News at 11am Sidekick

# We are Splitsboro kids and we go to Sidekick School

# Learning to be second best while playing by the rules

# Maxum Man is missing Now we rule the school

# Flying, smashing, bashing stuff and looking super cool

# I'm a sidekick, sidekick - that's the life for me

# Half-sized super zeros with full-sized super dreams

# Sidekick, sidekick What an awesome gig!

-# Just like superheroes

-Just like superzeros

# But only half as big! Sidekick! #

-Aaah!

-And don't come out!

-Aw, man, I don't want to be stuck in here.

-And we won't be!

-Yep, we're stuck here.

-Um, don't take this the wrong way but...

-Get out.

-What are you guys doing here?

We were forced to join the school news club

as our extra-curricular activity.

Do you know anything about cameras? Lights, sound, editing?

Writing, walking, talking? Huh?

Oops. It totally rocks out later.

HE PURRS

-Who's the new guy?

-I don't know.

Whoa!

So dreamy.

I am Allan Amazing.

My father, General Amazing, just got the job as most amazing

-person in the amazing town of Splitsboro.

-Amazing.

Yes. Yes, I know.

I'm Vana, lead anchor of the school news,

and I'm available to hang out at any time.

Hey, hey! Wow! New kid, eh?

Let me introduce myself. I'm Eric -

Maxum Man's sidekick.

Seriously?

-What? Yes!

-Of course you are.

We shall have to trade amazing stories sometime, Ernie.

HE GROWLS

Vana, I was a reporter at my old school.

We just so happen to need a new reporter.

Our previous one was mauled by a mutant teddy bear.

-Oh, you are so kind to this humble new student. Thank you, Vana.

-Oh...

What's with Vana? She already likes him better than me.

Vana likes dirt better than you. And Allan...

I can be a reporter too and I'd be way better than this new guy,

-who is...already more popular than me.

-Sure, sure, Eric. Whatever. Yeah!

-Whoo-hoo!

-Wa-hoo!

Your hands are so smooth!

If you get in my way I will crush you like the little sidekick

-bug you are.

-What? Did you hear that?

He said he was going to crush me like a bug!

Oh, no, you must have misheard me.

I said I was going to mush you with a hug.

He's so nice!

I could use a hug.

That does it! Be prepared to get out-reported.

-And I'll take that.

-How come you never juggle me?

And now the Splitsboro Academy Sidekick News Team,

with super anchor Vana Glama.

And featuring our new investigative reporter Allan Amazing!

And also Eric.

I'm Vana Glama and this is the news.

Our lead story, an amazing report

from our amazing new star reporter. Allan.

Why, thank you, Vana. Today, I witnessed something historic

or rather, prehistoric. Please, everyone, let's watch me.

Hello, I am Allan Amazing, here with my new friend, the ferocious T-Rex.

MAGICAL CHIME

Oh, come on.

Anyone can pet the world's most dangerous and supposed to be

long extinct beast. What's so special about that?

And that is how you ride a T-Rex

while saving babies from a burning building.

On the incredibly dangerous scene, this is Allan Amazing.

Wow!

I like his hair.

Get out...of the...shot!

Come on, that's got to be fake hair!

Our next and probably worst story, an inside look at Maxum Man's

-super-computer, with our new reporter, him.

-Uh, thanks, Vana.

-Earlier today, my trusty cameraman and I...

-Hello.

My cameraman and I talked exclusively with my exclusive close,

personal friend Maxum Brain.

Exclusive.

COMPUTER SNORES

Brain, kinda doing an interview, so...

COMPUTER FARTS

-Great story, am I right?

-That was the worst piece of "news" I've ever...

Um, we'll be right back.

And we're out.

Aaargh!

Allan does this amazing, dramatic, heroic story and then you just...

Hey! I was heroic.

I had to run away for almost three minutes before Brain's

computer fart subsided.

Eurgh!

Anyway, my story was way better than Allan's boring brave story.

Aah!

Did you see that?

Oh, please, don't blame him.

Not all scoops can be great, unless they're mine, of course.

You want a scoop?

I'm going to scoop you like you've never been scooped before.

I am Allan Amazing,

live at the grand opening of the new Maxum Man oversized balloon store.

-They are oversized.

-No way! This is my story.

I'm Maxum Man's sidekick and I'm going to cut the ribbon, not him.

Whoa!

CROWD GASPS

CROWD CHEERS

This is not over.

HE LAUGHS

MAGICAL CHIME

Grr!

CROWD LAUGHS

CROWD CHEERS

CROWD LAUGHS

-Wow, Allan, you're really cool.

-I know.

But this is also cool.

The De-inanimatron is able to make any inanimate object come to life.

Oh, yeah? You think you're so great? Well, can you invent this?

-There.

-What is it?

-It's... It's...

It's that!

It tickles! Ha-ha!

And burns!

Once again, Eric, well done.

Argh!

Not the face!

Stop it! Stop it, you two!

I am so very sorry, dear Vana.

MAGICAL CHIME

-How do you do that?!

-Allan, there's no need to apologise...for Eric.

-What?!

-Watch your back, little man.

-Oh, come on! Nobody else sees this?

-I need stories, Eric, not excuses.

-Fine, you want a story?

-I'll give you the story of the century.

-And what would that be?

Yes, tell us Eric.

How about an exclusive interview with...with Maxum Man?

Maxum Man?!

We'll do it live! This will double our audience...to eight!

There's no way the world's greatest hero would be interviewed by you

if he could choose me. No way.

Great. Now all I have to do is interview a missing superhero -

-no problem.

-We have a problem.

Why can't we just fake Maxum Man being around like we did before?

You broke the hollow suit, destroyed the 3D avatar and mutilated the

Maxum 'Use me in case I'm missing and need to do an interview' device.

Hey, I think I have an idea.

-What if we...?

-Ask Maxum Mom to dress up like Maxum Man?

-No, no, no.

She won't wear men's clothing anymore.

There was a, how do I put it...? An incident.

-Argh!

-Argh!

Hey, what if we the use the de-anima...?

I can't believe I'm going to look like a dork

in front of everybody, again.

Really? You'd think you'd be used to it by now.

-CROWD:

-We want Maxum Man!

-It'll all be over soon.

I'm sure I'll do something else embarrassing

to make them forget this.

Eric, I'm actually glad to see you for once!

-So, where's Maxum Man?

-HE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

Yes, Eric, where is this Maxum Man?

Hello. I know you were all expecting Maxum Man today, but...

CROWD CHEERS

Sorry I'm late, but Maxum Man was busy saving the world.

CROWD CHEERS

How could this sorry excuse for a sidekick get a bigger scoop than me?

No-one out-scoops Allan Amazing, nobody does that!

Now I must be off to...Maximise things.

Oh, and before I go, remember this - Eric is the best sidekick ever

and a way better reporter than that dreamy Allan guy. Bye now!

Argh!

This isn't how it's supposed to go. Don't look at him, he's nothing!

Look and listen...

FARTY ARMPIT NOISES

CROWD GASPS

-Eww!

-No, wait! Don't go!

I'm Allan Amazing and I'm the best at everything!

CROWD BOOS

-HE LAUGHS

-Huh?

-Thanks.

It's OK, this De-reanimation-arium thing really works.

It sure does, little buddy.

-Thanks, Trevor. That was actually a great idea.

-I know.

-But I wish I could be re-deanimatroned.

-Uh, Trevor...

-You're already animated.

-I'm a cartoon?!

No, I mean that you're animated, as in already alive, as in...

Sure, you're a cartoon. We're all cartoons.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

I always wanted to drop one of these on myself.

Trevor, wait!