**"Pet Pranks and Paw-Tucket Mayhem: The Great De-Hypnosis"**

Response: **Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own** **Episode Title: “Pets Under the Spell!”** --- **Episode Length: ~2400 words** --- **SCENE 1: The Central Plaza in Paw-Tucket** [The sun filters through glittering disco balls. Bev is tap-dancing on a cardboard stage while Edie dramatically monologues under a spotlight that she dragged from the theater. Roxie and Jade lounge nearby; Jade is curled up, half-asleep, a book open beside her.] **ROXIE** (sniffing the air): Is someone grilling cheese? Oh wow, I need that in my face. **BEV** (spinning): Did you all see my double-click turtle split? (She stumbles and lands next to Jade, who barely stirs.) **EDIE** (sweeping across tiny stage): Bev, darling, more grandeur. You must let the paws tell their story! **JADE** (dryly, eyes heavy): Some of us prefer our stories with less paw and more pillow, Edie. (A shadow falls across them; Trip struts over, smirking, with Quincy nervously in tow.) **TRIP**: Good morning, Snoozeville! What’s happening in the land of less-than-exciting? **QUINCY** (glancing around—a leaf rustles and he jumps): Oh, is it morning? Is there still time to run before anyone notices me? **ROXIE** (bounding up): Hi Trip! Want to see Bev try on thirty hats while Edie reenacts Hamlet? **TRIP**: Tempting, but I’ve got something much more... *magical* today. (He pulls out a swirling, sparkly pocket watch from his satchel.) **TRIP (cont’d)**: Prepare yourselves for THE AMAZING TRIP HAMSTON’S HYPNOTIC SPECTACLE! **BEV** (excitedly): Oooh! You can make me think I’m spaghetti? **EDIE**: I suppose hypnosis could serve as a dramatic device... Proceed! **JADE** (mumbles, half-asleep): Not another “Trip Hamston Presents” disaster. I’m too tired for existential crises. **TRIP**: Trust me, it’ll be fun! Watch closely... --- **SCENE 2: The Hypnosis Begins** (Trip swings the pocket watch before Jade, Edie, Bev, Roxie, and Quincy. Their eyes follow, some more skeptically than others.) **TRIP**: You are getting sleepy... sleepier... like Jade after a triple nap... Sleepy pets do as Trip says... (Jade looks mildly more interested, her pupils dilated. Roxie wags her tail excitedly; Bev bounces on her shell. Edie’s feathers fluff up dramatically. Quincy looks at his own hooves nervously.) **TRIP (smirking)**: Now, when I snap my fingers... Jade, you’ll believe you’re a dog—the awesomest, tail-waggiest dog ever. Roxie, whenever anyone says “fetch,” you’ll freeze in place, and only unfreeze when you hear “tennis ball!” Bev and Edie, swap bodies—you’ll think you’re the other! Oh Quincy... You’ll want to do brave, adventurous things: skydiving, cliff-jumping, daring leaps! (Trip snaps his fingers. The air shimmers with anticipation.) **TRIP (cont’d)**: Wakey-wakey, pets! (The group blinks.) **JADE** (Suddenly perky, she bounds up. Instead of curling up, she trots around the plaza, panting): Hey gang! Who’s ready for a game of chase-the-tail? Woof! **ROXIE**: Jade, did you just ‘woof’? **JADE** (wagging her tail): Woof woof! Let’s bark at the squirrels. Oh, and belly rubs. I want all the belly rubs! **BEV** (confused, fluttering her “wings”): Feathers, feathers, feathers! I can fly! Woah, this is neat. Wait, why do I want to write a poem about a cloud? **EDIE** (staring at her shell): Oh heavens, I’m so... round. My shell! Wait, do turtles have dramatic potential? Can I act from inside here?! **QUINCY** (bravely, chest puffed): I’m going cliff-diving! Right now! Follow me to immediate danger! **TRIP** (grinning): Oh, this is AMAZING. (Roxie runs up to Jade.) **ROXIE**: Want to play fetch? (Roxie immediately freezes, mid-step, like a statue, eyes wide.) **BEV/EDIE**: Uh... what just happened to Roxie? **TRIP (whispering to Jade)**: Say “tennis ball!” **JADE**: Tennis ball! (Roxie unfreezes, panting.) **ROXIE**: Wait, what happened? Why do I feel like I ate six ice cubes? Never mind! Let’s play, dog-Jade! --- **SCENE 3: Chaos in Paw-Tucket** (Bev-as-Edie and Edie-as-Bev begin to realize their bodies have switched.) **BEV (in Edie’s body, preening feathers): Why do I want dramatic lighting? Oh, my wings—so light! Feather-flips are WAY easier than shell-flips. **EDIE (in Bev’s body, twirling): Shell-spins! Oh, the slow grace of the turtle. How… unique. But wait—my spotlight! How do I get my shell under it? (Jade—in full dog mode—chases her own tail, then runs around barking at invisible squirrels. Roxie keeps freezing whenever “fetch” is uttered.) **JADE (to Roxie, dropping a stick): Want to play fetch, Roxie? (Roxie freezes mid-wag. Jade looks confused, then tries to bark at her.) **JADE**: Uh, tennis ball? Woof! (Roxie unfreezes.) **ROXIE**: Jade, you’re acting weird—even for you. Are you sure you’re still a cat? **JADE (scratching behind her ear):** I don’t know, Roxie! Everything smells SO interesting. Furniture, food, gravel… sometimes I want to chase it all. **BEV/EDIE**: My voice! My wings! My shell! How do I narrate a soliloquy when I’m so… TURTLEY? **EDIE/BEV**: I sense a need to entertain AND a compulsion to monologue. This is very confusing. **QUINCY** (standing atop the recycling bin, arms wide): Look, everyone! I’m about to LEAP into the unknown! Watch me! (Trip appears, holding a phone to record.) **TRIP:** This is gold. Quincy, do a triple handspring off the bin! **QUINCY:** Absolutely! Adventure is my destiny! (He faints before jumping, sliding off the bin.) **TRIP:** Classic Quincy. --- **SCENE 4: The Prank Escalates** (Jade, barking, interrupts Bev/Edie’s interpretive soliloquy.) **JADE:** Outta the way, feather-freaks! Time to dig a hole and bury a shoe! (Bev, still Edie, leaps into the spotlight, preening feathers and reciting dramatic poetry.) **BEV (as Edie):** “Oh to be free! To soar upon the wind! To—wait, why am I craving spinach?” **EDIE (as Bev, on shell, spinning):** “The shell protects me from the world’s stage, but inside I am an artist! A STAR! Watch my shell-spin, audience!” **ROXIE:** Jade, what happened to you? And why is Quincy trying to somersault off a mailbox? **JADE:** Ruff! Ruff! Mailboxes smell like beef jerky! Let’s fetch somebody’s newspaper! (Roxie freezes once again at “fetch.”) **BEV (as Edie):** Trip, whatever you did, it’s weird. Should Bev really be wanting to fly with these wings? And why do I, Edie, crave lettuce? **TRIP (smugly):** It’s all in the mind, darlings. A little harmless fun! (Quincy comes to, brushing off loose bits of lettuce.) **QUINCY:** What did I miss? Was I bold? Daring? Danger-riffic? **JADE (panting):** Woof! Next time you should chase a tail, Quincy! **ROXIE:** Jade... did you just call Quincy a tail? --- **SCENE 5: The Trouble Peaks** (Bev/Edie and Edie/Bev are entirely mixed up; Roxie keeps freezing in embarrassing moments, Jade is a dog, Quincy is bravely fainting. Trip is loving it.) **Roxie’s Challenge:** (Roxie passes by a tennis shop. Jade—still in dog mode—sees a sign: “FETCH! Your summer fun!”) **JADE (reading):** Roxie, FETCH! (Roxie freezes, tongue out.) (Pepe, the chameleon, walks in.) **PEPE:** Uh... Roxie, why are you standing so weird? Oh, is this a new dance move? Call it the “Statue of Paw-Tucket?” **Jade (determined):** Tennis ball! (Roxie unfreezes.) **ROXIE:** Why do I keep feeling like someone paused my paws? --- **Bev and Edie’s Body Swap:** **BEV (as Edie, inspecting feathers):** How do you do a turtle tap dance with wings? Does it even work? **EDIE (as Bev, peeking from her shell):** I crave applause, but these legs aren’t meant for the stage. What if I add a dramatic turtle roll? **BEV/EDIE**: Let’s try each other’s favorite activities! (Bev-majestic hybrid flaps Edie’s wings, swooping, but only manages a slow loop. Edie attempts a turtle tap-dance but keeps slipping on her shell.) **EDIE/BEV:** Is this what humility feels like? --- **Quincy’s Unusual Bravery:** (Quincy balances on a seesaw. Trip films him.) **QUINCY:** Watch as I leap the park bench of doom! (Before he leaps, he faints, tumbles off, but then gets up—shockingly—ready for another try.) **ROXIE:** Quincy, you’re unstoppable… and unstoppable-ly unconscious. --- **SCENE 6: The Pets Get Annoyed** (The pranks hit a boiling point. Jade’s dog persona overturns Roxie’s dinner bowl. Edie, trapped in Bev’s shell, accidentally ruins Bev’s art project.) **ROXIE:** Okay, seeing Jade eat my bacon bits AND bark at my bed is not cool. Also, every time someone says “fetch,” I end up doing the worm in front of twenty pets! **BEV/EDIE:** And this body swap is... weird. I can’t decide if dramatic wings are better or worse than dramatic shells! **EDIE/BEV:** If I can’t monologue with a shell, what is the point of the stage? **QUINCY:** Why do I have a sudden craving for ziplining but my knees say NO? **JADE:** Ruff! Ruff! Did someone order a shoe? I have three now. (She drags shoes in her mouth.) **TRIP (chuckling):** Oh, come on. It’s hilarious. You all should see yourselves. **ROXIE:** Not for us! This prank isn’t even fun anymore, Trip. Undo it! **TRIP:** Well, it should wear off soon... I think? Maybe? **JADE (growling playfully):** Trip, how about a game of catch? Or... battle for the ball! (Roxie freezes at “catch.”) **BEV/EDIE and EDIE/BEV** (to each other): Jade’s right. We need payback. (Change in Pet dynamics: They whisper in a huddle. Jade wags her tail. Quincy, channeling adventure, volunteers to be a diversion.) --- **SCENE 7: The Pets Take Revenge** **Step 1: The Diversion** (Quincy, unusually “bold,” invites Trip to star in “Quincy’s Extreme Adventure Show.”) **QUINCY (excited):** Trip, help me film the biggest, wildest stunt in Paw-Tucket: - Eat a triple chili cheese chip with extra hot sauce! - Slide down the mega-pet slide on a pool noodle! **TRIP:** Sounds fun, but I need to get more footage of Jade barking and Roxie freezing... **BEV (still Edie):** No, Trip, join the show! You’ll be FAMOUS. **EDIE (still Bev):** All the cool hamsters do stunts. Imagine the applause! (Trip, eager for acclaim, agrees.) --- **Step 2: Jade’s Dog Trick** (Jade, still in dog mode, brings Trip the triple chili chip. Trip proudly takes a bite—his face turns red; steam comes from his ears.) **TRIP:** HOT! HOT! HOT! My tongue is melting! **ROXIE (cheerfully):** Tennis ball! (Just in case.) --- **Step 3: The Ultimate Hypnotic Turnabout** (The pets work together: Edie still has shell-spinning power but Bev’s wit, while Bev commands dramatic wings and flourishes.) **EDIE (as Bev, spinning the shell):** Trip, watch my hypnotic turtle-stare! **BEV (as Edie, hypnotically preens):** Focus on the feathers, Trip... (All pets surround Trip, swinging cutlery, shells, feathers, and tap shoes hypnotically. Trip’s eyes glaze over.) **ROXIE:** Now, repeat after me: “I am the silliest Hamston. I love doing the Macarena upside down.” **TRIP (dazed):** I am the silliest Hamston. I love doing the Macarena upside down. **JADE (barking):** Woof! Now, Trip, bark three times and spin! (Trip barks and spins.) **QUINCY:** Steal a shoe, Trip! Join the chaos! (Trip yanks a slipper from passing dog Gigi and drags it off.) **ROXIE:** And every time you hear “paw,” you’ll yodel! (The word “paw” is slipped into conversations all around, and Trip yodels endlessly.) --- **Step 4: The Great De-Hypnosis** (Bev/Edie finds Trip’s old hypnosis book and reads the reversal spell.) **BEV/EDIE (dramatically reciting):** “From claw, to wing, from shell to paw, restore our minds, undo it all!” (Sparkles swirl. Everything returns to normal—Jade rubs her eyes, Roxie stretches gratefully, Bev and Edie disentangle, Quincy feels far less adventurous. Trip shakes his head, confused, and bumps into the recycling bin, yodeling as someone says “paw.”) --- **SCENE 8: Happy Ending** (The pets gather, relieved, as Trip recovers.) **TRIP:** Whoa... did I just yodel? And why does my mouth taste like spicy socks? **JADE:** Trip, next time you want to hypnotize someone, try yourself. It’s way funnier. **ROXIE:** And keep the “fetch” jokes to dog-Jade only. **BEV:** I missed shell-spinning! **EDIE:** And I missed the spotlight! **QUINCY:** I think I’ll stay on solid ground... maybe eat a leaf instead. **TRIP:** Okay, okay. Truce! You all got me back. No more hypnosis... at least till next Tuesday. **JADE:** I’m going to sleep for a week, wake me up if Trip tries anything weird. **ROXIE:** Or if there’s food. Or if anyone says “tennis ball.” (She grins.) **PEPE (offscreen):** And that’s the wildest Paw-Tucket episode yet! (The friends laugh; Jade yawns, curling up—a normal cat again. Trip checks to make sure no one says “paw” and tiptoes away, planning his next prank.) --- **END**