sock opera -- gravity falls starters:
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❝ today is the big day . ❞ ❝ you ready ? ❞ ❝ this is it . ❞ ❝ with your brains and my laser focus , there is literally nothing that can distract us from - did you hear that ? ❞ ❝ all my life i've been dreaming - of a love that's right for me, and now i finally know her name and it's - literacy ~ ❞ ❝ just when i was getting over ___ , of course , you show up at my doorstep . ❞ / ❝ oh , yeah , i forgot about ___ . did not care for ___ . ❞ ❝ i'll type , you read . ❞ ❝ you were late on your cue . ❞ ❝ hey , hey . be good to each other . ❞ ❝ hey ! guess who's ___ ? i am ! care to learn more ? i bet you do . you like to learn . ❞ ❝ a lot of people think puppets are dumb or just for kids or something . ❞ ❝ so when's your next puppet show ? ❞ ❝ i mean , you can't really love puppets if you're not throwing puppet shows , right ? ❞ ❝ oh , what are the details ? ❞ / ❝ there are so many details . ❞ ❝ ___ , how hard do you think it would be to write and compose a sock puppet rock opera and live pyrotechnics by friday ? ❞ ❝ i don't know what happened . i got lost in his eyes and his ponytail and - ❞ ❝ if you help me with this for just a couple of days , i promise i'll help you . ❞ ❝ please . pretty please . ❞ ❝ it's for love , ___ . ❞ ❝ we're close to something big here . i can feel it . ❞ ❝ just a warning , people's eyes will get wet , 'cause they'll be crying from laughing , from how tragic it is ! ❞ ❝ it's what makes life worth living . ❞ ❝ not even gonna ask . ❞ ❝ last time you got this sleep deprived you tried to eat your own shirt . ❞ ❝ just a few more tries . ❞ ❝ i can't take that sound anymore . i hate ! you ! sound ! ❞ ❝ there has to be some shortcut or clue . ❞ ❝ i think i know a guy . ❞ ❝ well , well , well , you're awfully persistent , ___ . ❞ ❝ hats off to you ! ❞ ❝ did you miss me ? admit it , you missed me . ❞ ❝ it was just a job , kid . no hard feelings . ❞ ❝ i've been keeping an eye on you since then and i must say , i'm impressed . ❞ ❝ you deserve a prize . here , have a head that's always screaming ! ❞ ❝ the point is , i like you . ❞ ❝ i only ask for a small favor in return . ❞ / ❝ i'd never do a favor for you . ❞ ❝ don't forget who defeated you last time ! ❞ ❝ hey , wanna' hear my impression of you in about 3 seconds ? ❞ ❝ still ignoring this . ❞ ❝ whoa , bag check for ___'s eyes ! ❞ ❝ ___ , i told you to get some sleep last night . ❞ ❝ it's like if coffee and nightmares had a baby . ❞ ❝ last night i had a dream with ___ in it . ❞ ❝ like i'd actually trust ___ , right ? ❞ ❝ today is the day that the mystery twins are back in action . ❞ ❝ i'll help you crack that code . ❞ ❝ i cried , like , eight times . ❞ ❝ it's so great to see you ! ❞ ❝ your passion is so refreshing , ___ , unlike the girl from last night's puppet show . single-stitch on one puppet and cross-stitch on the other ? i was like , uh-uh . ❞ ❝ naturally i deleted her off my cell phone contacts list . ❞ ❝ i know you won't let me down though . ❞ ❝ you know , ___ , you look pretty sweaty . you should really take your shirt off . ❞ / ❝ ... right ? aren't we all thinking that ? ❞ ❝ how many eyes does a face have again ? ❞ ❝ i'm not okay . ❞ ❝ hey ! you just said you were going to help me ! ❞ ❝ ___ , do you seriously think that your random crush of the week is more important than uncovering the mysteries of this town ? ❞ ❝ you're obsessed . ❞ / ❝ i'm obsessed ? look at you . ❞ ❝ you look like a vampire . and not the hot kind . ❞ ❝ well , i can help you with tickles ! ❞ ❝ you know what ? i'll do it on my own . ❞ ❝ i'm gonna lose everything ? i only have one more try ? ❞ ❝ well , well , well . someone's looking desperate . ❞ ❝ i thought i told you to leave me alone . ❞ ❝ i can help you , kid ! you just need to hear out my demands . ❞ ❝ what crazy thing do you want , anyway ? to eat my soul ? to rip out my teeth ? are you gonna replace my eyes with baby heads or something ? ❞ ❝ all i want is a puppet . ❞ ❝ what are you playing at ? ❞ ❝ i don't know , man . ___ worked really hard on these . ❞ ❝ seems to me one little puppet is a small price to pay to learn all the secrets of the universe . ❞ ❝ how many times have you sacrificed for her , huh ? and when has she ever returned the favor ? ❞ ❝ tick tock , kid ! ❞ ❝ so what puppet are you gonna pick anyway ? ❞ ❝ eenie meenie mynee... YOU ! ❞ ❝ what did you do to my body ?! ❞ ❝ sorry , kid , but you're my puppet now ! ❞ ❝ this can't be happening . this can't be happening ! ❞ ❝ man , it's been so long since i've inhabited a body ! ❞ ❝ pain is hilarious ! ❞ ❝ why are you doing this ? i thought we had a deal ! ❞ ❝ i've got big plans coming and i don't need you getting in my way . ❞ ❝ race you to the bottom of the stairs ! ❞ ❝ hey ! human soda. i'm gonna' drink it like a person ! ❞ ❝ it's got to be around here somewhere . ❞ ❝ i've hidden it ! somewhere you'll never find it in a million years . ❞ ❝ i hope you don't mind . i'm gonna go before you process this sentence . okay, bye ! ❞ ❝ no , ___ , don't listen to him ! ❞ ❝ that's not me ! ❞ ❝ without a vessel to possess , you're basically a ghost . ❞ ❝ HELP ME ! ❞ ❝ i'm gonna stop you , ___ . i'm gonna find that journal before you do and i'm gonna stop you ! ❞ ❝ but how can you stop me ... if you don't EXIST ? ❞ ❝ got to get my body back before he does something crazy with it ! ❞ ❝ ah , nothing like the theater , huh ? ❞ ❝ hey , ___ , want to hear the exact time and date of your death ? ❞ ❝ are you kidding me? i would never miss...! ... whatever this is . ❞ ❝ so hold your horses ! ❞ / ❝ oh , i'll hold my horses . i'll hold them . ❞ ❝ you monster . ❞ ❝ i'm sorry , ___ , but i have to go fight in the war . ❞ ❝ i'll wait for you , ___ ! i'll wait for you . ❞ ❝ it's come to life ! the puppet books didn't warn me about this ! ❞ ❝ you need to help me . ❞ ❝ ___ tricked me . ❞ ❝ it's the only hope to get me back in my body ! ❞ ❝ i'm sorry . it looks funny when you're mad . ❞ ❝ want to kiss and sing at the same time ? ❞ ❝ oh-oh , but why would you want to do that ? ❞ ❝ shh . you wouldn't want to ruin the show ~ ❞ ❝ whoops ! it's slipping . ❞ ❝ no way . this is ___'s . i'd never give it away . ❞ ❝ hmm . you didn't seem to have a problem taking it for your own play . ❞ / ❝ or ditching him when he needed you . ❞ ❝ so come to your senses ! ❞ ❝ i mean , who would sacrifice everything they've worked for just for their dumb sibling ? ❞ / ❝ ___ would . ❞ ❝ get out of my brother's body , you evil triangle ! ❞ ❝ whoa ! children fighting . i can sell this ! ❞ ❝ i'm a being of pure energy with no weakness ! ❞ / ❝ true , but you're in ___'s body . and i know all HIS weaknesses ! ❞ ❝ AAH ! body spasms ! what are these ?! ❞ ❝ what is this feeling ? ❞ ❝ my body is burning ! ❞ ❝ i can't move these stupid noodle legs ! ❞ ❝ curse you , useless flesh sticks ! ❞ ❝ body shutting down ... ❞ ❝ YES ! i'm in my own body and - it's just as underwhelming as i remember . ❞ ❝ everything hurts . ❞ ❝ this isn't the last you'll hear of me ! ❞ ❝ big things are coming . you can't stop me ! ❞ ❝ don't worry . ❞ ❝ i've seen enough movies to know this is the part where the audience thinks it was all part of the show and loves it ! ❞ ❝ don't speak to me , ___ . ❞ ❝ you've made a mockery of my art form . ❞ ❝ i might have dodged a bullet there . ❞ ❝ i'm sorry about all this . it's my fault . ❞ ❝ i spent all week obsessing over a dumb guy . but the dumb guy i should have cared about was you . ❞ ❝ what did ___ do to my hand ?! ❞ ❝ nothing a little sleep can't fix ! ❞ ❝ seriously , i need to go to the hospital . ❞ ❝ what did one sock puppet say to the other sock puppet ? ❞ ❝ you look like you could use a hand ! ❞ ❝ that joke was really something . ❞ / ❝ yeah , something terrible ! ❞