Muscle Mania Prank Patrol Down Under

Today, Thomas joins the Prank Patrol.

His mission - to Incredible Hulkify himself

with a massive set of muscles.

That will give all new meaning to the term "musclehead"

and show his friend Marcus, once and for all,

just who is large and in charge.

Here we go

# Here they come, they're on a roll

# Where they'll strike, nobody knows

# If you have a point to prove

# They'll make a plan and see it through

# They'll sign you up to join their crew

# Scotty and the Ninjas too

# Here we go

# Come on, join the Prank Patrol. #

Aaagh!

-Are you Tom?

-Yeah.

-Did you apply for Prank Patrol's help?

-Oh, yeah.

Then congratulations. You're the newest member of the Prank Patrol.

You'll need that, your prank badge. I left your jacket up there, sorry.

Could you give me a hand out?

-Mum, is it sweet if we go pranking?

-Absolutely.

This is Thomas.

He describes himself as laid back, funny and slightly annoying.

He's a music man and can play, sing and dance to pretty much everything.

Hi, Prank Patrol. I need your help. My name's Tom.

I really want to prank my friend Marcus

because, one, he's one of my best friends,

two, I owe him a few,

and three, I know he'll find it funny. I need your help.

The target of Thomas' prank is his best friend Marcus.

They've been great mates for ages.

Marcus is pretty fancy with a basketball and a wicked dancer.

He's also a bit of a practical joker

which probably makes him a pretty formidable prankee.

-So, Tom, you want to do some pranking?

-Yeah.

Well, step into my office.

Tom, welcome to our prank spy van.

OK. I think your hair's dry now.

Tom, you have three wishes.

First one, take it off.

-Are you serious?

-Yeah.

I've got to dry my hair.

All right, so down to business.

-Who's the target of your prank?

-My best friend Marcus.

-So what's he into?

-Well, he's sort of into sport.

He's really fit and dancing, like he's awesome at that.

-So a bit of a sporty dude all round, is he?

-Yeah. He's pretty good.

-Is he into the gym at all?

-Yeah. He's got a gym in his dad's basement.

Well, we have got a prank here I've been wanting to use for a long time.

-It's an absolute cracker.

-All right.

-It's called Muscle Mania. Do you want to check it out?

-Yeah, all right.

Oh, Mum.

"Call me. Love you, honey.

"From Mummy. Kiss, kiss, kiss."

Schmoopy poo, really?

That's awkward. Thanks, Mum.

So this is it, called Muscle Mania.

The blueprint for this is we're going to send you and Marcus to a gym.

You're going to meet this guy who has this crazy new exercise machine

that zaps you and you get instantly ripped,

-kind of like the Tweedie master here.

-Not really.

Oh, OK. Well, you're going to spend too much time on this machine

and you're going to come out a raging beefcake of muscled fury.

Kind of like the Tweedie master again. That sound good?

-Yeah. It sounds great, schmoopy poo.

-What? You can't say that.

That's what my mum calls me.

-Does this sound like a good prank for Marcus?

-Definitely.

I reckon it will be an absolute ripper so let's get started.

I know just the person to see. So, Ninjas, let's drive.

Well, you drive and we'll stay here. Go.

We're on our way to see none other than the mayhem maker himself,

Peter Blackwood,

to check out what he's got up his sleeve to turn Thomas

into a beefcake beast with guns of steel.

So, Tom, if you haven't realised, this gym is massive.

We'll find out what room the prank's going to be in soon,

but first, let's find Peter Blackwood, our special effects man, see what he's up to.

-OK.

-Let's have a look around. This way.

Peter shouldn't be too far away. I'm pretty sure he's behind this door.

-Scott, Scott, you're meant...

-Tom, I've got.

-No, Scotty, you're supposed...

-Tom, it's a door, I've got it.

Look, you're doing it all wrong.

Tom, Tom, got it. You have to bash it down.

I'm going to knock this baby down.

Don't worry, mate, I'll knock this baby down.

Scott, you pull it.

You must be Tom. I'm Peter.

Hi. Good to meet you.

-Scotty, you've obviously met.

-Yeah.

-Tom, tell Peter what we're after.

-Yeah, all right.

Peter, I want to prank my friend Marcus

-into believing I have superhuman strength.

-Sure.

Good place to start is the classic strong man bending the steel bar.

-Classic.

-Here's one for you, mate.

Thanks, mate.

-How did you do that, Peter?

-We've taken a thin-wall copper tube

and made it extra soft in the middle, so you should bend it no problems.

-That's fantastic. What do you reckon to that, Tom?

-It's awesome.

Pete, what we're really after is this new exercise machine

and Tom's going to go inside it, it's going to malfunction

and then boom, he's going to come out new Mr Muscles, completely ripped,

kind of like the Tweedie master.

-Sure, no problem, Scotty.

-Why are you laughing?

-Can you handle that?

-No problems at all.

We'd better get going. You want to clean up this mess, Scotty?

OK.

One...two...three.

HE SIGHS

Someone is always coming up with some crazy new exercise machine

that claims it can build muscle

and make you super-fit without exercising.

So, our Miracle Muscle Machine

is going to be the latest in a long history of exercise fads.

-OK, Tom, are you ready to see this baby malfunction?

-You bet.

-Pete, can we fire it up?

-Sure thing. OK, Kate, action.

Whoa. That looks awesome.

-How cool is that? Looks great.

-No worries.

Well, Tom, it's now time that we work on your guns.

Someone you know taking too long in the bathroom in the morning?

Teach them a lesson they won't forget.

All you need is some shaving cream, a feather and some running shoes.

When your target is asleep, spray some shaving cream into their hand.

Then use the feather, give their nose a little tickle.

As they go to scratch it, they'll wake up to a creamy surprise.

Don't forget to have your laces tied up tight,

as they'll sure be looking for revenge.

Thomas is in a high-impact heavy rep training to prank his friend Marcus.

But will Marcus fall for it

or is Thomas lifting above his weight range?

Tom, we need to build you up, get those guns looking ripped for your gym session.

I don't know what you're doing with these piddly things.

You've got to put some hard work in.

Let's go. I want to feel it.

Come on, keep working. Pump it up. Yeah.

Like you mean it. No smiling.

Enough of that. Get down on the ground. Three push ups.

One, two, three. All right, sit down.

That's it.

Stay up. Now go down.

Oh, yeah.

Perfect. That's definitely... Oh, are you serious?

Stop.

Oh, we've got a lot more to do.

That's it, oh, yeah.

Top man. Drop them.

That's good extension.

Let's see what you're at.

Really not getting the results I was after. I've got an idea.

How about you just wear this and you'll look heaps more ripped?

How's that sound?

You're telling me this now?

Yeah. It's going to be great. Come on, Tom, put it on.

Let's see how you look in your new ripped-up body.

Tom, come out and show me those new muscles of yours.

How's this?

Think you're up for taking me on, on the bench?

-You talk pretty tough for a guy with no Ninjas to back him up.

-Ninjas?

All right, you want to talk it up?

The loser has to drink milk out of Peter's dirty socks.

Sounds gross. Bring it on.

All right.

So what we've got Tom is two large electromagnets in the top of the machine.

When we press this button, like that,

the bar is locked to the machine and he will not be able to move it.

Cool.

HE STRAINS

-Go on, Scotty.

-Yeah. Go on, Scott. Thought you could do this.

-OK, Scotty. Time for Tom's go.

-Yeah. My go.

-Wait. If I can't do it, you won't be able to do it.

-Let me try.

Tom, you will not be able to do it.

-There we go.

-Are you serious?

I've got to drink the...

Oh, the milk.

Drink up.

I can't believe I have to do this.

Suck it up, princess.

That's disgusting. Get that away from me.

Eurgh.

Yuck.

Where are they coming from?

Ninjas!

THEY LAUGH

Shh.

'Drinkies.'

Thomas has the muscles and the machine

to trick his buddy Marcus into thinking he can take down anyone.

But will Marcus be taken in?

Or has our prankster met his match?

Tom, this is the man we need to see.

Zev! Mate, haven't seen you since summer jujitsu camp

where I kicked your... Ah! Ow!

Are you serious, Zev?

You choked me this hard as well last time.

Tom, this is Zev, a former jujitsu buddy turned into professional stuntman.

Cut it out, Zev.

He's going to teach you all you need to know

to pull off your superhuman strengths in front of Marcus.

-We're only joking.

-Joking?

-He's all right.

-He'll show you everything you need to know

so when you bust out of the Miracle Muscle Machine,

ou'll be able to pull off those superhuman strengths. Right, mate?

-Little bit of rehearsal and you'll throw me a mile.

-Awesome.

Now, remember, Zev's a trained professional so don't try this at home.

I'm telling you, Zev is seriously trained so you can't do this at home.

One more time in case you missed it,

don't try this at home because Zev, he knows his stuff.

All right, tough guys, what about the table? Eh?

Table. Table. Table. Table.

That is fantastic. How good was that?

Are you all right, Zev?

I love stuntmen!

OK, Tommy, it's prank day and welcome to our prank location.

I was thinking to ramp things up a little bit,

when you come out of the Muscle Machine, you can put these on.

-Whoa.

-Check those out.

Man, they're wicked.

Do you reckon they'll freak Marcus out?

-Yeah, definitely.

-Fantastic.

I want you to meet our trainer, Jeff.

-Scotty, how are you?

-Good, buddy.

-Hey, Jeff, this is Tom.

-G'day, Tommy. How are you, mate?

-Yeah, good.

-Tell Jeff how you want him to act as trainer for your prank.

OK, we want you to be really brutal, like don't show Marcus any mercy.

-Yeah. We're going to punish this guy?

-Yeah.

-Let's do it.

All right, let's do it.

OK, Tom, only one more thing to do. Do you know what that is?

Could it have something to do with the Ninjas?

Good call, Tom. Release the Ninjas.

The blueprint for Thomas' prank is a Miracle Muscle Machine,

magnetised weights to convince Marcus it really works,

a body suit with muscles of steel,

and a rigged table to make Thomas look like a raging muscle-head.

Licksy and I wish you the best of luck, Tom. Good luck.

Good luck, Thomas. Can't wait to see the look on Marcus' face.

I'm sure he'll be in for a great surprise.

I am feeling nervous because Marcus is a pretty smart guy

and he might see through the prank,

but what we've done is pretty believable.

It's prank time.

Ten, nine, eight...

-Thomas and Marcus are here for their free workout session.

-..four,

three, two, one. OK, that's it guys. Back over. Seth, look after these.

Excuse me, are you the trainer?

-Yes.

-I'm Tom. This is Marcus.

First-time training session.

-On your first trial, you've got to wear a jacket, mate.

-OK.

Very stylish.

And with the hidden mics, now we can hear everything.

-OK, guys, have you done weights before?

-A little bit.

-OK. Have you done any weights?

-No, not really.

-Not really.

OK. Now, who's the strongest out of the two of you, do you reckon?

-Definitely Marcus.

-Really?

-Yeah.

He'd beat you in an arm wrestle?

-Yeah, easily.

-Easily.

Do you reckon you'd knock him off in an arm wrestle.

-Yeah.

-You'd have to, wouldn't you?

-Probably.

-You look stronger.

OK. Now, I haven't done weights in ten years but I'm pretty strong.

And the reason being my Russian friend, right, is a scientist

and he's invented a machine, called the Magic Muscle Machine 3000.

This is it here.

This is going to hit the fitness industry by storm, mate.

Weights are a bit of a con, I'm telling you.

I did weights for ten years and I was skinnier than Tom, seriously.

Ten seconds in that machine is equivalent

to about ten hours of heavy weights.

Now come over here. Do you remember what you bench, roughly?

You said you'd done shoulder press.

I've done shoulder press like 75 before.

75 pounds. OK. Pop down here.

Now we're not warmed up, so don't overkill it.

I just want you to try and ease the bar off and do a couple of reps,

see if we can get up to six or so.

Time to crank the magnets, Ninjas.

Marcus will never be able to lift these weights now.

-No, it's pretty heavy.

-Yeah.

-OK. Pop in the machine.

This is going to be great. Big muscles in ten seconds.

-You ready for this, Marcus?

-Yeah.

Pop in and I'll count you in, OK.

-Yeah.

-Good luck, Marcus.

OK. Just look towards the door and relax, OK. Just doing arms.

OK, on the count of three, two, one.

Just flex those arms, mate.

-Tighten them a bit.

-Is this like,

-I don't think I can do that.

-How you feeling that, mate?

Squeeze your face muscles as well.

Squeeze them as well.

-A lot of people hold tension in their face when they do weights.

-Face tension?

OK. All good. Come in, mate.

All right, let's give this a crack.

-How do you feel, mate?

-Yeah.

-Did you feel a little tingle?

-Sort of, a little bit.

-A little bit. OK.

-Head down.

-Didn't...

The endorphins in the body have really warmed up now

so you should be able to get eight, ten reps out.

Amazing. It's like the bar weighs nothing.

As many as you can, mate. See how many you can give me. Push it out.

How's this, Tom?

-How's that feel? That's awesome.

-Keep going.

-Hey, can I go?

-See how many he can get out first.

This is incredible. Eight.

Nine.

You're a really good candidate for this sort of machine.

That is awesome.

But you're naturally pretty strong.

How'd you go, mate? It's insane, isn't it?

I know. It just feels light.

It doesn't feel like your muscles are bigger.

-It just feels that's a lot lighter.

-No way(!)

-That's crazy.

-You want to have a go?

-Yeah.

OK. Pop in the machine.

Time for Thomas to get those endorphins going.

-Just going to focus on arms as well. OK, we've got arms plugged in.

-Yep.

It's an insane machine, mate.

Everyone's going to know you were one of the first to use this.

OK, you ready?

Go. We're away.

-You feel OK in there, Tom?

-Feels weird.

-You all right?

-Yeah.

Squeeze your arms.

-Feels awesome.

-Squeeze your knuckles.

Really squeeze your knuckles hard.

When you're doing bench press, if you're going heavy...

-TOM:

-Oh, God!

.. does it so quickly. People don't have time to do weights any more.

OK, we're ready. Come out, mate.

-How do you feel, Tommy?

-It's weird.

It's like a tingling, isn't it?

How does it work?

Usually, on about the 12th set of your weights,

the endorphins in the body are fully activated.

-This activates them immediately.

-Oh, OK.

-Good story.

Just speeds everything up.

-It's incredible.

-It's amazing.

-It is.

OK. Step back over here, mate.

OK, let's go. I'll spot you from here.

Let's try and get three or four.

-Ah, yes.

-Marcus can't believe it.

-It's too good to be true.

-How good's that?

This is awesome.

-Push.

-Marcus, how awesome's this?

-I know.

-How good is that?

You feel like an idiot doing weights now, don't you?

Why would you waste so much time?

You don't need so much time in here.

That guy has been on the machine since you got here.

Timbo, try something else. You've been on that forever.

Don't worry about it. He's wasting his time, honestly.

-OK. So you're happy with that?

-Yeah.

-It's cool. Can I go again?

Again? Are you nuts?

-No. I don't think so, mate.

-Come on. Come on. Full body.

-Full body?

-Yeah.

Did you fill out the insurance form?

-Hey, do you reckon I should do it?

-Is it dangerous?

-Well, it just hasn't been tried on a 12-year-old before.

-13.

Should be OK. If you reckon he should do it, we'll do it.

-How long does it last for?

-Full body?

No. How long would that arm one have worked?

Forever.

-Ten seconds is like doing ten hours of heavy weights.

-OK.

All right, we're going to do it.

It's on your head. Marcus has OK'd it.

-Tom, does he need his jacket on?

-What?

Don't do that.

Close the door. I'll count you in.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Now squeeze your fists.

While their trainer stalls for time,

Thomas starts his transformation into Muscle Machine misfit.

Full body straightaway, OK.

-Yeah. All right.

-OK. You ready?

-Yeah. I'm ready.

-Three...

two, one. We're away.

-Squeeze everything, mate.

-Yeah. It's going all right.

-Squeeze those fists.

-Feels good.

It's incredible. This is risky but he's going to be fine, I'm sure.

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Time to leave Marcus in charge.

I've got to take this really important call.

Can you just watch it?

-It says "warning".

-Hang on a second.

Gee, I don't think that's ever happened before.

Somebody. Anybody?

Joel.

Just watch it, mate.

Joely.

-Watching the computer?

-Sorry.

-You watching the computer?

-Yeah.

I don't know if I should stop it or not.

No. Feels good.

I'm going to stop it, OK.

-No, no, leave it. It's fine.

-You've been going for like a minute and 40.

A minute, 40. Maybe you should go get him out of there, Marcus.

It's not my responsibility. Tell him yourself...

I've got some kid in the machine. He probably shouldn't be in there.

Feel all right?

Want to come out now?

-You all right, Tom?

-Hello? Tom?

-Are you still there?

-Tom?

Here we go.

FIZZING

Whoa. Whoa!

ALARM BLARES

-Hey, I've got to go.

-I can't get out!

-Get out, Tom.

-Get out.

-I can't get out.

-Tom, get out.

-I can't get out.

Move back. Move back.

-I can't.

-Kick the door, mate.

-I cannot get out.

Whoa, Tom.

-Jeez!

-Muscle man Tom on the loose.

Can someone control this kid?

-Maybe not.

-Cool him down!

-This feels so weird.

-What were you doing, man?

How long was he in there for?

Hang on, is Marcus finally catching on?

-Hey, what's going on?

-You've been pranked.

Obviously. Obviously.

You have been taken in by the Prank Patrol.

Oh, it's that stupid show.

What do you reckon, mate?

-Good job.

-You were a bit freaked out with that machine.

-Seriously.

-Did you seriously think there was a machine

-that could make you...

-No. When he said that I'm like, I don't know.

The sparks got you scared.

That freaked me out. Then it started steaming.

-Happy with that, Tom?

-That went well.

Yeah, I definitely loved pranking Marcus.

I'll get Tom back for that - when he least expects it.

-Yeah, I reckon we're pretty competitive.

-A bit.

-A lot.

-Yeah, a lot.

We had a couple of options and this was one of them.

I thought this is perfect because you're way stronger than I am,

it's pretty obvious.

That was really good. Thanks for making me a part of that.

I'll get you back though.

-No, you won't.

-Yeah, I will. That was fun, and then it got scary

but then it was great. That was amazing.

Grrr!