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(At YZB Studios, a giant wall of TV screen crowds the president's office. Sitting at his desk is a familiar face. It's Pops, but looking much older and with a long white beard. He is forced to watch all of the screens with a tray of sushi)
Pops: Bad show...
(Pops collapses on the tray, causing the sushi to fall to the ground and explode. A time card then appears reading "EARLIER", as we travel back to earlier in the day, back at the Park, where Mordecai, Pops, Rigby, Benson, Skips, Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost are all lined up wearing t-shirts that contain each letter and symbol in "HUZZAH!")
Rigby: Alright, Pops. Why are we wearing these goofy shirts?
Pops: Because I got us all tickets to go to a live taping of "Win That Prize"!
Rigby: Wait, isn't that that game show where a bunch of old people guess the price of a bunch of worthless junk?
Pops: Yes!
Mordecai: I don't know, Pops. We've been on a few game shows, and they're not as much fun as you'd think.
Pops: But you could win wonderful prizes!
Muscle Man: Yeah, prizes that you have to report on your taxes.
(Everybody murmurs among themselves, showing a clear disinterest for the game show)
Pops: Well, if you've all been on game shows, then I guess it's my turn!
(Pops laughs as he runs off. Pops then trips over, but gets back up and continues to laugh and run. Later, at YZB Studios, Pops is still laughing and running as he enters the studios. Pops then approaches a security guard)
Pops: Good morning. I'm here for "Win That Prize".
Guard: You're early. Taping doesn't start 'til five o'clock.
Pops: You know what they say - the early bird gets the matching dinette set!
Guard: It's true, they do say that. I guess you could wait outside the sound stage 'til five.
(The guard begins to point, giving Pops directions)
Guard: Okay, head towards the water tower and take a left at "Carter and Briggs Lane". Not "Carter and Briggs Way". Stay on that 'til you get to the statue of RGB2, you got that?
Pops: Got it!
Guard: Great. Next, you'll wanna hang a louie and go left, right, right, then left again, and just around the corner is Stage 9, where they film "Win That Prize".
Pops: Okay...
(The guard turns around as Pops walks off, confused. The guard then turns around with a map in his hand)
Guard: Or you could just use this map.
(The guard notices that Pops has left)
Guard: Huh?
(The guard swings his head around the corner to see that Pops is already on his way)
Guard: Ah, well.
(Pops is approaching the water tower)
Pops: Go to the water tower, and then...
(Pops turns to his right to see a producer bringing a rack of costumes to a set and two guys driving in a golf cart)
Pops: And then...?
(Pops turns his head to see the head of an animatronic lion, which growls at him. Pops screams and backs away, falling into the rack of costumes as seen earlier, and knocking down a rake. The producer runs over to him)
Producer: You're late for your call time!
(The producer pushes Pops, holding the fallen rake, into Studio 7, where "El Popote Corto" (Spanish for "The Short Straw"), a Spanish show featuring a cowboy and a woman named Maria, is being filmed)
Cowboy: Que Lastima! (What a pity!)
(As Pops is pushed into the set, he falls into Maria's arms. The live audience gasps)
Cowboy: Maria! Tu amigo tiene un grande cabeza! (Maria! Your friend has a big head!)
(The live audience laughs as Pops runs out of Studio 7)
Pops: Oh my!
(Pops continues his quest for Studio 9)
Pops: Now, what did the guard say again?
(In one studio, a show called "Roger!", about bringing people's fears to life, is being filmed. A woman called Ven, who has a fear of pineapples, is surrounded by three people in pineapple costumes, as the audience cheer the show's name)
Audience: Roger! Roger! Roger! Roger! Roger!
(Pops opens the door to the studio, and immediately leaves. Elsewhere, a new season of "That's My Television!" is being filmed with RGB2 and LCD3, a flat-screen LCD TV with "LCD3" written on his face)
RGB2: I would offer you dessert, but it looks like you're watching your figure!
(The audience laughs as Pops busts through the on-set door, then immediately leaves. RGB2 and LCD3 look at each other and shrug their shoulders. At Stage 4, a new episode of "Carter and Briggs" is being filmed. The title duo are interrogating a clown)
Briggs: Where's the girl, you clown!?
Clown: I think she's back at the birthday party!
Carter: At the party where you made this!?
(Carter pulls up a balloon dog)
Carter: What's this supposed to be, anyway!?
Clown: I told you! I don't know! Is that a crime?
(Pops walks passed through the window in the interrogation booth)
Briggs: (mockingly) Is that a crime?
(Pops runs out of Stage 4, and his stomach grumbles)
Pops: (groans) I'm famished.
(Pops begins to smell food)
Pops: Ooh...
(Pops walks towards the smell. In another studio, a cooking show called "Bakin' Bacon Jr." hosted by Gregson Ramses is being filmed. Ramses is observing two plates of bacon)
Ramses: No, no, no! You call this bacon?
(The director of development, Amy Blitz Powers, is watching from behind the camera)
Amy: I call it "cancelled". Put it on the chopping block.
(The two junior chefs are crying)
Ramses: Oh, now you're gonna cry?
(Pops pops up from under the table)
Pops: Mmm, bacon!
(Pops eats the bacon)
Pops: Jolly good show!
Amy: Hold the phone. You!
(Pops looks around)
Pops: Me?
Amy: You just said this was a good show. What do you like about it?
Pops: Um...the bacon? It's warm and crispy and tastes yummy in my tummy!
Amy: (laughs) I like your positivity.
(Amy turns to the camera operator)
Amy: Ernie, I want nothing but tight shots of bacon.
(Amy speaks through a speakerphone as she walks towards the stage)
Amy: Everybody else, you're fired!
(An alarm sounds as everybody but Pops and Amy leave the set)
Amy: Amy Blitz Powers, director of development here at the YZB.
(She shakes Pops' hand, crushing it in the process)
Pops: I'm Pops. Can you take me to "Win That Prize"?
Amy: Win that what?
(Amy puts her arm around Pops and walks away with him. Moments later, the two are sat in Amy's office)
Amy: So, Pops. If you want the job, you've got it.
Pops: Job!? But I just wanted to -
(Amy's call buzzer goes off)
Amy: Hold that thought.
(Amy presses the button on her buzzer, to speak with the secretary)
Secretary: Miss Blitz Powers, your eleven o'clock.
Amy: Send him in!
(A marketing representative bursts through the door)
Marketing: Amy, it's a disaster! The "Happy Fun Time Pals" toys aren't selling!
(The marketing representative pulls out a Happy Fun Times Pals toy, to show it wearing a frown on its face)
Amy: Huh...Pops, what do you think?
Pops: If the show's called "Happy Fun Time Pals", shouldn't the toys be happy?
Marketing: It's just so crazy, it might work!
Amy: Yes!
(Amy downs a bottle of water as her buzzer goes off again)
Secretary: Amy, S&P.
Amy: Bring 'em on!
(As the marketing representative leaves, an S&P representative bursts through the door)
S&P: Amy, we can't run "Man Puncher". The man! The punching! It's too imitatable! The show needs a new name and premise, and we need it now!
Pops: Could you make it about hugs?
Amy: So that he...crushes people to death!
(The S&P representative gasps)
Amy & S&P: "Man Crusher!"
(The S&P representative leaves)
Pops: But that's not what -
(Amy's buzzer goes off as she eats sushi)
Amy: Next!
(Suddenly, a man dressed as a zombie bursts through the door, groaning. Pops screams, as the man speaks normally)
Scabby: What? Is it too much?
(The man pulls off the zombie mask and walks towards Pops and Amy, with a limp)
Pops: Oh. Nice zombie...walk?
(Amy signals to Pops to not mention Scabby's limp leg)
Amy: Pops, Scabby Grossman, master makeup artist! He's on "Zombie Walkers".
Scabby: I can make anybody look like anybody.
Pops: Okay, this has all been very nice, but but I must be getting to "Win That Prize" now.
Scabby: "Win That Prize", over on Stage 9? That's where I'm going later!
Pops: You are!? Take me with you!
(Suddenly, the marketing and S&P representatives run into Amy's office)
Marketing: Amy! Smiling doll numbers are up, up, up!
S&P: Will and Bill love "Man Crusher". They want eight seasons, and they want it now!
Amy: Will and Bill!?
(Amy leans over to Pops)
Amy: Pops, you're my lucky charm!
(Amy kisses Pops passionately on the lips)
Amy: You're not going anywhere.
(Pops groans, with lipstick smudged across his mouth. A montage begins with a newspaper article from "The Industry" with the headline "HOT NEW EXEC SHAKES THINGS UP AT THE YZB!", with a picture of Pops. He now has his own office as Director of Development, where he sits with his head in his hands while Simon Lamprey, another executive at the YZB, is talking to him. Sometime later, a man pitches a show called "Who's Your Doggie?" to Pops, which Pops ticks off his list as a "Good Show". More people pitch to Pops, including a man in a dinosaur costume, a shirtless man with a yo-yo, three festive elves, and two women, one of whom slaps the other. Pops has a long list of shows which he recommends as good shows, including: "Lost in a Mall", "Circus Head", "Dance Till Ya Drop", "Circuit Challenge", "Double Bubble", "Ello Gov'nor 2", "Spring Break", "Extreme Medical Trials", "Sloppy McGee", "Butterfly Hunter", "Take My Wife, Please", "Tic-Tac-No She Didn't", "Rhyme Time", "Quipping with Quips", "Felony She Engraved", "Brown Note Dance Party", "Very MacCreedy Christmas", "Hard Core Euchre", "El Popote Corto" and "Bakin' Bacon Sr." At one point, Scabby Grossman asks Pops for his opinion on two prosthetic masks. Pops now has light stubble on his face and collapses on the table. Now growing a goatee, Pops is promoted to Senior Director of Development, as a newspaper titled "The Paper" has a headline of "IDEA MAN PROMOTED". Simon Lamprey presents Pops with a chart which shows a spike in ratings since his employment. Pops then gives a business presentation to a board room, with two short sentences: "Can I go on "Win that Prize" now?" and "I am very old" with a sad face emoji. Pops receives a standing ovation for his presentation, and it spawns a new show titled "i am very Old". Pops buries his head in his hands as the word "Phenomenal" scrolls across the screen. Sometime later, Pops now has a big bushy beard, and escapes some executives trying to speak with him. He spots a sign for "Win That Prize" on Stage 9 and runs towards it, but is ambushed by Simon Lamprey who tackles him and sits on his head as he reads out more ideas. As time passes, Pops is promoted to Vice President, then Senior Vice President, and finally Senior Senior Vice President, a position previously held by Will & Bill. The montage ends with a newspaper article from "Media Rag", with a headline reading "THE YZB BACK ON TOP THANKS TO POPS". Pops is now in his office, with Simon Lamprey standing next to him)
Pops: Can I please go on "Win That Prize" now?
(Lamprey looks through his notebook)
Lamprey: Well, your schedule is really full...
(Lamprey looks closer at the notebook)
Lamprey: Oh, wait. It looks like we might be able to -
(Lamprey puts the notebook aside)
Lamprey: (laughs) Just kidding.
(Pops begins to cry as Amy Blitz Powers, who now has messy blonde hair bursts through the door of Pops' office, holding a memo)
Amy: Memo from the president, and he wants to see you!
(Amy points at Pops as lightning strikes. Lamprey faints)
Pops: Maybe he can get me on "Win That Prize"!
(A storm brews as Pops enters the president's office, which is filled with a wall of TVs. The president is at his desk, looking incredibly old, with a drip stand and heart monitor next to him)
President: Pops!
(Pops walks over to the president and sits opposite him at his desk)
President: My second in command.
(Pops stares at the heart monitor)
President: Tell me, how long have you been with the company?
Pops: Today's my first day.
President: I remember my first day like it was yesterday. In fact, that's when it was, yesterday.
Pops: Wha'? Uh...
(The president pulls a photo out of his pocket of him looking much younger)
President: I was on the studio tour, and then they gave me a job. I keep getting promoted
Pops: But how are you so old?
President: Well, working in TV takes a lot outta you. A hundred-and-twenty-one shows in development, two-hundred-and-three channels. I gotta watch 'em all...I'm trapped here.
Pops: Me too! All I want is to be on "Win That Prize".
President: I found a way out.
Pops: You have!?
(The president shushes Pops and signals him to get closer)
President: Congrats, you're getting another promotion.
(The president groans as he falls and dies in Pops' arms)
Pops: No!!
(Moments later, Pops is now the president, and looks much older and withered than before, forced to watch every TV in the office. "El Popote Corto" is playing on one of the TVs)
Cowboy: El Grande Cabeza! (The Big Head!)
(A man dressed as Pops runs on stage. On another TV, "Zombie Walkers" is playing with a close-up of a zombie. Elsewhere, "Bakin' Bacon" is playing, with a two-shot of bacon sizzling)
Pops: Bad show. Bad show.
(Pops then hears an announcement on another TV)
TV: Win That Prize!
(Pops looks over to the Win That Prize TV to see Lenny Prize, the show's host, announcing the upcoming show)
Lenny Prize: We'll be back in a moment with an all new episode!
Pops: Good show...
(Pops looks back at the "Zombie Walkers" TV to see the zombie close-up. He stares at it and screams, then remembers that the zombie is a prosthetic created by Scabby Grossman. He picks up the phone phone on his desk and makes a call)
Pops: Help...me...
(Pops slams the phone down and collapses onto a tray of sushi, which falls on the floor and explodes. Sometime later, Pops' buzzer goes off as the secretary speaks to him)
Secretary: Pops, Vice President Lamprey's here to see you.
(Lamprey and two other executives enter Pops' office)
Lamprey: Pops, we have -
(Lamprey sees Pops collapsed on the table)
Lamprey: Pops!?
(Moments later, a paramedic is performing CPR on Pops)
Paramedic: One alligator, two allig -
(The paramedic stops)
Paramedic: Huh? Wait a minute. This body is definitely fake!
(The paramedic pushes his hands into Pops' face, crushing it and revealing that it is fake)
Lamprey: But what kind of makeup and prosthetics master could've made this?
(The executives turn to see the "Win That Prize" TV)
TV: Win That Prize!
(Scabby Grossman is on the TV)
Lamprey: Grossman. This has his name written all over it.
(The paramedic pushes the fake Pops over to reveal a note reading "If found return to: SCABBY GROSSMAN". Lamprey, along with four security guards, head to Stage 9, where Scabby Grossman is seen walking off set with a gallon of museum brand milk)
Lamprey: Scabby! We know you helped Pops escape!
Scabby: What are you talking about?
Lamprey: We found the dummy!
Scabby: Oh, right. Yeah, Mr. Pops asked me to make it for him. I asked him "What's this for?". "For a museum", he says. After I was done with that, it was time for me to go on "Win That Prize". I dressed up like a wombat to get Lenny Prize's attention. You ever been on that show? It's a blast! Then I won this gallon of milk.
Lamprey: He used that dummy to escape. You're fired!
(Lamprey turns around to security)
Lamprey: Eject him from the premises.
(Security grab Scabby and take him away)
Scabby: So long!
(Lamprey and the security guards walk through YZB Studios, searching for Pops)
Lamprey: Spread out. The YZB needs Pops. I want this whole place searched! Leave no stone unturned.
(Security guards search for Pops in trash cans, an innocent child's backpack and underneath a golf cart. Suddenly, Scabby Grossman walks up to Simon Lamprey, holding a prosthetic zombie head)
Scabby: Hey, guy. Who you looking for?
Lamprey: What are you doing here? We fired you!
Scabby: What!? Ugh, that's all I need! First Mr. Pops asked me to make a dummy of himself, then he asked me to make him up to look like me! "It's for a costume party" he says. I didn't even have time to go on "Win That Prize".
(Lamprey grabs Scabby)
Lamprey: What did you say!?
Scabby: I said I didn't get to go on "Win That Prize". You okay?
(Lamprey thinks back to his previous encounter with Scabby, realizing that he was speaking to an imposter. A compilation of flashbacks begin)
Lamprey: We found the dummy!
Scabby: "For a museum", he says.
(The shot zooms into the milk jug, reading "MUSEUM BRAND MILK")
Scabby: I dressed up like a wombat.
(The shot zooms into the coat of a security guard, with a label reading "WOMBAT SPORTS WEAR")
Scabby: So long!
(Scabby is seen smirking as he is taken away by security. The flashbacks end as Lamprey realizes the truth)
Lamprey: No!
(The other Scabby Grossman is escorted out of YZB Studios, limping away. Suddenly, his limp turns into a regular walk, and he pulls his face off to reveal that it was in fact a mask, and underneath is Pops, finally making his escape. As Pops walks off, taking off the costume, he remembers the events that led him up to this with audio flashbacks)
Pops: Okay, this has all been very nice, but I must be getting to "Win That Prize" now.
Scabby (Pops): After I was done with that, it was time for me to go on "Win That Prize". You ever been on that show? It's a blast!
(Pops runs off into the back of a taxi, which immediately drives off. Lamprey and security reach the exit of the studios just as Pops leaves. Lamprey falls onto his knees)
Lamprey: Pops!!
(In the taxi, Pops takes a swig of the milk he has won)
Pops: Jolly good show.
(Pops wipes some milk off his chin)
Pops: Jolly good show indeed.
(Pops laughs as the taxi drives him home)
End of "Win That Prize"