That's great. (the two head toward the bright room that the Master always stays in) Welcome home, Scout. Welcome home.

The door closes, and thus ends our first episode.

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