Transcript

Opening

Act One

Multiple locations

[In a science lab on Star Command, a female scientist is operating some robotic, acid-filled arms behind a blast shield and using them to melt through a piece of rock she's studying.]

[Suddenly, something blows a hole in the wall and enters the lab behind the blast shield.]

[The intruder, who we can't see except for a pair of XR-like arms, reaches out a grabs one of the acid arms.]

[He yanks it off, and acid drops from the ceiling and melts through the floor.]

[She tries to grab the intruder with the other arm, but he escapes before she can.]

[The scene changes to a robot with forklift-like arms moving boxes in a cargo bay. Suddenly, an acid-filled arm shoots out with its claw splayed and swipes off one of its legs.]

[The robot is left unbalanced and collapses, and the crates it was carrying fall and crush it.]

[The scene changes again, this time to a secure vault with cameras watching. The acid-filled arm sprays acid on the vault's turnable wheel door handle, disintegrating it. The forklift robot leg kicks the door open, triggering the alarms. Using his acid-filled arm, he grabs the high-tech robot arm and yanks it from the hooks and wires.]

[Three guard-bots burst into the room and aim their wrist blasters at the intruder. He turns around, revealing himself. He has a hulking robotic torso, an XR-like right arm, the acid-filled left arm, and although his face resembles XR's it is red and has a large left yellow eye.]

[While talking, the intruder rips off and tosses aside his small arm, then attaches the stolen robot arm onto himself. His new right arm transforms into a cannon and he throws himself to the floor, shooting down the guard-bots with ease.]

[The intruder strides past the decimated guard-bots to freedom, laughing maniacally.]

Star Command

[The scene changes to show a screen, depicting various stolen items—first the acid-filled arm, then a robot with the same torso as the intruder's—while Commander Nebula addresses Team Lightyear in Star Command's science bay.]

[XR rises on his extendable legs, putting a hand around Nebula's shoulders and holding the framed work order in the other hand.]

[Buzz quickly pops up between them.]

[Booster and Buzz drag XR away, Mira walking alongside them.]

Starcruiser 42

[Buzz addresses the rest of Team Lightyear in the break room aboard Starcruiser 42.]

[XR shoots his head, helmet and all, into the air. It soars through the air, and lands perfectly back atop his body.]

[He jabs his thumb at the coffee machine in question, which is pouring coffee into a glass pot. He grabs the pot, showing it off.]

[XR tosses aside the coffee pot, which shatters somewhere in the background. He pulls out a framed photo of Nebula from his chest compartment.]

[He hugs the photo close.]

Live broadcast

[Brent Starkisser is reporting live at Star Command, with Buzz standing beside him and Mira and Booster guarding the entryway to a robotics lab.]

[The camera pans out and audio changes to reveal that someone is watching the live broadcast on a screen.]

[The camera pans out again, and the intruder from before pounds his right high-tech arm on the video console. The feed fizzles out, and he keeps pounding his hand against the control, while the arm cycles through different functions: extendable fingers, the cannon from before, and a chainsaw. Buzz's face eventually reappears on the feed.]

[While speaking the last sentence, the intruder transforms his right arm into a warhead missile and grins evilly.]

Star Command

[The intruder is next seen stomping along a white surface. The camera pans out to reveal it is the underside of Star Command. Next, the camera pans to reveal the intruder stomping along Star Command's hallways. He reaches the robotics lab door and sprays acid above the door handle, chuckling menacingly.]

[The scene shifts to inside the lab, where there are several half-built robots and something hidden on a slab under a blanket. The intruder hones in on the blanket, laughing gleefully as he pulls it aside to reveal... none other than XR.]

[He takes in the intruder's appearance from bottom to top.]

[He shoves XR off the slab with his right arm. Off-screen, Buzz is heard saying:]

[The camera pans to reveal Buzz standing in the lab's entrance.]

[The intruder's right hand peels back to reveal a chamber. A red aiming laser turns on above it, and the chamber starts glowing white. He fires a white-green beam of energy at Buzz, but misses. Booster and Mira appear on either side of Buzz, peering inside the lab in surprise.]

[The intruder swipes at Buzz with his left arm, but Buzz quickly dodges. The intruder's claw destroy a nearby console instead.]

[The intruder's right arm has become a machine gun. He fires energy blasts towards XR, who exclaims in surprise and retreats his head and limbs into his chest compartment, making himself a smaller target. The intruder fires at Booster and Mira next, who yelp and dive for cover. Booster throws himself to the ground, and Mira jumps up, clinging to a half-built robot.]

[Ignoring them, the intruder stomps past them, then grabs a table and flings it at Booster, Mira and Buzz. It hits Booster. The intruder rips out a console, raises it above his head, and throws it at the three again, but they all veer clear. A chassis on the intruder's back flips open, revealing a large white rocket.]

[The intruder launches himself into the air. His right hand shifts back to cannon mode, and he fires a hole into the ceiling. He crashes through the opening, making an even larger hole, and escapes. Air starts getting sucked out of the hole into the vacuum of space. Buzz, Mira and Booster activate their helmets, clinging to their surroundings.]

[Everything in the robotics lab starts getting sucked outwards. Booster loses his grip, and is also dragged towards the hole. He yelps, trying to get away, but is sucked into the hole. Luckily, his large size acts as a plug, and the vacuum abruptly stops. Buzz stares up at him, then activates his wings. Mira follows suit. They grab Booster's arms and try to pull him free.]

[XR flies up between them. His legs have retracted into an exhaust nozzle, and he has a welding device emitting a blue flame protruding from his chest.]

[XR flies out of view, while Buzz and Mira yank Booster free. The vacuum starts up again, but XR flies up with a large flat piece of something broken and lays it above the hole, welding it shut before landing back down next to the rest of his team, legs back.]

Trade World

[Crumford Lorak, at a stall on one of Trade World's many boardwalks, is playing a shell game with a random passer-by.]

[While talking, he moves the pods around in a dizzying fashion. The passer-by goes cross-eyed trying to keep track. Crumford finally stops, clapping his hands together.]

[The passer-by scratches his head, then points at the left pod. Crumford lifts it to reveal it's empty, then lifts the right pod to reveal the marker.]

[The marker, which turns out to be a mollusk, sticks out its tongue and blows a raspberry mockingly.]

[Crumford sticks out a hand expectantly. The passer-by pulls out a wad of money, slaps it into his hand, and storms off. Just then, a gust of wind blows the bills away.]

[He tries to grab the fluttering bills, but quickly gives up. Then, Mira's voice is heard off-screen:]

[Startled, Crumford looks up. Mira descends, landing next to him. Crumford bolts in the other direction, but crashes into Booster's front and collapses at his feet. Booster picks him up by the shoulders, securing him in place as Mira approaches.]

[Mira ghosts her hand through Crumford's head.]

[Throughout the exchange, there are uncomfortable squelching sounds as Mira digs through Crumford's thoughts. At his compliance, she removes her hand. Crumford shivers in disgust.]

[Mira wiggles her fingers threateningly.]

[Mira raises her hand, as if to dig through his thoughts again. Crumford covers his head and starts shaking.]

[Mira pats Crumford's head several times, her tone condescendingly affectionate.]

[Crumford huffs in annoyance.]

Star Command

[XR and Buzz are in Star Command's science bay, going through footage of their encounter with the intruder. Several LGMs are going about their business in the background.]

[Mira's voice crackles over the comms.]

[The camera pans to a group of LGMs, who pause and look at each other.]

[Buzz approaches the group of LGMs.]

[While speaking, the first two LGMs scuttle off-screen. The third suddenly has a rocket on its back and flies up and away. The camera pans away to show all the LGMs in the immediate area scurrying away.]

[The screen is displaying "top secret" across the file in large red letters. Then, Commander Nebula's voice is heard saying:]

[He approaches the console, inputs a code, and the file opens to reveal blueprints of a robot that looks very similar to XR.]

[The camera pans in on the screen, which is playing footage of XL chasing after the LGMs, then shooting up the science bay. While Nebula explains the situation, the footage depicts Nebula making a throat slashing gesture, then an LGM pulling a lever that deactivates XL.]

[One of the LGMs presses a button on the console. On the screen, all the stolen parts assemble together to depict XL's current appearance, which the LGMs watch in awe.]

[Nebula grabs XR, turns him around, then starts shaking him.]

[An LGM taps Buzz's leg to get his attention, then lowers its voice conspiratorially.]

XL's hideout

[The camera pans in on an asteroid in space, where XL's hideout is located. Inside his hideout, he's back to smacking his right hand against his console as it cycles through different functions: large fingers, then some kind of helical coil, then three spikes that spark with an electrical current. He's watching the footage of the moment Nebula ordered him deactivated, particularly his throat slashing gesture. XL rewinds and watches it again. After the third time, he smashes the screen and growls in anger.]

Star Command

[Nebula is fleeing down Star Command's hallways, trying to avoid the desk that is pursuing him. Just as Nebula is about to go through an exit, the desk zooms in front of him to block his path. Nebula tries to step in the other direction, but the desk cuts him off again.]

[Nebula tries dodging the desk again, but the desk gives him no quarter and settles in front of him expectantly.]

[The desk produces a pile of papers and a pen. As Nebula leans forward to start signing, a familiar clawed hand slams down on the desk.]

[XL slams the desk against Nebula, pinning him to the wall.]

[XL is momentarily distracted by the desk, which is jamming a drawer repeatedly against his leg.]

[XL slams his right hand down hard on the desk. It wobbles, then collapses. A paper that writes "OUCH!" in capital red letters flutters free from the drawer.]

[The desk rises again, only for XL to grab it and shove it hard against Nebula's chest, knocking him out. Nebula grunts and collapses, unconscious. An imprint of where his body was is left against the wall.]

[XL picks Nebula up, throws him over his shoulder, then stomps down the hallway, laughing evilly.]

Act Two

Star Command

[Team Lightyear are in the launch bay.]

[Mira points to Nebula's desk, which makes a beeline for them. It starts hopping up and down, extending its drawers, standing up on one end, ejecting papers, then flopping around again, vainly trying to communicate what happened to them.]

[The desk flops around some more.]

[Booster moves forward, rubbing his nonexistent chin.]

[The desk flops in defeat.]

[Buzz and Mira exchange a look. XR slides forward, pulls out a cable from his chest he connects to the desk, then puts on headphones. Incomprehensible babbling is heard, but XR understands it.]

[XR pulls the cable out of the desk's port, then inserts it into another. A monitor lights up on the desk, which XR inspects.]

[Buzz motions to them to follow, and he leads the way to their starcruiser. Mira, Booster and XR follow.]

XL's hideout

[Back at XL's hideout, Nebula has been placed inside a cage and XL is sitting at his console.]

[XL punctuates his last few words by repeatedly slamming his right hand against his seat. It shifts between its default form, a buzz saw, a drill, several lethal-looking spikes, and a whisk.]

[He rams his hand against Nebula's cage, then stomps back to his console.]

[XL presses a button on his console. A device extends from it, which shoots a laser at a mirror, which is reflected on several other mirrors, creating a web of lasers several feet above Nebula's head. Next, XL pulls out a watermelon.]

[Laughing maliciously, XL throws the watermelon into the web. The lasers slice the fruit easily, and the pieces drop atop Nebula's head, who scowls angrily.]

[Suddenly, an alarm starts blaring.]

[Somewhere outside, Starcruiser 42 is flying through space. The camera pans to Team Lightyear on the bridge at their usual positions.]

[Outside the view screen, all they see is a large planet on their left, and a lone asteroid in front of them.]

[Buzz pulls a lever to avoid the oncoming asteroid. They soar over and around it, but then XR notices it has several rocket nozzles on the back propelling it forwards.]

[Buzz steers the cruiser back towards the asteroid-ship. Back at the hideout, XL presses a button and ejects a number of smaller asteroids from a hidden compartment on the asteroid-ship's surface. The asteroids crash into Starcruiser 42, rocking them back and forth. XL laughs, watching the spectacle on his screen.]

[Team Lightyear continues to get rocked back and forth. They yelp, trying to steady themselves. Being the only one not strapped in a seat, XR bumps into the back of the bridge.]

[XL watches the barrage through his own view screen, standing near Nebula's cage, but Nebula has his back towards XL.]

[Back to Starcruiser 42, still being barraged by the newly-formed asteroid belt.]

[Buzz inputs several commands into his console. Although the asteroids continue to stream past them, eventually the cruiser settles into more fluid movement, weaving through them. They are also no longer being rocked back and forth on the bridge.]

[Booster points at a particularly large asteroid heading right for them.]

[Buzz swerves the cruiser around the asteroid. Unfortunately, they are back to being pummeled by other smaller asteroids, and the bridge resumes shaking. XR takes out a construction helmet from his chest and places it atop his dome.]

[Suddenly, XR yelps and jumps onto Booster. An even thicker stream of asteroids is heading towards them.]

Act Three

XL's hideout

[XL has returned to his console, watching the asteroids pummel Starcruiser 42.]

[Back on Starcruiser 42, it's another story.]

[Buzz finally spots an opening, and starts weaving past asteroids left and right. Finally, they make it out of the asteroid field that had formed around the planet.]

[Mira pulls a lever that propels them forwards. However, they hit against a barrier that pushes them backwards.]

[The starcruiser moves forwards again. Its nose presses against the force field, struggling to push through. XL is watching them on his console.]

[Back on Starcruiser 42...]

[While speaking, XR pulls out his framed photo of Nebula and holds it close. Back at XL's hideout, he watches Starcruiser 42 pierce the force field and fly through, and starts slamming his fist against his seat again. His hand briefly transforms into a sledgehammer before returning to normal. Nebula smiles in satisfaction.]

[XL turns back to his console. Cables extend from the fingertips of his right hand, plugging into it. Outside, laser turrets extend from the asteroid-ship's surface and start firing on Starcruiser 42. While swerving to avoid them, Buzz says:]

[Booster presses some buttons on his console. A gun extends from below Starcruiser 42. As they fly over the firing turrets, Booster fires and destroys all three of them.]

[Back at XL's hideout...]

[XL retracts the cables and presses a button on his console. Above Nebula, the web of lasers starts descending, already slicing through extraneous parts of Nebula's hodgepodge cage.]

[From somewhere off-screen:]

[The camera pans to Buzz standing in the entryway. XL approaches, right hand peeling back.]

[XL fires a blast at Buzz, which he dodges with a somersault. He lands next to a pair of robot legs, which come to life and kick him. Buzz rolls back to his feet, but the legs pursue him.]

[Booster punches his way in through the wall.]

[From above, a pair of mechanical arms throws a glowing net onto him.]

[Mira runs into view. Suddenly, a blue force field descends on her, stopping her in her tracks.]

[XR slides close to Nebula, voice lowered.]

[Suddenly, a blast of energy separates XR's body from his legs, and he topples over with a cry.]

[XR tries to get away by supporting himself on his hands. XL fires another blast at him, separating XR's head from the rest of his body.]

[Distracted by laughing, XL doesn't notice XR's arms have extend to grab him by the ankles and flip him over.]

[Head still laying next to his body, XR uses his hand to wipe away a tear.]

[Meanwhile, Booster and Mira are still restrained by their respective traps, and Buzz is grappling with a detached robot arm, rolling across the floor near XR. Just as XL rises to his feet, Buzz finally manages to toss the arm away.]

[Buzz leans down and puts XR's head back into his dome atop his body. XR rises to stand on his hands, determined.]

[XR extends a cable from his chest, and plugs it into a nearby console in the wall. A beeping nose resembling Morse code starts emitting, and all the detached robot parts—such as arms, legs and similar appendages—spring into action and surround XL.]

[The robot appendages restrain XL, dragging him to the floor. The gravitational field and net are deactivated, freeing Mira and Booster.]

[The web of lasers is also deactivates, moments before slicing into Nebula's crouched position.]

[XR approaches, body now reattached to his legs.]

[Buzz uses his wrist laser to destroy the cage keeping Nebula captured.]

Star Command

[Team Lightyear and Commander Nebula are back at Star Command, in the launch bay.]

[Guard-Bots appear behind them, taking a restrained XL away.]

[Nebula puts a hand on XR's shoulder. From further away, XL pulls back, straining to hear.]

[The Guard-Bots ignore XL, finally dragging him away.]

[Making himself taller, XR throws his arms around Nebula's neck, hugging him tight. Nebula scowls, shoving his arms aside, then stomps off. But XR follows, rambling excitedly, as their overlapping voices start fading away:]

[Booster and Mira silently chuckle, while Buzz keeps smiling. Then Mira grows thoughtful, tapping her chin.]

Planet Z

[The scene briefly cuts to Planet Z, honing in on Zurg's palace. Zurg's voice can be heard laughing evilly right before the credits start rolling.]

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