Super Rufus Hounded

GENTLE MUSIC

HE SNORES

Naughty cat. Those are my underpants.

DISCORDANT MUSIC

That's me - Rufus Hound.

I'm a television presenter...

..and every day I save the world.

Ah!

See him? Well, this ugly dipstick is the evil Dr Muhaha...

It's pronounced "Muhahaha".

..and his geeky sidekick, Steve.

Shall I?

Every day he comes up with some new plan to conquer us,

and every day I stop him.

What? Someone's got to do it. And that's not the half of it.

If, at the end of the day, I have beaten him, well,

he just hits rewind, and the whole day goes back to the beginning.

FAST REWIND

GENTLE MUSIC

DISCORDANT MUSIC Not again!

Whoa!

Right, off to my first day at work...

again.

So, you'd think I'd know exactly what's going to happen.

Morning.

Unfortunately, it's not always that simple...

because Dr Mu's always coming up with a new plan.

Luckily, whatever world I'm in, these two always turn up to help.

The only thing is, I never know what they're going to look like.

Last, but by no means least, is this good-looking chap.

That's me, from years ahead in the future.

Future Rufus likes to think he's helping,

but sometimes I'm not so sure it's not his fault I'm in this mess.

So that's it, in a nutshell.

You never know, maybe one day I'll wake up, and it'll be tomorrow.

BIRD CAWS

Or, at the very least, I'll remember about that bird.

OINKING

Everybody relax - I'm here.

Oh, it's the new guy! Hi there, I'm Gill.

Hiya, I'm Barry.

That's odd - have I met you before?

No, but would you like to see my tummy?

Well, come on then, we haven't got all day.

MAN: 30 seconds to show time.

So what's this experiment?

Um, you are going to be testing out these underpants

that you can turn inside out while you're still wearing them,

by pressing this little button.

So you only need to change your undies every other day.

One word - wow!

-MAN: 10 seconds...

-How does that...?

Oh, don't worry, you'll be fine. What could possibly go wrong?

With electric underpants?

MAN: ..and in 5, 4, 3...

I don't know - how about I try them on,

my legs fall off, and my bum goes on fire?

MAN: ..on air.

Hello and welcome to FunLab.

The show that puts the fizz into physics...

The mystery into chemistry...

And the "Oh, gee" into biology.

Kicking off our experiment today is brand-new presenter Rudolf Hound.

Hi, there, science fans.

Now, you, like me, are probably wondering

how you turn a pair of Y-fronts into a pair of Y-backs...

'And just as I'm getting going,

'my meddling future self turns up to ruin my day.'

..with one button, your pants are inside out before you can say, "Whoa!

"What was that?!" Just make sure they're clean first.

Oh...

Whoa!

Rudolf?

MAN: We have a technical hitch. FunLab will resume shortly.

Argh...!

Ah, no peeking!

ON TV: Panic is growing on Earth today

as the world's superheroes seem to be missing.

They failed to turn up to any emergencies all day.

Help, my cat's been stuck for hours! Please save him.

Muhahaha!

With the whereabouts of the superheroes unknown,

Earth is set to be gripped by crime, chaos and...

domestic animals in trees.

Excellent! My plan is working beautifully.

Soon, control of the Earth will be ours.

-Ahem!

-I mean yours.

-Yes.

-KEITH: What about the cat?

If he finds out what we're doing, he may come after us, and they scratch.

What's that, Keith?

You you want me to sack you and then melt you down

and turn you into an old lady's Zimmer frame?

It'd be my pleasure.

Why do you always have to be so catty?

Ah, there they all are!

All the superheroes in the multiverse heading to Planet Invincible.

And why?

For the chance to appear on the telly, of course.

So...I need to...look the part.

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Ta-da! How do I look? Hmm?

Three yeses?

Argh...!

Argh!

Just chill out. I've got you.

Fancy dress party, is it?

-No, these are my work clothes.

-You must have got dressed in the dark.

You've got your pants on the outside of your trousers.

That's how they're supposed to be. I'm a superhero.

-So where are we? Where are we going?

-The Planet Invincible.

They're holding auditions for a new TV show, The Superhero Factor.

It's a TV show to find the best superhero in the multiverse.

Absolutely all the superheroes are going to be there.

Wow! So what's your superpower?

I'm Solarboy.

The world's first environmentally-friendly superhero.

I absorb the power of the sun - it gives me incredible strength,

lightning speed and the ability to fly.

Wow! So what happens if you fly behind a cloud, like now?

Argh!

Arrrgh...!

'So, now I'm off to meet my future self,

'so he can send me on some harebrained mission.'

-HE WHISTLES

-Oi, you!

-Or should I say, "Oi, me"?

-Great(!)

Well, lovely to see you too.

Pleasant journey, I trust?

-No. It was pants.

-Ah.

Well, now, funny you should say that. Time to get down to work.

The Earth is in great danger. Put these on.

A bra?

Oh, no, sorry! No. Put these on.

I am not wearing your pants.

Your pants.

Yo, goods. My name is Crabby.

And what do you do?

The clue is a little bit in the name, no?

OK, so you, um, capture people with your claws?

Now you prepare to be amazed.

Is that it?

Not by a long shot.

Watch this...

I move so fast that no criminal can escape me.

And what if the criminal isn't directly to your left or right?

-Eh?

-You're no use to me.

Next!

HE LAUGHS

-Ah...!

-THUD

Ow! Ah! Ah!

Well, come on. I haven't got all day.

I am The Flame.

Anything I touch will catch fire - apart from fire, obviously,

cos that's...already...on fire.

Simon Cowell?

Brilliant.

Absolutely brilliant.

-But that's Mu.

-You're in the next round.

What does he want?

Go on through.

Hang on! You're going the wrong way!

Oh... Next!

I am Laser Lashes.

Check this out!

Yes. Ah, that's a yes from me. You're through.

Ah!

If I didn't know any better,

I'd say there's something funny going on behind that door.

And believe me, I don't know any better.

Next.

Ah...

PFFT!

You're nervous, aren't you?

W-What makes you say that?

Why don't you just...

tell us who you are?

I'm Trump Boy.

No criminals can withstand the smell of my trumps.

PFFT!

Urgh! Yes. And neither can I. Goodbye!

What a whiff!

No, you're going the wrong way - it's that way, go on!

PFFT!

Right, well, let's... let's call it a break, people.

And please, nobody... nobody light a match.

Sorry. Went the wrong way, but don't worry, I won't light up.

BANG!

Sorry.

I cannot believe that I didn't even get to tell my joke.

What joke?

What's this?

A crab stick.

I don't get it. PFFT!

Hello! You all right?

Not really.

TV: Things on Earth are getting worse by the hour.

The superheroes of the universe seem to have disappeared.

What could be going on?

Also tonight in other news from Earth, the government is planning

to make sprouts a compulsory part of school dinners.

That's not good.

Yeah, I know. The children of Earth will be trumping non-stop.

What's wrong with that?

No, I meant the superheroes going missing.

Superheroes are going missing?

Yeah. This is all a sham.

-The judge is Dr Muhahaha.

-No!

-No!

-No!

-Yes!

-So if it's all a sham,

that means we're not rubbish superheroes after all?

Yes or... We have got to stop him. Who's in?

I'm in.

-So am I.

-Me too.

-Same here.

-And me.

-Still on board.

-That is well covered.

Team high-five?

Ugh!

Not even the tiniest thing is going wrong.

Apart from the fact that you still can't find your teddy bear.

How do you know about Eddie Teddy Snufflebug? I...

I mean, shut up, Steve. The point is that...

Oh, never mind.

Soon I will control the multiverse.

All the really good superheroes are already through that door.

I only need a few more, and my evil plan will be complete.

Finally, control of Earth is within my grasp.

PFFT!

You've got to be quiet!

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

-Come on, Steve.

-BOTH: Muhahaha!

-Uh...! PFFT!

-Urgh!

-Rufus Hound! Seize him!

-Oh, great(!) Go!

I said seize...

-Seize him!

-What, me?!

Yes, of course, you.

You're their henchman, that's what henchmen do - go!

Oh, it's you.

-But he might hurt me.

-You're supposed to be

a ruthless robotic killing machine.

I've got feelings too. Even robots cry, you know.

No, you don't! You don't have any tear ducts!

I need help.

Or should that be, we need help?

Well, interesting question,

-both philosophically and grammatically.

-Yes, isn't it?

We probably don't have time for it now.

Steve, you're going to have to do this. Go.

-Just...go!

-Oh!

You need to blend in with everyone else.

Dress like a superhero.

What does that mean?

Put your pants on over your trousers.

Don't be ridiculous!

It's what superheroes do. Do it.

I'm not doing it.

All right.

Have it your own way.

I will!

Oh, what?! You...

Oh, hello!

Have you seen someone come running through here recently?

-No, should I have done?

-Well, yes,

he just came through this way

and you're a superhero and they don't normally miss things.

Yes!

I am a superhero.

-By the way, is that your normal superhero outfit?

-Ah, yes. Why?

Dunno, it just doesn't look like the other superhero outfits.

They look like a faded old pair of, well, Y-fronts.

A faded old pair of Y-fronts?!

Ha-ha-ha! That's so good!

That's... HE LAUGHS UNCONTROLLABLY

They are Y-fronts, yeah.

But only because my normal costume's at the dry cleaners.

The dry cleaners?

Grass stain, nightmare to get out, aren't they? And I mean,

I'd wash them myself, but I'm very busy saving the universe.

-Anyway, this bloke I'm looking for...

-What does he look like?

He's not the best-looking bloke in the world.

And he's got this gravelly voice.

And this really weird moustache.

Right, that moustache isn't weird, it's actually cool!

And the voice isn't gravelly.

It's velvety, yeah?

As for ugly, some people say he looks like David Beckham.

Mainly his mum...and she might not have said David Beckham.

She might have said Wayne Rooney.

Ha! So you have seen him.

No. Don't know who you're talking about. Good luck, though.

Oh.

Hello. I am Microwave Man.

Bvvvvvvvvv!

Not sure how useful this will be.

Bvvvvvvvvv...

Oh, for goodness' sake!

Bvvvvvvvv...

Ding!

Ouch! Hot!

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Yes. Handy.

What d'you think?

And you? Yes, congratulations.

You're through.

Oh, yes...

Ha-ha-ha-ha! That's it, off you go. Just round the corner, that's right.

Argh!

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Next.

All right?

-Who are you?

-It's me.

Oh...

It's me!

-So you are a superhero, eh?

-No.

-Did you manage to lose that lady?

-For now, yes.

But we still have to think of a way to stop Mu for certain.

What was it he said? "I only have to send a few more people

"through that door and control of the multiverse will be mine."

So it's definitely got something to do with that door.

We should probably work out a way of getting through it.

Impossible.

Impossible's not a word in my vocabulary.

Why? Did you not go to a very good school?

He's right. We can't go through that door.

I've been rejected and so has Trump Boy.

True, but I haven't.

But you are not a superhero.

Yes...

..but Mu doesn't know that.

Ah. Hello, there.

Hang on...

Have we met somewhere before?

No. CLEARS THROAT

-VOICE ALTERS: No, no, no.

-What's your name?

My name?

You do have one?

-Um... Super-duper Chap!

-Oh!

Ha-ha-ha-ha! And what is your special power?

I can travel at will through space and time.

Very impressive. Well...

Let's see it, then.

Right. Prepare to be amazed.

That does normally work.

Oh, well, thank you.

Don't call us.

No, wait, Doctor!

How do you know I'm a doctor? We've never met before.

Have you some special...

-..sixth sense?

-Yes! That is what I've got.

Why didn't you say so before?

What else can you tell me about me?

Well, your real name's Dr Muhahaha,

you're one of the most evil men that's ever existed.

That's right.

You are desperate to take control of the multiverse.

Very good!

And you're missing your teddy bear, Mr Eddie Teddy Snufflebug.

Moving on...

Um, Super-duper Chap...

I'm impressed. What do you think? And you?

You're going through.

Congratulations!

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Love the pants.

Whoa!

Wait a minute. You're Laser Lashes. And you're The Flame.

Speaking of which, I'm bored with these.

Hang about. Sorry, who are you?

Where did that superhero just go?

I'm not a superhero. My name's Rufus Hound, from the telly.

-Can somebody explain what's going on?

-When Mu sent us through the door,

we were grabbed and tied up, and he used a special machine

to take away all our powers.

But we're just the latest bunch of superheroes to be captured.

Every single superhero

in the entire galaxy has also been drained of their powers.

Mu will transmit them into himself to be the most powerful being ever

and without us to stop him, he'll be able to take over the Earth,

-and the entire multiverse will be his.

-Wow.

That was an extremely clear explanation. Who are you?

I'm Extremely Clear Explanation Woman.

That figures.

-Can you help us?

-Help you? I can do better than that.

There is absolutely positively nothing that can go wrong.

And that is a Rufus Hound guarantee.

-Muhahahaha!

-HE COUGHS

Sorry. I had a frog in my throat.

-Would you like me to get it out for you?

-No, it's an expression!

Oh, yeah. Actually, that's just as well, because I'm...

-Scared of frogs. Yes.

-How did you know?

And as for you, you seriously thought you could fool me

by just wearing your pants over your trousers?

-He sort of did fool you.

-Then how come he's tied up now. Hmm?

Well, because Steve captured me.

But only after I cunningly sent you through the door.

Yeah, but you only sent me through the door because I'd fooled you.

You think I fell for all that load of tosh you came out with?

You said you were amazed at his powers,

you couldn't believe he knew about...

-What was the name of that teddy?

-Eddie Teddy Snufflebug?

That's it. Cheers!

Steve! Whose side are you on?

Now, the point is,

now I have you captured, it's time to complete the rest of my plan.

Now, you're probably wondering what my plan entails.

Actually, no. Extremely Clear Explanation Woman's already told me.

Oh, good. Her explanations really are first-rate.

Aren't they?

But the part she doesn't know about

is this one. Because I've just decided it. Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Oh. The plan where you let me go?

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Fire up the machine, Steve.

Not only am I about become the most powerful super-villain ever,

but you, Rufus, will be the first to feel the full force of my power.

Muhahahaha!

HE LAUGHS

Complete, Doctor.

Muhahahaha!

Time to say goodbye, Rufus.

I shall enjoy this.

Yeah, me too.

What? Are you not scared?

No. What's to be scared of?

-I mean, there's no point pooping my pants.

-Why?

Well, because I'm not wearing any. They're over there.

And secondly, I mean, look at you. You're about as scary as my grandma.

What did you say?

I just said you're a bit weak, a bit...feeble.

All these new powers,

I bet you couldn't even de-power these ropes.

Right.

Enough is enough.

Ha-ha-ha-ha! Did you see that, did you see that?

-Thanks for that.

-What for?

Well, for that. You see, now I can do this. So long, sucker.

This is no challenge.

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Tell him I went that way!

# Stupid Rufus Super stupid Rufus, yeah

# Can't fly or fight, weakling man Big daft undies won't stop Mu's plan

# With all the real superheroes locked up

# No-one can stop Dr Mu

# Stupid Rufus Super stupid Rufus, yeah. #

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Great work, guys. Muhahaha's on his way.

Positions.

Sorry.

-Go on.

-Would you like some help?

-Yeah, that would be grand.

That was fun. Now, how shall I dispose of you? Hm?

So many powers and one little Hound.

Look out behind you!

PFFFRRRTTT!

Oh! That was evil.

Now, Crab Girl!

-Do it, Solarboy!

-I'm doing it, I'm doing it.

I'm doing it now.

It's working!

Face it, Mu, it's all over. You've lost.

The superheroes have their powers back,

and there's nothing much you can do about that.

I think that only leaves me one thing left to do.

Muhahahahahaha!

Muhahahahahaha! Muhahahahahaha!

-Muhahahahahaha!

-Muhahahahahaha!

No!

No!

That was evil.

Help us.

I need help.

Rufus Hound!

-I'm going the wrong way.

-Next!

Everybody relax. I'm here.

Oh, well.

I'm definitely going to beat him tomorrow!

Or is that today?

# Stupid Rufus Super stupid Rufus, yeah

# Mu can't lose it, Mu can't lose it

# Stupid Rufus Super stupid Rufus, yeah

# Mu can't lose it, Mu can't lose it. #

Muhahahahahahaha!

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