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Prologue

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Robin puppet: Titans! Go!

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Robin puppet: Hey!

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Robin puppet: Aren’t you guys coming? (Close-up of Raven; pan to each in turn.)

Raven puppet: What’s the point? We can’t possibly defeat the Puppet King.

Starfire puppet: He is too clever and powerful, not to mention good-looking.

Cyborg puppet: Yeah. We should probably just surrender now.

Beast Boy puppet: Dude, I think we already have.

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Puppet King: Bravo, bravo. But enough rehearsal. (He drops the crosspieces to which the strings are attached.) Time to start the show.

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OPENING THEME

Act One

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Raven: (chanting) Azarath Metrion Zinthos…Azarath Metrion Zinthos…

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Starfire: (voice over, distant) Raven?

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Starfire: (voice over, closer) Raven?

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Starfire: Please forgive my interruption, but have you seen Robin?

Raven: No.

Starfire: Oh. (She turns to leave, but stops.) Perhaps you have seen Cyborg?

Raven: No. (Starfire turns again, but stops.)

Starfire: Buu?

Raven: No. (Starfire turns again, but stops.)

Starfire: Beast Boy?

Raven: My eyes are closed, Starfire, I haven’t seen anyone.

Starfire: They must be doing the hanging out someplace. (She turns again; close-up as she stops.) Perhaps we should do the hanging out. We never have before, and conceivably it could be fun. We might journey to the mall of shopping, or perform braiding maneuvers upon each other’s hair, or…

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Starfire: You wish to be alone? (She backs off.)

Raven: (voice still composed) How could you tell?

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Raven: (chanting) Azarath Metrion Zinth—

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Cyborg: MAIL CALL!!

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Starfire: (flying to them) Robin! Buu! Cyborg! Beast Boy! You are back! It was…quiet while you were gone.

Raven: (standing up, dusting herself off) Not that quiet.

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Beast Boy: (as all gather around) Check it out. This was sitting by the front door. Fan mail—probably a gift from one of my many admirers.

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Robin: Actually, it doesn’t say who it’s from. (Cyborg reaches into view and grabs the lid.)

Cyborg: (from o.c.) Well, one way to find out.

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Cyborg: Whoa!

Robin: Cool! (Starfire giggles; Beast Boy looks in.)

Beast Boy: Honestly, I was kinda hoping for chocolate.

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Cyborg: Aww, isn’t that cute? Puppet Cy has a light-up eye.

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Robin: (pulling his puppet’s belt buckle) Yeah. They got all the details just right.

Beast Boy: Speak for yourself. I’m way better looking than this—and taller. (Majin Buu looks at his.)

Raven: Someone certainly has a lot of time on their hands.

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Starfire: I have never seen such a whimsical device.

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Starfire: (from o.c., deep tone) Hello, Starfire! (leaning into view to shake,, normal voice) Hello, tiny wooden replica of Starfire!

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Beast Boy: (from o.c.) Dude! (It delivers a kick to the rear; cut to the two boys.) My puppet is totally kicking your puppet’s butt!

Robin: Not for long.

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Cyborg: (from o.c.; puppet shakes fist) You want a piece of me, little man?

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Raven: Boys. (Starfire comes to her, working her own puppet.)

Starfire: Shall my tiny replica do battle with your tiny replica?

Raven: Knock yourself out.

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Starfire: (gasping in fright) Who is there?

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Beast Boy: (talking in sleep) Ladies…please…

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Beast Boy: …one at a time. You’ll all get to take your picture with me.

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Starfire: (softly) Hello? Hello?

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Starfire: Is someone there?

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Starfire: Huh? (She approaches.) If this is a joke, it is not—

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Starfire: Raven! You have also heard the strange noises?

Raven: The strange noises of you talking outside my door? Hard to miss.

Starfire: Oh. (blushing) Forgive me, I thought there was someone here.

Raven: Beast Boy, it’s me! Don’t make me hurt you!

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Raven: Let me go! (Robin and Beast Boy approach; the latter returns to human form.)

Starfire: Friends! Why do you attack us?

Puppet King: (from o.c.) Oh. They’re not your friends anymore.

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Puppet King: They are my puppets. (pulling figures from behind back) These are your friends.

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 * Robin: Starfire!


 * Cyborg: Buu!


 * Beast Boy: Help!

Raven: Release them! (Starfire gasps.)

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Puttet King: And who are you suppose to be?

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Puppet King: As for you two, you don’t command me.

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Puppet King: I command you.

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Puppet King: And with the Puppet King pulling the strings, the Teen Titans will command the entire city.

Majin Buu: (as Raven soul and Starfire’s escape) No you don’t.

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Majin Buu: Sorry guys.

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Puppet King: My control!

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Majin Buu: We need to go, now.

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Puppet King: After them.

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 * Starfire: (softly) The boys! Raven! What are we going to—

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 * Raven: Starfire?


 * Starfire: Raven? (She gasps.) You are me! (Again, louder, looking at herself.) And I am you!

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Majin Buu: Oh boy.

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Act Two

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 * Starfire: Oh, Raven! This is awful! (Raven emerges.) Terribly, horribly awful!

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 * Raven: Tell me about it.


 * Starfire: Very well. (gradually panicking) Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy have been trapped inside tiny wooden bodies, while a nasty creature called the Puppet King has taken control of their real bodies, which he is using to hunt us down, and you and I are in the wrong bodies and—

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 * Raven: Starfire! You have to calm down. My powers are driven by emotion. The more you feel, the more energy you unleash.


 * Starfire: But what if they find us? What if our friends are doomed? (as a big sweat drop rolls down Raven’s head) What if I am stuck looking like this forever?

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Majin Buu: Starfire we’ll fix it. I don’t know how, but we will rescue the others and hopefully find a way for you two back to normal.


 * Raven: (Pause.) What’s wrong with the way I look?


 * Starfire: (hastily) Nothing.

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 * Starfire: I will try to calm down. (She exhales and closes her eyes.) Peace…quiet…tranquil—

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 * Raven: We are so doomed. (A cry from Beast Boy, overhead o.c.)


 * Starfire: (pointing) Beast Boy!

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Majin Buu: You mean zombie Beast Boy. (pulling Starfire toward alley) Run!

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 * Raven: Fly! Fly!

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 * Starfire: We cannot fight them again. I do not wish to, and in our present condition we would surely be defeated.


 * Raven: Okay. How do you fly this thing? (She gestures at herself.)


 * Starfire: You must feel flight.


 * Raven, Majin Buu: What?


 * Starfire: When you feel the unbridled joy of flight, you will fly.


 * Raven: Unbridled joy? Not really my thing.

Majin Buu: (pointing o.c.) Look!

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 * Raven: What do I have to feel to use starbolts?


 * Starfire: Righteous fury.


 * Raven: Your alien strength?


 * Starfire: Boundless confidence.


 * Raven: Never mind.

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 * Starfire: Buu.

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Majin Buu: Don’t do that again.

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 * Raven: If I can’t fly, you have to levitate. You know those words I always—


 * Starfire: Yes! (She sucks in a huge breath and holds it.)

Majin Buu: Wait! You sure about?

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 * Raven: We have no choice, (truning to starfire) you have to focus! (Exhale.)


 * Starfire: (hastily) Azarath Metrion Zinthos!

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 * Starfire: I wish to stop! Please tell me the way to stop!


 * Raven: Look at the ground and imagine—

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 * Raven: (from o.c.) Wait!

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Majin Buu: Next time, I’m walking.


 * Starfire: Ugh! I smell like the breath of a Snervian blorgworm. Raven, what are you—


 * Raven: (clapping hand to Starfire’s mouth) Shhh!

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 * Starfire: Peace, quiet, tranquility…peace, quiet, tranquility.

Majin Buu: It’s all right. They’re going.

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Puppet King: (from o.c.) Enough!

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Puppet King: (from o.c.) We will catch the other two after the ceremony is complete.

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 * Robin: Ceremony?


 * Cyborg: What ceremony?

Puppet King: Just a little spell that will destroy you three— (Cut to the hypnotized trio; he continues o.c.) —and make your bodies mine forever. (Extreme close-up of him.) Come, my puppets.

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 * Raven: How can you stand having this much hair?


 * Starfire: Quickly! Our friends are in danger! We must follow and—


 * Raven: (pulling her back) And what? Save them with my unusable powers while your unbridled emotions blow us to bits? Nice flying, by the way. (A black aura surrounds Starfire.)


 * Starfire: (angrily) At least I am able to fly. (Raven digs in her ear.) On my planet, even a newborn can unleash the joy of flight. But you are too busy being grumpy and rude to feel anything at all!

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Majin Buu: Enough!

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Majin Buu: Our friends need our help, and if we need to help then you two need to know how to use each others powers and fast, so you two need to know everything about each other, inside and out… (pan to Majin Buu, **Raven, and **Starfire) …um, metaphorically speaking.

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 * Raven: (smiling) All right.

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 * Raven: I was born in a place called Azarath.

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Act Three

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Majin Buu: So much for using the front door. We’ll have to try the roof.


 * Starfire: (taking her hand) Agreed. (turning to Raven) Now, do just as I instructed. Close your eyes and think of something joyful.

(Raven rolls her eyes and sighs wearily. Starfire returns to normal volume.)


 * Starfire: You might choose flowers, or kittens, or the laughter of children, or—

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 * Starfire: Very, very good! What was your joyful thought?


 * Raven: You don’t want to know.


 * Starfire: Oh, but I do. Please tell me. What did you imagine?


 * Raven: You not talking. (Starfire’s eyes pop.)


 * Starfire: Oh. Well…I am glad I was able to help.

(Raven looks at her, then down at the lock, then at her again.)


 * Raven: Your turn. Find your center. Focus your energy on the lock.

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 * Starfire: Azarath…Metrion… (The lock floats up as far as it can.) …Zinthos.

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Majin Buu: (impressed) Nice work.


 * Starfire: (jumping up) Success!

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 * Raven: (sarcastically) Nice work.

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Puppet King: Search and destroy.

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Puppet King: (from o.c.) I do not want an audience. (They move off; back to him.) Well, Titans… (uncorking tube, pouring contents into bowl) …time for your grand finale.

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 * Raven: (horrified) No. (The Puppet King holds up the three figures.)

Puppet King: It’s going to be a real showstopper.


 * Robin: Stop!


 * Cyborg: Don’t!


 * Beast Boy: Please!


 * Cyborg: Hey! (A yell from Robin under this.)


 * Robin: No!


 * Cyborg: Stop!


 * Beast Boy: Help!

Puppet King: Don’t worry. I’ll take good care of your bodies. After all, they’ll be mine forever.

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 * Starfire: My friends! You are unharmed! (She laughs.)


 * Robin: Starfire?

Majin Buu: It’s a long story.

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Puppet King: Go, my puppets! Capture them!

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Majin Buu: Move!

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 * Beast Boy: Dude, get your butt outta my face!


 * Robin: Can’t move. Deal with it.

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 * Starfire: (dodging a kick) Robin, I do not wish to fight you.

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 * Starfire: But I will if I must!

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 * Raven: Okay, Raven. Starbolts. Just let go of your emotions, feel the righteous fury, and…

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 * Starfire: Azarath Metrion Zinthos!

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Majin Buu: Ooo, that’s got to hurt.

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 * Raven: Righteous fury, righteous fury, concentrate…

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 * Starfire: Buu, help!

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Majin Buu: Starfire!

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 * Starfire: Not me! (pointing down) Them!

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Majin Buu: Raven.

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Puppet King: The Puppet King is in command! (Raven’s free hand blazes green.)


 * Raven: NO!!

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Puppet King: Uh! My control!

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Puppet King: NOOOOOOO!!

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Starfire: I am me! (to Raven) And you are you!

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Cyborg: And we’re us!

Robin: Thanks to you three.

Beast Boy: (briefly turning one arm into a gorilla’s) You go, girls!

Starfire: (gasping happily) We have done it!

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Raven: You’re hugging me…

Majin Buu: I just glad that’s over.

Puppet King: (from o.c., agonized) NOOOOOOO!!

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Puppet King: The magic! Without it, I’m just a…

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Raven: (chanting) Azarath Metrion Zinthos… (Close-up of her.) Azarath Metrion Zinthos…

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Starfire: Raven, forgive my interruption, but…

Raven: I haven’t seen Robin, Cyborg, Buu, or Beast Boy.

Starfire: (hesitatntly) Truthfully, I am wishing to join you in meditation.

Raven: Really? (turning around) All right.

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Raven: (closing eyes, turning to windows) Find your center.

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Raven: (from o.c.) Focus your energies, and… (She faces the windows; pull back to frame both.)

Raven, Starfire: (chanting) Azarath Metrion Zinthos…Azarath Metrion…

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Raven: Starfire? (Pan to her; she opens one eye.)

Starfire: Yes?

Raven: (hesitantly) After this…would you like to go to the mall?

Starfire: (nodding) Mmm-hmm. (Both close their eyes.)

Raven, Starfire: (chanting) Azarath Metrion Zinthos…

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Raven: Starfire: (fading out) Azarath Metrion Zinthos…

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