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¶ OK K.O. ¶
¶ You fight till the end ¶
¶ You are my best friend ¶
¶ Let's be heroes ¶
¶ OK K.O. ¶
¶ Let's start the show ¶
Ready...
Aim...
Action.
[ Pew! ] [ Gasps ]
Score! [ Pew! Pew! Pew! ]
Thanks again for coming in to help stock shelves, Red.
Yeah! It's nice to have a helping hand cannon
on Rad's day off.
[ Chomp! ]
[ Lasers fire ] Whoa-ho-ho!
Mind topping off this end-cap display, Red?
On it.
[ Pew! ]
Whoa! Eee...
[ Gasps ] Look out!
[ Sizzling ]
[ Laughter ]
Enid: Your hand cannon seems like it pulls a little to the right, Red.
[ Chuckling ] Yeah.
Remind me to aim to the left in the future.
Heh...yeah. The future.
This chip is my new best chip.
Thinly sliced neutral zone potatoes coated in two --
two layers of premium laser goodness,
guaranteed to zap your taste buds!
[ Humming, chewing ] You shouldn't get attached to those chips, K.O.
They're probably just a limited edition.
But they're so good! I love them.
Wait! Red Action, you're from the future.
Did you ever see these chips there?
Let me see. [ Beeping ]
My Hue Troop Communicator?
Yellow Technique?
Red Action. This is an emergency.
It's time for you to return to 301X.
We are facing our greatest threat...
Enid, who's that?
That's Yellow Technique from Red's old team,
the Hue Troopers.
Something must be up if she's calling
all the way from the future.
So? You'll come back and fight?
Mm... I kind of got plans today.
Plans!? What "plans" could possibly be more important
than the ultimate battle for the universe?
Both: The ultimate battle for the universe?
[ Screech! ] We are so in.
-Yeah! -How about it, Yellow?
Can they come, too?
[ Scoffs ] Of course not!
If people from the past learn too much about the future,
it can completely change the timeline.
Just come, okay?
Alone.
Sounds pretty serious.
Yeah, but I'd hate to bail on our plans.
So don't -- ...worry about us!
Ha... We'll be fine.
Hanging out here is fun and all,
but this is probably more important.
You should go.
Alright. If you insist.
[ Gauntlet beeps ]
I'll be back before you know it.
Oh, I'll find out if they still make
Double Dip Laser Chips in the future, alright?
I sure hope so.
Let's get back to shelving.
So, Enid, when do you think Red Action's gonna be back?
It sounded like a big mission.
I'm sure as long as we're patient everything's gonna be --
Red: [ Groaning ] She's back!
Red? [ Groans ] Hey, guys.
You're all beat up.
How was your super epic battle for the universe?
Pfft. "Epic"? More like stupid.
This war has been going on for months, and I hate it.
[ Chewing loudly ] Months?
You've already been in the future for months?
Mm-hmm. I can't believe I let the Hue Troop
rope my dumb butt into this.
Blue: Red Action!
I better see that butt on the field in five
or so help me, I'll drag it out myself.
Oh! Hello, Enid.
Hey, Blue Power. How's the troop?
So kind of you to ask.
Black and Green are -- Oh!
Hue Troop, eliminate!
[ Pew! ] [ Crash! ]
Well, you heard her.
Hey, I told you, it's cool.
Go do your whole save-the-universe thing.
I'm not even worried about it.
Really? Cool!
I'll be back as soon as this is over with Laser Chips.
It'll be great. [ Metal tapping ]
[ Sighs ] Don't worry, Enid.
I'm sure she'll find the chips soon.
I'm not worried about the chips, K.O.
I...I'm worried that, like...
what if while Red is off fighting this battle
for the universe, she grows up
and forgets all about... you know, us?
Then why did you tell her to go?
I was afraid that if I got in the way
of her time travel stuff, she wouldn't hang out with us...
just like she isn't now. Ahh!
[ Sighs ] I should have just been honest, huh?
Red: Oh, thank Cob!
I was hoping I left this blaster here!
It's been a crazy couple of years.
We'll talk soon.
Now is your chance, Enid!
R-Red! Wait up!
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[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Grunts ]
Oof! I thought I was right behind her.
Where am I?
It's totally messed up.
[ Pulsating ] Whoa!
Man, chill out, Enid.
There's nothing scary about the future --
Whoa! Ow!
Oh, my gosh. I-I'm so sorry.
[ Gasps ] Yellow Technique?
Enid. What are you doing here?
Looking for Red.
And why'd you try to plasma blast me?
I thought you were one of the grunts
working for those giant borgs.
Giant borgs?
[ Crash ] [ Gasps ]
They're the reason we're still fighting.
They destroyed this place,
and they want to destroy the Hue Troop, too.
Not today, they won't.
[ Grunts ]
[ Confused grunt ]
You okay? I'll be fine.
But I got separated from Red Action a while ago.
For all I know, she might be gone.
Gone?
Evil borgs took over everything, and now...
I'll never see Red again?
Hey, Tin-for-Brains!
Oh! Never mind.
You lookin' for some action?
Red! I need to talk to y--
Don't distract her, you buffoon.
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Eat plasma, nerd.
Whoo!
[ Force field clangs ]
Huh? Oh, I get it.
You got some kind of force field, huh?
Guess I just gotta smash it!
[ Force field tinging ] Urghh.
Break already.
The force field absorbs plasma.
Red!
Huh?
[ Grunting ]
Red!
Ugh. Enid? What are you doing here?
Never mind that. How do we beat this thing?
That dumb force field keeps absorbing my plasma,
but I don't know what else to blast at 'em!
[ Sighs ] I know.
Blast me at 'em instead.
Huh?
Load me up, Red.
Heh! You always were a thrill-seeker, Enid...
just like me.
You ready? Ready.
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How's my aim?
You're off. A little to the left.
Think you can make the shot?
I don't think.
I just do!
Hi-ya!
[ Screams ]
Unh.
Ha-ha, it worked!
Yeah, but if it hadn't,
that thing would've wiped us out.
Well, sure.
If you want to be, like, a total bummer about it.
Since when were you so serious about all this future stuff?
"Since when"? Look around, Enid.
I know you're trying to help, but this war
is the Hue Troop's responsibility, not yours.
Go back to 201X.
You're kicking me out?
Wait, Red, I actually came all this way to tell you I --
Tell me what?! [ Gasps ]
[ Sighs ] Nothing.
I guess I'm not cool enough to hang with
the all-important Hue Troop anymore.
Oh, well. Later, jerks.
Enid! How'd it go with Red Action?
[ Bell tolls ] I called her a jerk, K.O.
What?! I-I-I thought you wanted her to come back.
I do! But...a lot of stuff happened, okay?
I-I couldn't think straight. [ Sighs ]
And now she'll probably never want to see me again.
Oh...whipple dip dip.
[ Sighs ] I'm gonna miss those chips.
[ Warble! ] [ Gasps ] Enid! Look!
Wha--
[ Tapping on floor ]
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Whoa!
R-Red Action?
Enid! I'm so happy to see you! Oh, man.
Remember when I shot you at that giant borg
and we totally wrecked it?
It turns out their weakness was organic matter all along.
Like, I can't believe none of us ever tried punching
or kicking those things until then.
We were able to save the universe because of you, Enid. [ Twinkle! ]
It...kind of took a decade or so, obviously,
but look at all these medals I got!
I got this one for destroying 10,000 borgs in 0.2 seconds,
and I got this one for protecting 20,000 civilians
in 0.1 second, and I don't remember what this one means,
but it looks cool as heck.
That's amazing, Red.
You really went off and had this whole life...and -- and stuff.
[ Laughing ] Yeah.
I'm sorry it took me so long to come visit.
After I kicked you out of the future like that,
it just -- it never felt like the right time.
Forgive me?
Actually, I owe you an apology, too, Red.
Everything you've done in the future is incredible,
but I-I wish you'd stayed here, in the present.
Every time I tried to tell you, though, I-I chickened out.
I didn't want you to feel like I was some annoying,
clingy nerd.
Oh, Enid.
But now I know that wasn't fair to either to us.
Maybe if I'd been honest before you left,
we could have been together for years.
But, hey, I'm grateful for the time we did have, you know?
Me too. I'm glad I got to see you guys...one last time.
Oh, yeah. You should get going, huh?
I bet you got a bunch more future battles to win and stuff.
Yeah, I got to do some war hero junk at, like, Space Congress.
Thanks for the fun times, Enid.
Thank you, too, K.O, for, uh...being here.
I'm always here.
Well, see ya.
Uh... M-- Mm--
[ Sighs ]
Psych!
Red? [ Laughing ] You came back!
I never left.
[ Boing! ] Wait, what?
I thought you were gone for good.
And, like, way older.
Nahhh. I totally changed that timeline.
My future self dropped by earlier
and told me how I was gonna win the ultimate battle
for the universe, but I should wait
'til I'm older to go back to the future.
I guess she always wished she'd spent her youth here
before going full war hero.
So, I did her a solid and changed her past
by staying in 201X.
In fact, you were there the whole time.
I guess I remember that now.
Me too.
So, all that stuff today happened and didn't happen?
Plus I got new shoes!
Cool, right?
This time stuff's weird. I don't know.
I feel pretty good about it. [ Tinking! ]
Oh, yeah. My future self told me one more thing before she left.
Turns out they will eventually stop making [ Air pumping ]
Double Dip Laser Chips... [ Fizzle! ]
because they'll start making Triple Dip Laser Chips!
Yes!
[ Chomp! ] Huh.
I guess some things actually do get better with time.
I guess...if you're a nerd.
Psych. [ Both laugh ]
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¶ Isn't it amazing when you know? ¶