Plot: Karen has to make a trip to the store to buy birthday presents for the kids, but somebody has to watch the kids. Her former co-worker, Mr. Puzzles, steps in to babysit the kids and things sure do happen
(SMG4 Intro)
(It’s a sunny day outside. The Katphish House is in sight. The camera zooms in to see Karen making a grocery list of items such as fish, bread, and at the bottom, in bold, it says “Birthday presents for the kids”. Karen smiles, feeling like a proud mom after how far her kids have grown. Suddenly, there’s a loud bang heard from upstairs)
Zach: (from upstairs) NO FAIR! I WAS GETTING WOOD! I DIDN’T EVEN HEAR IT!
(Karen walks upstairs to see the kids playing video games. Zach, Katie, and Cory are playing Minecraft. They are all occupied with their own personal spaces)
Zach: Stupid Creepers…
(Katie turns her head to see Karen. She smiles and waves at her)
Katie: Hi, mom!!
Karen: Hey, kiddos! Whatchy’all doing?
Zach: Playing Minecraft. It was fun until A STUPID CREEPER GOT ME!
Cory: (sound effect) I am placing blocks and sh*t cause I’m in f*cking Minecraaaft!
Karen: Well, kids. Momma’s gotta go to the store
Katie: Yay! Can we come with?! Can we?! Can we?!
Karen: You could, but momma has to go alone this time
Katie: Aww…
Karen: It’s okay! I’m probably gonna call in a babysitter for the time being
Katie: A…babysitter?
Karen: Yeah. Somebody to watch over you guys while I’m gone
Zach: Ugh. Babysitters are BOOORING! None of them are fun!
Karen: You don’t know unless you try. I’ll call a number right now
(As she’s about to leave, Katie says…)
Katie: Mr. P would be an amazing babysitter
(Karen stops in her tracks)
Karen: Who’s Mr. P?
Katie: Our drama teacher in school one day!
(Flashbacks from Mr. Puzzles Teaches Cinema play)
Katie: He was such a cool guy! I think we talked about him one time! He taught us how to make films and stuff!
Karen: I…think I recall actually
Zach: Yeah! He was amazing!
Karen: Well…I’m pretty sure this Mr. P guy is busy on the weekends
Zach and Katie: Awwwww
Cory: (sound effect) Bazinga
Karen: It’ll be okay! I’ll let you kiddos know when he or she arrives, okay?
Zach and Katie: Okay!
(Karen closes the door behind her and ponders)
Karen: Mr. P…hmmm…Oh!
(Karen gets an idea. The scene changes to a television screen playing a bootleg version of Titanic. It’s the scene when Rose gets on the door)
???: Oh come on now! Like I say every single time, JACK COULD HAVE FIT ON THE DOOR WITH ROSE!!
(A cigarette is seen in an ashtray. A hand picks it up and Mr. Puzzles is seen smoking. Sitting on the couch with a bucket of popcorn right in front of him)
Mr. Puzzles: (smacks lips once as a sound effect) Seriously! How do film companies never DARE to fill in these plot holes or scenarios?! This is the BIGGEST ONE IN THE HISTORY OF FILM!!! Even *I* know when the rules of Physics need to come into play in a movie!
(Mr. Puzzles’ house phone rings. It’s an old fashioned, black Rotary Dial Phone. He picks up the phone with his left hand and puts it to his ear)
Mr. Puzzles: Ciao! Mr. Puzzles speaking! If this is to remind me of my Netflix subscription bill, then yes, I’m sending in the money tomorrow
(Mr. Puzzles flicks his cigarette away during that sentence and goes to drink some soda)
Karen: Hello, Rookie
(Mr. Puzzles spits out his soda and coughs violently)
Mr. Puzzles: O-Oh my! It-It-It’s YOU, my dear! U-Uhm! Hello! Look, if this is about the stuff at Walmart, then I wanted to say-
Karen: Listen here, Rookie. How has the job search been?
(Mr. Puzzles is silent. He looks down at crumpled/folded up papers of job applications)
Mr. Puzzles: Uhm…not that good
Karen: How good are you with kids?
Mr. Puzzles: Why, children I can handle super well! I’ve handed them before
Karen: You think you could babysit my kids? I have to run to the store and I can’t let them know I’m getting them birthday presents
Mr. Puzzles: I- W-Well, dear, I-I don’t know if-
Karen: You’ll start at $25 an hour
(Dollar signs appear as eyes on Mr. Puzzles’ screen)
Mr. Puzzles: OKAY THEN! I’m down! I’ll make sure your kids are as good as a protagonist! What’s the location?
Karen: Just look for the house with the fish on it. Thanks, Rookie
Mr. Puzzles: You’re welcome-
Karen: But if you screw up my house OR mess up, you won’t get paid and I’ll FIRE YOU
(Mr. Puzzles gulps)
Mr. Puzzles: I-I can PROMISE you that your kids will be as happy as a Mary Sue!
Karen: O…k…? Well, thanks, Rookie
Mr. Puzzles: Anytime, dear
(Mr. Puzzles hangs up and he sighs. Sinking himself deeper into the couch)
Mr. Puzzles: This will be one HELL OF A SEQUEL!
(Time jump. Karen is with the kids and the doorbell rings. Karen smiles and opens the door to see Mr. Puzzles. Her expression slightly changes to annoyance upon noticing Mr. Puzzles is in a nanny outfit. He comically enters like a Dress to Impress model inside as an upbeat song plays to further dramatize his entrance. He spins and does a peace sign)
Mr. Puzzles: (feminine voice as a joke) Nanny Puzzles is here on duty!!
Zach: Mom! Is THAT our babysitter?! She looks like a man!
Mr. Puzzles: Oh, don’t worry your little feline head! This is NOT going to be a twist film where the babysitter is secretly your dad in disguise as a woman!
(Zach, Katie, Cory, and Karen are confused and slightly disgusted. Puzzles’ expression changes from confident to embarrassed)
Mr. Puzzles: I…thought you guys would get the reference
(They clearly did not get that reference. Karen rips off Mr. Puzzles’ nanny outfit to reveal his regular clothing. Puzzles covers himself up as if he’s been exposed)
Mr. Puzzles: How dare you expose my masculinity!
Zach: OH MY GOD! PROFESSOR P!
(Zach runs up to Mr. Puzzles and hugs his leg. Mr. Puzzles flinches at this. Zach looks up at him with pleading boba eyes as a pink heart filter goes across the screen)
Zach: We missed you!
Mr. Puzzles: W-Well, I-
Katie: PROFESSOR P!!!
(Katie ran up to Mr. Puzzles and hugged his arm. Mr. Puzzles flinches again. He then notices Cory coming at Mr. Puzzles in full speed towards his head. He runs right into him as a bowling sound is made with the sound effect and title, “Nice Strike!” From Wii Sports appears and plays)
Mr. Puzzles: GAAH! PLEASE! N-NOT THE CLOTHES! I BOUGHT THESE FROM A DESIGNER COMPANY THAT-
(Katie plays with Mr. Puzzles’ antennas. This is very ticklish for him. He begins to cackle and laugh as some snorts from laughter also emerge)
Mr. Puzzles: STOOOO-HO-HO-HOOOOOPPPPPPEEEHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!
(Karen is getting a little impatient. She stomps her foot and exclaims)
Karen: KIDS!!!!
(The kids get off Mr. Puzzles. He’s visibly dizzy and lightheaded from the kids affectionately attacking him)
Karen: Listen up, kiddos. This is your babysitter, meaning-
Zach: PROFESSOR P IS OUR BABYSITTER?!
Karen: What? That’s not Professor P!
Katie: Yes it is! Look!
(Katie shows a photo of the yearbook which somehow landed Professor P’s face inside it. Karen looks at the yearbook, then Puzzles, the yearbook, then Puzzles. She grows suspicious, but then)
Karen: Nah. That’s impossible, kiddos. Anyways. Your job is to treat this man with kindness and follow his orders. Pretend it’s like listening to me. He was here one time, so please listen to him
(Puzzles shakes his head. Getting out of his “trance”)
Karen: Rookie
(Mr. Puzzles stands up in an instant. Looking intimidated. Similar to when he did in the Walmart episode when Karen was telling him his orders)
Karen: PLEASE do a good job! I’ll probably be back in about two hours. It shouldn’t take all day
(Karen exits the house and gets in her car to drive to the store)
Zach: So! Professor P! Are you here to teach us more about film?!
Katie: Are you here to get us more prepared for the world of film?!
Cory: (sound effect. Turns head into a bomb) My main goal is to blow up!
(Mr. Puzzles defuses the bomb with his fingers)
Mr. Puzzles: Alright, kids. Listen up. Your mom has given me the role of taking care of you guys! We can’t focus on making film work. What needs to be focused is me on you. Got it?
Zach: But Professor P…
Mr. Puzzles: Ah, ah, ah. I insist. Besides. I am no longer Professor P. I am…NANNY P!!
Zach: …Nanny P..? That sounds cringe
Mr. Puzzles: YOU’RE CRI-
(Mr. Puzzles remembers what Karen said and takes a deep breath)
Mr. Puzzles: So…what do you kids want to do?
Kids: Minecraft!
(Mr. Puzzles sighs and thinks to himself on what he could do to make the children happy. He gets an idea)
Mr. Puzzles: So…you kids want to make absolute cinema again?!
Kids: Yeah!
Mr. Puzzles: Alllright then! It’s time to get into nanny mode and SHOW YOU SOME NANNY-APPROPRIATE CINEMA!
(Scene cuts to Mr. Puzzles and the kids watching a bootleg version of a children’s movie. The kids look bored
Zach: Alright, I’m out of here
Mr. Puzzles: NO! In order to make a good film, you must THINK like a good filmmaker! Take this film for example!
Zach: This is for babies! Why are we watching a baby show?!
Mr. Puzzles: Because I’m enduring nanny mode and professor mode! I must show you things that are APPROPRIATE for your age instead of all the brainrot slop you and your generation have been consuming
Zach: Then in that case, I don’t like film anymore!
(Mr. Puzzles let’s put a dramatized gasp)
Mr. Puzzles: Not all great films are for adults, you know! Some of the highest grossing films in history are for kids!
Zach: Highest GROSSING films? Doesn’t that mean they’re gross?
Mr. Puzzles: No! It means-
Katie: Why would somebody have a ranking of the grossest movies and call them good?!
Mr. Puzzles: Well, it’s-
Cory: (insert meme)
Mr. Puzzles: That’s it!
(Mr. Puzzles turns off the DVD)
Mr. Puzzles: Do what you want!
(The kids cheer and put YouTube on the TV)
Mr. Puzzles: This is going to be a loooong day…
(Scene change to Karen in the store. She’s getting the supplies she needs. She passes by a few rowdy crowds, but eventually gets some of the things. Suddenly, someone approaches her. It’s Tari)
Tari: E-Excuse me, Ms. Karen…are…a-are you all…set with your things?
Karen: Huh?
(Meggy enters)
Meggy: Hey, Karen! Tari’s having her first day of working here today and she asked me to coach her!
Tari: I-I-I’m just wondering if you’re…
(She gets on her knees and grabs Meggy’s legs)
Tari: I don’t want to do this anymore…
Meggy: Tari, c’mon! You know you’re confident enough for this! We worked on this before! Go on and ask her!
(She gets up. Sadly)
Tari: Do you…um…n-need any…help?
Karen: No, but thanks for asking
(Tari feels more confident in her job)
Tari: Meggy! Did you see that?! I did it!
Meggy: Yep! You did!
(Distant, faint, nervous noises are heard from the store)
Karen: What was that?
Meggy: I dunno. C’mon. Let’s go check it out
(As Meggy, Tari, and Karen walk towards the noise, the scene cuts to Boopkins in a pink, toddler-sized toy car with Bob)
Boopkins: Bob…I don’t know about this. Wouldn’t this be considered stealing?
Bob: No. It’s not stealing if you’re getting away with it! Now put the batteries in the car!
(Boopkins reluctantly does so and Bob gets in the toy car on the driver’s side)
Bob: Time to Bob and Roll!
Karen: I don’t think so!
(Bob turns around and notices Karen and the others)
Tari: A-A-As a worker in the store…I-I’m going to have to ask you to…stop
(Bob laughs)
Bob: And what are you going to do about it?
Tari: Well…I-
Bob: Exactly
(Bob presses the gas pedal of the toy car and runs around the store)
Bob: Later, bitches!
Meggy: (pissed noise) C’mon guys! We need to follow him!
(Meggy and Tari run towards Bob)
Karen: (sigh) Welp. Goodbye you two, I’m going on my own-
Meggy: (grabs Karen and drags her with them) Oh no! You’re coming with us! You’re a store expert!
(Scene changes to the kids on YouTube watching brainrot/funny videos. They are mimicking the “This is the night mail crossing the border” meme. Puzzles is sunk into the couch. Bored. He checks the time and realizes it’s 12 PM. Karen has been gone for an hour now)
Mr. Puzzles: (gets in front of the TV) Alllright, my stars! It’s 12 PM! You know what that means?
(The kids are silent)
Zach: Minecraft?
Mr. Puzzles: Nope! It’s lunchtime!
(Mr. Puzzles goes to the fridge to see what he can give the kids, but it’s an ingredient household and there’s only ingredients in the fridge. He looks annoyed)
Zach: Ooh! Ooh! Can we have pizza?!
Katie: Or maybe Mc. Donald’s?!
Mr. Puzzles: Ohh nonononono! That’s JUNK food! I can’t be giving you guys JUNK food! How about something healthy like…uhm…a salad?
Zach: Salads are BOOORING!
Mr. Puzzles: Well what do YOU suggest?
Zach and Katie: Pizza
Mr. Puzzles: Okay fine! I’ll make you some pizza!
(The kids cheer. Mr. Puzzles looks at the bottom of the fridge and sees a frozen pizza he can just put into the oven. He reads the directions carefully and sets the oven to a temperature)
Katie: Professor P!!!
Mr. Puzzles: Yes?
Katie: I’m booooored! Can we do weapons training?
Mr. Puzzles: Weapon training?! Oh no! Not in the house!
Zach: Well what else are we supposed to do?!
Mr. Puzzles: I don’t know! Something USEFUL like…oh I don’t know! Television?!
Zach: Booooring!
(Mr. Puzzles’ eye twitches)
Mr. Puzzles: Play a board game or something. I’m busy!
Zach: Fine! We’ll play stupid board games…UPSTAIRS!
(The kids go upstairs)
Mr. Puzzles: Finally…some peace and quiet
(Mr. Puzzles does more preparations for the food and hears banging upstairs. Every bang ticks him off. On the third bang, he cries out)
Mr. Puzzles: CAN YOU STOP THAT BANGING NOISE UP THERE?!
(Peace and quiet for a small amount of time until another bang is heard)
Mr. Puzzles: THAT’S IT!
(Mr. Puzzles goes upstairs and into their room)
Mr. Puzzles: Can you PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN?!
Katie: Sorry, Professor P! Cory keeps eating the pieces!
(Mr. Puzzles sighs and walks over to Cory)
Mr. Puzzles: Cory…can you drop the pieces?
(Cory continues to consume one of the pieces he has in his mouth. Puzzles pulls it out and later on, Cory hacks and spits out the other board game pieces. He’s disgusted)
Mr. Puzzles: Maybe you…play something that doesn’t have swallowable pieces?
Zach: Every board game has swallowable pieces!
Mr. Puzzles: Don’t talk back to me, young man!
Zach: I didn’t!
Mr. Puzzles: HUSH!!! I don’t know. Play pretend or something!
(Mr. Puzzles goes back downstairs and continues working on the food. That’s when the kids are seen running around the house)
Mr. Puzzles: No running around the house!! Seriously, don’t you kids KNOW THIS?!
Katie: But we’re playing pretend! Zach is the monster and Cory’s the prince! I’m the princess!
Cory: (Nokia noise)
Mr. Puzzles: (sighs) Fine…but yet again…PLEASE don’t run around the house…
(Mr. Puzzles focuses more on the food and lets out a big sigh. Suddenly, he gets a small flashback from his father and his treatment. His expression changes from annoyed to upset)
(The scene changes back to the store. Meggy, Tari, and Karen are chasing Bob and Boopkins)
Bob: Take this, bitch!
(Bob throws various items on the shelves at them like clothing, phone cases, etc, they keep dodging)
Meggy: Bob stop! What do you benefit out of this?!
Bob: …Nothing!
(Bob speeds up. Tari loses stamina)
Tari: Just…just…go without me! I can’t run much farther!
Meggy: Okay! Be careful!
(Meggy and Karen catch up further to them)
Bob: Boopkins! Be useful for once!
Boopkins: But what do I do?! Hurting friends is mean!
Bob: No! Hurting friends is cool!
Boopkins: No! We must befriend our enemies! Not hurt them! For the power of friendship is essential to-
Bob: Screw this!
(Bob throws Boopkins in Meggy’s face)
Meggy: Karen! Go get him!
(Karen nods. She gets closer to Bob)
Bob: Holy crap!!
Karen: Bob…as a minimum wage worker…I’ve had ENOUGH OF YOUR S#%&!!!
(Karen pulls out her usual shotgun)
Bob: OH SHIIIIIIIIII
(Karen shoots the toy car’s wheels. This causes the car tire to deflate as Bob is sent flying straight into the register. Causing it to break and malfunction)
Bob: Ow, my ovaries!!
Announcement on the loudspeaker: Attention everyone, the cash registers have stopped working. Please wait to check out
(Karen deeply sighs and facepalms with both hands)
Meggy: Did you do it?!
Karen: Kind of, but now the registers aren’t working!
(Tari, Meggy, and Karen walk up to the register. Swag and Chris are there. Swag looks straight at Tari who is in her work clothes)
Swag: You. You did this?
Tari: What? N-No, I-
Swag: You’re fired!
(Swag rips the work clothes off her. Revealing her in her regular outfit. Tari looks sad)
Meggy: Hey! This wasn’t her fault! She was trying to STOP this issue! All three of us were!
Swag: …oh. Still! That doesn’t change the fact that you-
Chris: Jeez, Swag. Just give the lady her job back
Swag: Ugh. Fine.
(Tari is given her outfit back on. She gets happy)
Karen: How long is it gonna be until the register works again? I need to get home soon!
Swag: Uh…I’d say…696969696969-
(Chris smacks Swag)
Chris: Swag!
Swag: Oh! Right. You’ll probably be stuck here the whole day then
Karen: The whole day?!
Chris: Yeah. With all the damage that has been done today, I’d say an estimate to get the registers working again is about six hours
Karen: SIX HOURS?! B-But-
Swag: No buts! If you want what you need, go to another store!
Karen: (she deeply sighs and turns away from them)
Meggy: Karen. We can just go to another-
Karen: No! I…I can’t…I can’t afford it…
(Meggy frowns)
Meggy: Well…Tari IS good with machines. Maybe she can help out!
Tari: M-Me?!
Meggy: Yeah! You want to prove you got this?! This is your chance!!
Tari: (confident) O-Okay! I can do this!! You’ll see, Meggy!
(Tari begins to find ways to repair the register. Karen sighs)
Karen: I just hope the kids are okay with the babysitter…
Meggy: Knowing your kids, they’re probably having the time of their lives! Same with your babysitter! I bet they’re ecstatic right now!
(Mr. Puzzles is cut on screen. He is definitely NOT ecstatic. The kids are rowdy and grabbing him all over and complaining)
Cory: (meme sound effect) I’m…HUNGRYYYYYY
Zach: (meme sound effect) WHERE’S. MY. PIZZA?!
(Mr. Puzzles is about to snap when the oven dings)
Mr. Puzzles: Ohhhhh the FOOD is done! Go sit down in the kitchen, okay? I’ll get it all set up
(The kids sit in their chairs. Mr. Puzzles takes the pizza out of the oven to see it’s burnt)
Mr. Puzzles: WHAT?! But I-I put it in for-
(Mr. Puzzles checks the time on the box. It said to put it in for 10 minutes, but unfortunately, he mispressed and put it in for a full hour. Mr. Puzzles is clearly pissed)
Zach: WHERE’S THE FOOD?!
Mr. Puzzles: IT’S COMING!!
(Puzzles is panicked on what to do, but then he gets an idea. He uses his TV Powers to remove the burns from the pizza. Now it doesn’t look like charcoal. He brings it out as Italian music plays)
Mr. Puzzles: Ahhhhh here’s-a your-a delectable-a pizza!! Buon appetito, my stars!
(The kids cheer and eat the pizza, then…)
Zach: THIS DOESN’T TASTE LIKE MOM’S PIZZA!
(Puzzles’ smile gets wiped away by this comment)
Zach: It doesn’t taste like the one I usually have!
Mr. Puzzles: Well does it still taste GOOD?
Zach: It’s not mom’s, therefore it’s not!
(Mr. Puzzles’ screen turns static for a moment. Indicating how pissed off he is)
Mr. Puzzles: Zach…you haven’t really been having the best attitude lately
Zach: Yes I have! I’m telling you want needs to be told! You’re not our mom! You’re not our dad! You don’t even bother to have creative vision for the things we like!
(All sound is cut off by the sound of a heartbeat. The words “creative vision” from his father’s mouth come ringing in his mind. He begins to enlarge in size as his screen glitches)
Mr. Puzzles: You…UNGRATEFUL LITTLE TWERP! DO YOU KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO HAVE THIS?! SOME PEOPLE *DON’T* HAVE THIS! YOU MAY THINK THIS, YOU MAY THINK THAT, BUT SHOW SOME RESPECT TO ME BECAUSE I’M THE INE TAKING CARE OF YOU RIGHT NOW! DO. YOU. UNDERSTAND?!?!
(The kids look horrified. Katie begins to cry. This causes Puzzles to snap out of his trance. Zach comforts Katie and looks at Puzzles like he’s a monster. He shrinks back to his normal size)
Mr. Puzzles: I…I…
Zach: Don’t…Don’t talk to us
(The kids go upstairs. Puzzles watches in agony at his actions. As the kids start to go upstairs, Katie pauses in her tracks)
Katie: Hey guys..? I’ll…be right back
Zach: You better. I don’t want that monster yelling at YOU
(Scene cuts to Mr. Puzzles looking at his hands. The vision is blurry, the ears are ringing, his breath is heavy)
Mr. Puzzles: No…I-I…I didn’t mean to-…I didn’t want to-…no…no…oh god no…I’m sorry…I’m sorry…I’m-
(flashbacks of his dad play and then it goes back to him. This repeats a couple times until Mr. Puzzles feels something touch him)
Katie: Professor P..?
(Mr. Puzzles flinches. He looks down to his left and sees Katie hugging him. He’s shocked by this)
Katie: I know you didn’t mean it…I’m sorry Zach is always meanie sometimes. If it makes you feel better, *I* enjoyed the pizza. And the movie, and all the things you did for us! You’re amazing!
(Puzzles is clearly touched by this. He tears up, smiles, and hugs Katie back)
Mr. Puzzles: T-Thank you…Katie…
(Zach and Cory come back in)
Zach: Katie! What are you doing?!
Katie: He said he’s sorry! He didn’t mean it! Come on, you know Professor P wouldn’t do that!
(Cory joins the hug)
Katie: Come on, Zach! Pleaaaassseeeee?
(Katie and Cory look at him with big eyes. Zach gives in)
Zach: Fine!
(Zach joins the hug)
Mr. Puzzles: Now…I’d like to ask you guys this time…what is something YOU want to do?
Zach: Can we…make a movie again?
Mr. Puzzles: I thought you’d never ask!! It’s time for Professor P to do what he was destined to do! MAKE ABSOLUTE CINEMA!!
(The kids cheer)
(The scene changes back to the store. Karen is watching the watch on her wrist. It’s about 3:30 PM. Tari is still trying to fix the machine)
Tari: I-Is it the blue wire..? Or the red wire..?
Clench: I don’t know. Why are you asking a hand? I’m just a hand. You shouldn’t ask a hand
Tari: Come on, Clench! You can help me out with this!
Clench: No way, Jose, no way, no how. This is all on you, kiddo
Tari: Uuugh! Come on, Clench!! We’ve been bantering for hours! Just tell me what to do!
Clench: Mmm…fine
Tari: Really?!
Clench: Nope! Hahahaha! Oh, I got you good! You should’ve seen your face when you thought I was going to help you!
(Tari looks unamused)
Meggy: Ugh! Why can’t we help?!
Swag: Because. You two could possibly do something!
Meggy: Do something?! Like what?!
Swag: Shoplift
Meggy: Why would WE shoplift?
Swag: Uh…you just would!
Chris: Sorry, Meggy, but it’s protocol to not allow anyone to pass or else-
Tari: I did it! It’s done!
Meggy: Really?!
Tari: Oh wait…no…no it’s not
(Karen sighs annoyingly)
Karen: That’s it! I’m helping!
(Karen runs past Swag and Chris)
Swag: Oh no you don’t!
(As Swag is about to get them, Meggy kicks him in the crotch. He falls to the ground in pain)
Swag: CHRIS MY LITTLE SWAGGIES JUST GOT HIT!!
Chris: Jeez, Swag
(Karen walks up to Tari)
Karen: Alright. Hook the wires together and flip the top two switches
(Tari does just that)
Karen: Now press the power button and you’re good to go!
(Tari does so. The register opens back up)
Announcer: Attention, Shoppers! The register is back to working, so go and buy your things now!
(A giant wave of a crowd goes through the register. This leaves Karen to buy her things alone. She pays)
Meggy: Thank you for helping us, Karen
Karen: No problem
(Karen exits the building)
Tari: Bye, Karen!
(Swag approaches behind Meggy and Tari)
Swag: So…guess how many people managed to escape through the crowd and shoplift
(Meggy, looking pissed, kicks Swag in the balls again)
Swag: AAAAH!
(Swag falls to the floor)
(The scene changes to Karen approaching the house and enters)
Karen: Kids! I’m home!
(No response, Karen hears commotion in the kitchen. She checks to see that Mr. Puzzles and the kids are making a little film out of paper dolls)
Mr. Puzzles: (holding a paper doll. Mimicking voice) You can’t defeat me!
Katie: (holding a paper doll. Mimicking a voice) Do not underestimate me, Ben! For I am the good witch, Lilly! Warrior of peace! NOW EAT THIS SUCKAAAA!
(Katie and Mr. Puzzles clank paper dolls together. Mimicking a fight. Karen smiles at the two)
Mr. Puzzles: Did you get that on recording?!
(Zach nods)
Mr. Puzzles: Great! Now we can-
Katie: MOM!
(The kids run up to Karen)
Karen: Hey, kiddos!! How was the babysitter?!
Zach: Best babysitter ever!!
(Mr. Puzzles smiles at the comment. Karen approaches Mr. Puzzles and hands him $100 as a payment for his work)
Karen: Good job, rookie!
Mr. Puzzles: Thank you, my dear
(Mr. Puzzles turns to the kids)
Mr. Puzzles: Well, kids. I must bid you adieu!
Katie: Awww…Will we see each other again?
Mr. Puzzles: But of course we will! (Singing) Don’t know where, don’t know when, but I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
(Mr. Puzzles exits and leaves the house. The camera pans out of the house and suddenly)
Karen: WHO LEFT THE OVEN ON?!
(The kitchen is in flames. Puzzles notices this from outside and slowly…slowly backs away. He’s then seen dancing into the sunset as an iris-out closes the episode)
howdy. there's a really bad person liking your art. their name is mrpuzzlesonlywife. they are extremely transphobic and have sent doxxing and rape threats to a minor. i suggest blocking them.
Thank you to everyone who has been sending such kind messages, I promise I really do read them all, even if I can't reply, but while these messages are wonderful (and really. I mean it. just the nicest and most heartfelt things I've ever seen) the sad fact is they don't change my situation. But you can change it. You can help me.
If you know my situation, if you want to help me, please write to Glitch Productions. They are the only people who can, and I believe, might, be able and willing to save me. SMG4 has ignored me, even through a legal letter. I have no hope that they will do otherwise, but Glitch are a different case and I think they just genuinely don't know I exist. I have sent them a message, to no reply, but more messages means more of a chance they will notice. IF you are on twitter please message that way, I closed my account there years ago, and please be polite: I am not asking for hate, even if I've received it.
Even a short message will help. I need numbers, I need voices. My own voice is being drowned out, but you can speak for me as well.
For some points on the plagiarism under the read more (what I collected/organized while building up an email to send):
1) TIMELINE
RGB was created long before, over a decade before Mr. Puzzles first debuted.
(*RGB's first appearance may have been 2011, was a little iffy on that)
2) UNDENIABLY UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE
The number of traits, some uniquely specific to and representative of RGB's design, that are copied in Mr. Puzzles design are too many to be chalked up to 'just a coincidence'
Especially when you look at the designs of all of the other TV head characters out there - I collected as many as I could find (though I'm sure there's more) and none of them come even close to sharing the number of similarities that these two do.
3) TV MODEL AND DESIGN CHOICES
While looking up references for older TVs, I found that for the exact TV they're based on (small retro box TV with knobs in the upper right of the TV and an antenna) most of the references didn't have a vent on the side of them like RGB and Mr. Puzzles do.
I looked up 4 different reference terms, and still had to scroll a while before I found one that matched exactly (above collection just a general sample/example of types of TVs I found). Unless my browsers are wigging out, either the pictures that would come up for these kinds of TVs were different in 2023, or this exact combination of features are just not very common for this style of TV. If that's the case, it may be a bit strange to design a character with those features together.
Here's where that distinction is important: Mr. Puzzles as a character doesn't have much of a reason to go with this design over other styles of similar TVs. But RGB does. The vents on the sides of RGB's head aren't just an aesthetic choice - they're included as a legitimately integral part of the story-line (Negative RGB). The same can be said for a number of other choices Modmad has made, down to individual items of clothing, that show just how much thought and intention and consideration went into every aspect of RGB's design.
Which makes it that much more frustrating to see him get plagiarized in such a careless manner by people who don't even seem to put much care into their own character (common criticism I've read that SMG4 fans have had about Mr. Puzzles and his 'arc').
4) OTHER PEOPLE, EVEN THOSE WHO HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THE SITUATION FROM MOD, NOTICED
This has been noted by fans of both series since Mr. Puzzles first came out.
Some people may have found more points than this, but these are what I stumbled upon. Hopefully helps bring a little more context to the situation.
just to update that nobody from any of the relevant parties has got back to me or made any statement. please reblog this version, as @timmyreads has compiled an extremely comprehensive explanation and evidence of the theft; at first I just wanted to be left alone, but it's really not enough. every time I see Mr Puzzle or even read his name I feel physically sick, it's hard for me to type it even now. I feel violated in every way, and I need help. I can't save myself, I have tried every single avenue available. At this point I need to be saved.
For those saying please/just keep making TPoH anyway, it's not that simple: I can't. My mind and heart are broken. The story itself has stopped communicating with me. I cannot make it any more, not if this situation doesn't change, and that loss of the story scares me more than anything else in the world.
Thank you to everyone who has been sending such kind messages, I promise I really do read them all, even if I can't reply, but while these messages are wonderful (and really. I mean it. just the nicest and most heartfelt things I've ever seen) the sad fact is they don't change my situation. But you can change it. You can help me.
If you know my situation, if you want to help me, please write to Glitch Productions. They are the only people who can, and I believe, might, be able and willing to save me. SMG4 has ignored me, even through a legal letter. I have no hope that they will do otherwise, but Glitch are a different case and I think they just genuinely don't know I exist. I have sent them a message, to no reply, but more messages means more of a chance they will notice. IF you are on twitter please message that way, I closed my account there years ago, and please be polite: I am not asking for hate, even if I've received it.
Even a short message will help. I need numbers, I need voices. My own voice is being drowned out, but you can speak for me as well.
For some points on the plagiarism under the read more (what I collected/organized while building up an email to send):
1) TIMELINE
RGB was created long before, over a decade before Mr. Puzzles first debuted.
(*RGB's first appearance may have been 2011, was a little iffy on that)
2) UNDENIABLY UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE
The number of traits, some uniquely specific to and representative of RGB's design, that are copied in Mr. Puzzles design are too many to be chalked up to 'just a coincidence'
Especially when you look at the designs of all of the other TV head characters out there - I collected as many as I could find (though I'm sure there's more) and none of them come even close to sharing the number of similarities that these two do.
3) TV MODEL AND DESIGN CHOICES
While looking up references for older TVs, I found that for the exact TV they're based on (small retro box TV with knobs in the upper right of the TV and an antenna) most of the references didn't have a vent on the side of them like RGB and Mr. Puzzles do.
I looked up 4 different reference terms, and still had to scroll a while before I found one that matched exactly (above collection just a general sample/example of types of TVs I found). Unless my browsers are wigging out, either the pictures that would come up for these kinds of TVs were different in 2023, or this exact combination of features are just not very common for this style of TV. If that's the case, it may be a bit strange to design a character with those features together.
Here's where that distinction is important: Mr. Puzzles as a character doesn't have much of a reason to go with this design over other styles of similar TVs. But RGB does. The vents on the sides of RGB's head aren't just an aesthetic choice - they're included as a legitimately integral part of the story-line (Negative RGB). The same can be said for a number of other choices Modmad has made, down to individual items of clothing, that show just how much thought and intention and consideration went into every aspect of RGB's design.
Which makes it that much more frustrating to see him get plagiarized in such a careless manner by people who don't even seem to put much care into their own character (common criticism I've read that SMG4 fans have had about Mr. Puzzles and his 'arc').
4) OTHER PEOPLE, EVEN THOSE WHO HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THE SITUATION FROM MOD, NOTICED
This has been noted by fans of both series since Mr. Puzzles first came out.
Some people may have found more points than this, but these are what I stumbled upon. Hopefully helps bring a little more context to the situation.