BULK AND SKULL

BULK & SKULL

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Bulk and Skull are walking down the halls of Angel Grove High School, when Bulk spots a confrontation between Jason and Tommy. Bulk tells Skull to check it out. Oblivious, Skull glances in every direction but down the hall. Bulk grabs Skull's hair and turns his head in the right direction. Right there! Jason is yelling at Tommy - man, you're the one who shows off! Bulk suggests to Skull that they have a little fun. With wicked grins, Bulk and Skull head over. Jason threatens Tommy, you better stay out of my way! Trini calmly suggests they sit down and talk about this. I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding. Bulk gets behind Jason and suggests, of course, you can always settle this like men. Bulk holds up his fist to emphasize the point. Skull repeats, yeah, like men. Kimberly tries to shoo them away. Come on guys, just stay out of this. Kimberly makes shooing motions with her hand. Tommy replies, hey I'm game for it. Right here, right now! Skull and Bulk exchange excited looks as Jason and Tommy move out into the middle of the hall. Suddenly all the students can hear Miss Appleby's voice. What is going on here?! Bulk quickly grabs Jason in a bear hug, but Jason breaks out of it. The students part as Miss Appleby makes her way towards them. Bulk tells Miss Appleby that they were just trying to break these two up. Things were starting to get a little ugly. Miss Appleby finds that hard to believe. Kimberly steps forward and states, Tommy and Jason were just practicing their moves for their karate class. Trini backs up Kimberly's story. Miss Appleby tells them, the hallway is not the place. I am surprised. You two should know better than that. Miss Appleby walks away and the students scatter. Bulk and Skull had managed to convince Jason and Tommy to have their fight at the Youth Center after school. A rough crowd has lined up inside the Youth Center. Bulk and Skull are selling tickets to the fight of the century. Bulk asks Skull, how much money do we have? Skull has lost count. Bulk asks, how much did we have before you lost count? Skull thinks for a moment. A dollar. Bulk is in high spirits and simply shakes his head at Skull's answer. He tells Skull, you're worthless. Do you know that? An eager customer, with lots of money, asks if he can get twenty tickets. Bulk gladly gives him twenty tickets and the customer walks away very happy. Bulk hits on the next customer, asking her if she comes here often. The crowd at the Youth Center gets very rowdy, as they are eager for the match to begin. Bulk and Skull try their best to hold them back. Skull yells at the crowd to be quiet. Bulk walks over to Tommy and Jason and tells them, the only rule is there are no rules. Last one standing wins. Go to your corners, come out fighting. Tommy and Jason go to their corners as Skull enthusiastically rings the bell to start the match. The crowd chants, fight as Jason and Tommy circle each other in fight positions. Zack, Trini, Kimberly, and Billy managed to get through the crowd and stand in front in disbelief. Trini tells them, guys, this is terrible. Billy adds, this confrontation could have disastrous results. Kimberly states, we got to do something. Zack steps into the middle of Tommy and Jason. Bulk and Skull quickly walk up to Zack, as Bulk asks him, what are you doing dweeb? Zack tells Tommy and Jason, this has gone way too far. Why don't you guys shake hands, and forget it ever happen, alright? Jason replies, no way Zack. I'm going to finish this now! Zack tries again. Remember what you always tell your students in class? Don't fight. Not unless it's the only way to work things out. Tommy tells Zack to get out of their way. It's time to take care of this once and for all. Bulk adds, you heard what they said. Either buy a ticket or hit the road. Zack reluctantly walks away and joins Kimberly, Billy, and Trini. Jason pushes Bulk out of the way, eager to take down Tommy. Bulk doesn't get mad. He cheers them on. Kimberly, Zack, Billy, and Trini watch the match in dismay. The crowd continues to chant fight as Tommy and Jason face each other. Bulk and Skull urge the two to fight as Trini shoots them a disapproving glance. Suddenly Zack's communicator goes off. Zack comments, saved by the beep. Zack gets between Tommy and Jason once more. He points to his wrist as he tells them, it's time to go. Neither Tommy or Jason moves. Zack yells, it's time to go! Jason states, this is going to have to wait. Tommy agrees, but we will finish this later. Zack pushes Tommy ahead of him and Jason follows his friends out. Bulk tries to stop them, but they ignore him. A person yanks Bulk around and asks, hey, where's the fight? Bulk replies, it's been delayed. Just hold on to those tickets and....suddenly Bulk and Skull ran out of the Youth Center with the angry mob right behind them. Bulk and Skull were unaware that Jason and Tommy had been under a spell, which they managed to break. Much later, Jason and Tommy were back at the Youth Center, teaching their karate class. Jason dismisses the class for a break as Bulk and Skull stumble into the Youth Center and head straight for Jason and Tommy. Noticing the torn clothing, Tommy asks, what happened to you guys or is this your new style? Jason chuckles. Bulk replies, very funny. You owe us a fight. Jason tells them, sorry guys. Can't help you. Bulk tells them, maybe you didn't hear me. You're going to fight. And you're going to do it now! Skull has to prop up his arm to point at Jason and Tommy as he repeats, you're going to fight! And you're going to fight now! Bulk tells Skull to shut up. Bulk and Skull try to strike Jason and Tommy. Jason and Tommy simply lean back and avoid being hit. Instead Bulk and Skull's fists hit each other. They both cry out in pain and fall to the floor. The class, along with Billy, Kimberly, Trini, and Zack laugh. Jason uses this example to point out to his class, that there is always a better way than fighting. The class applauds.

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