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| Episode 514 | |
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| Cold Shoulder | |
| Date Published | Thursday, February 10th, 2005 |
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Black Mage stabs Fighter and blames it on the ice mistress.
Cast Appearing[]
Setting[]
- Unnamed tundra
Script[]
| Black Mage | At least the Dark Warriors probably died in the wreck too. |
| Fighter | The who? |
| Black Mage is silent | |
| Black Mage | (with gritted teeth) The pirates. |
| Fighter | Oh, hey! I never got the secret to reveal the secret of the mystery of the cursed pirates cave galleon. Grove. Haunted. |
| Black Mage | Yes. Tragic. And such a shame it's far too late to start talking about it n-- |
| Fighter | They weren't pirates at all. (offscreen, with a movie projector and a werewolf) Old Man Withers had set up a complex series of movie projectors, mirrors, smoke machines, and a werewolf to trick us into thinking-- |
| Black Mage stabs him on the head with a THUNK! | |
| Black Mage | The ice is a fickle mistress. |
| Thief | Plus she appears to be a knife wielding maniac. |
| Black Mage | Aren't they all? |
| Thief | Aren't they all what? |
| Black Mage | Women. They're all crazy. Look at White Mage and her irrational hatred of me. |
| Thief | A) I wouldn't call that crazy so much as expected and B) Can we talk about this after we're dead? I can't think of anything I'd like less to talk about in my final moments than the incomprehensible mating rituals of you filthy non-elves. |
| Red Mage | Fellows! My plan is nearly complete. The final, most integral step is at hand. Our very survival now hinges upon Fighter's unique ability to... hrm. |
| Red Mage | Oh, murderous ice! |
| Red Mage | When will women-identified personifications learn not to be crazy?! |
| Black Mage | That's what I'm sayin'! |
Trivia[]
- Fighter's conclusion of his little mystery is a common cliche in the cartoon, Scooby-Doo. The culprit often uses complicated illusionary objects to fool his/her victims, with Old Man Withers as the common culprit.