"Prankster's Hypnotic Hijinks"

**LITTLEST PET SHOP: A WORLD OF OUR OWN**
**EPISODE TITLE:** "Hocus Prankus"

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**OPENING SCENE: THE LOBBY**

*All six friends—Trip, Jade, Roxie, Bev, Edie, and Quincy—are hanging out in the Pet Plaza, watching wild parrot acrobatics on TV.*

**Trip:** (snickering) Hey, you all ever wonder what it’d be like if we could… I dunno, control each others’ actions with a snap of the hoof?

**Bev:** Like, be mind-controlling mysterious creatures? Oh, if I was you, I’d never stop singing!

**Jade:** If I were Trip, I’d actually let Roxie choose lunch. (winks)

**Roxie:** Ha, ha, very funny.

**Edie:** If I were someone else, darlings, I’d finally understand what it felt like to be half as gorgeous as myself!

**Trip:** (smirking) Well, I just *happened* to find this—(holds up a swirly, colorful disc)— “Hypnosis for Beginners Kit” in the lost and found! Anybody up for a little brain-bending fun?

**Quincy:** That sounds… uh… exhilarating and a little bit unsafe.

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**SCENE 2: THE HYPNOSIS EXPERIMENT**

*Quincy, Bev, Edie, Jade, and Roxie gather curiously as Trip waves the patterned disc.*

**Trip:** Let’s start with you, Jade! Watch the disc, and… focus…

*The colors swirl. Jade’s eyes go wide and glassy.*

**Trip:** (hypnotically) You are now a dog. Woof and chase your tail!

**Jade:** (instantly drops to all fours, pants, and wags imaginary tail) Woof! Woof! Ball? BALL?!

*The others laugh, but nervously.*

**Trip:** Okay, Roxie, your turn! Watch the disc…

*Roxie’s eyes go vacant.*

**Trip:** From now on, when you hear “fetch,” you will freeze until someone says “tennis ball.”

**Roxie:** (monotone) Got it.

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**SCENE 3: PRANKS ESCALATE**

*Trip struts away, giggling. The others recover, but Trip’s about to prank more...*

**Trip:** Bev, Edie, step right up!

*Both get the hypnotic swirl.*

**Trip:** When you wake up, you’ll believe you’re in each others’ bodies!*

*He snaps his hooves.*

**Bev (as Edie):** Oh, darling, I must flap my tail in the most dramatic of ways!

**Edie (as Bev):** (twisting into a shell) Did you know the square-cube law means I can be the slowest dancer ever?

*The two mirror each other’s usual quirks, but swapped. The rest gasp and giggle.*

**Trip:** And lastly, Quincy! Watch the disc…

*Quincy’s eyes swirl.*

**Trip:** You are now the most adventurous goat in Paw-Tucket. You’ll do all the daredevil stunts you usually avoid!

**Quincy:** (standing tall) Who needs stairs? I’ll somersault down the slide!

*He dashes off.*

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**SCENE 4: ABSURDITY ENSUES**

*Jade, barking, sniffs at everything.*

**Jade:** Why is everything so smelly? Smelly is amazing! Squirrel! (zips around excitedly)

*Roxie’s about to join in, but Trip yells:*

**Trip:** Go on, Roxie, fetch!

*Roxie freezes mid-step.*

**Roxie:** (completely still, one paw in the air)

**Bev (as Edie):** Quick, get the spotlight! This turtle can *so* pirouette!

**Edie (as Bev):** I feel… so… slow but… oddly flexible…

*Quincy balances on the hotel’s spiral banister, yelling:*

**Quincy:** Watch me jump through that hula hoop on a rolling barrel! Adventure awaits!

*Jade barks and chases her own tail. The lobby is chaos.*

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**SCENE 5: REVENGE BREWS**

*Trip leans back, munching popcorn.*

**Trip:** Maybe I should start my own comedy act—“Trip the Trickster!”

*Bev and Edie (still body swapped) huddle together. Jade, still dog-like, drools on Trip’s hoof. Quincy skydives out of the elevator basket (with confetti, safely). Roxie is still frozen.*

**Bev:** (quietly to Edie) We have to get Trip to break these spells—but how?

**Edie:** (whispers) We must, my shellacious friend. Let’s get some help.

*They conspire and, with Jade’s enhanced sniffing, find Trip’s “Hypnosis for Beginners” book in the recycling bin.*

**Bev:** It says here… everything can be reversed if we say the codewords backwards!

**Jade:** Grrr? Oh—let’s get Roxie first!

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**SCENE 6: THE PLAN UNLEASHED**

*Bev whispers to Jade. Jade barks loudly, getting Trip’s attention.*

**Trip:** Hey, what’s up, puppycat?

**Jade:** (still as a dog) Hey Trip! FEEEEETCH!

*Trip grins as Roxie freezes, but Jade leaps up, grabs the Hypno disc, and flips it to Edie (still in Bev’s body).*

**Edie:** (dramatically) The time for show-stopping action is now!

*Edie waves the disc at Trip while reciting backwards phrases and codewords.*

**Bev:** (chanting) Tennis ball! Fetch! Woof! Shell! Feather! Goatee!

*A swirl surrounds Trip. Suddenly, *Trip* freezes mid-chuckle.*

**Jade:** (as a cat again) Did it work?

**Roxie:** (unfrozen, stretches) What happened? I feel… like I missed something. Did I win?

*Suddenly, Trip wags his “tail,” pants, and starts trying to climb the couch back, barking.*

**Bev:** (giggling) Sorry, Trip, but you’re the dog now!

*Everyone laughs as Trip sniffs around, chases his own tail, and tries to bark menacingly at his own reflection.*

**Trip:** (doggy daze) Ruff! Ruff! (then, confused) What am I doing?

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**ENDING MONTAGE: BALANCE RESTORED**

*Everyone returns to normal after Edie reads the proper code words from the book. Trip is surrounded, as the others smirk.*

**Quincy:** Next time someone says “adventurous,” count me *out.*

**Edie:** I shall never dance in a shell again. (firmly)

**Bev:** Being dramatic with wings is way harder.

**Jade:** (catlike) If anyone wants to hypnotize me again, please remember: I have claws.

**Roxie:** And if *I* say “fetch,” it’s just for fun, not because I can’t move, okay?

*Trip, embarrassed, grins sheepishly.*

**Trip:** Guess the joke's on me, huh? Maybe I’ll stick with simple pranks—like… bubble wrap on Jade’s bed.

*Everyone groans and laughs as they chase Trip out of the lobby, teamwork and friendship reaffirmed.*

**END**

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