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Superdude vs Milkman at the Ice Cream Parlor
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Penny Lane drags her jittery friend Mark Cant to an ice cream parlor, where a suspiciously elderly waitress takes their order. When a leather-jacketed bully starts hassling Penny and calling Mark a tube, Mark excuses himself to the bathroom and bursts back as Superdude, reciting his powers alongside a fondness for stuffed animals and long-distance phone calls before sending the bully crawling. The waitress then drops her disguise to reveal Milkman, who smears ice cream across the hero's head; a girl pops up to explain that lactose intolerance leaves Superdude powerless against dairy. Milkman rolls out an ice cream catapult to finish the job, but Penny ends up wearing the giant scoop instead, and the recovered Superdude hurls Milkman up through the ceiling before closing with a pun about who pays for the mess.
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I also enjoy fluffy stuffed animals and soft kisses and chatting on the phone long distance.
That's Superdude, and I know you mispronounced it on purpose.
Well, I'll pay for the hole in the ceiling, but I'm afraid the ice cream's on you.
Script
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- 00:00
Penny Lane
They have the best ice cream here. Mark? What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you, Mark? You act like you're afraid of ice cream or something.
- 00:12
Mark Cant
Jeepers, Penny. No one's afraid of ice cream. Is that really?
- 00:18
Oh, hello,
- 00:20
Milkman
Oh, dears, can I be getting y'all some ice cream?
- 00:24
Mark Cant
No.
- 00:24
Penny Lane
Yes. I'll have an ice cream sundae, please.
- 00:26
Milkman
Oh, dear.
- 00:30
Bully
Hey, well, well, well. Well, if it isn't Penny Lane. Who's the tube?
- 00:36
Penny Lane
He's not a tube. This is my friend, Mark Kent.
- 00:38
Mark Cant
Pleased to make your acquaintance.
- 00:40
Bully
Oh. Get low.
- 00:42
Mark Cant
Hey, you leave Penny be.
- 00:44
Bully
Well, what are you gonna do about it, tube?
- 00:47
Mark Cant
Um, I have to go to the bathroom.
- 00:49
Bully
Oh, let me give you a hand. Come on.
- 00:51
Mark Cant
Thank you. All right. You are such a gentleman. All right. You know, you don't meet nice people like you anymore.
- 00:56
Bully
Yeah, I know. What's the world coming to? All right.
- 00:58
Penny Lane
Oh, big Jack, you're nothing but a bully!
- 01:03
Bully
How about a hug? Come on. Come on.
- 01:05
Wait. What?
- 01:06
Bully
Give me a hug.
- 01:22
Superdude
Hug this!
- 01:25
Penny Lane
Super Dude!
- 01:27
Superdude
That's right, I'm Super Superdude! The teenage superhero with powers far beyond those of idiots like this guy with a plunger on his face. I can fly through the air and I can bend things that are hard.
- 01:39
Superdude
I also enjoy fluffy stuffed animals and soft kisses and chatting on the phone long distance.
- 01:48
Bully
I don't care who you are. Superdude or no Superdude. You going down.
- 01:53
Yeah, now
- 02:11
Superdude
Now let me show you it's really done.
- 02:19
Bully
My bad. My bad. I see you.
- 02:23
Penny Lane
Let's hear it for Super Dude.
- 02:25
I should
- 02:29
Milkman
Let's not!
- 02:33
Superdude
Milkman, well, I should have known you make one ugly old woman.
- 02:37
Milkman
That's correct, Super Dupe.
- 02:41
Superdude
That's Super Dude, and I know you mispronounced it on purpose.
- 02:44
Milkman
Oh, yeah? Prove it.
- 02:46
Superdude
No, I think it's time to teach you a lesson.
- 02:49
Milkman
I think you're gonna have a hard time teaching me anything with this ice cream all over your head, Super Dude.
- 02:57
Penny Lane
Superdude, go after him!
- 02:59
The Explaining Girl
He can't! Superdude is lactose intolerant!
- 03:03
Penny Lane
Lactose intolerant? What's that?
- 03:05
The Explaining Girl
It means he can't handle dairy products, milk, cheese, yogurt, etc. Anything with milk in it can defeat his super strength!
- 03:13
Milkman
Especially ice cream! Look out, stupid dude!
- 03:31
Milkman
Now, just one more thing, it'll be goodbye forever, Super Dude!
- 03:37
Superdude
Milkman, um... can we just sit down and discuss our differences?
- 03:42
Milkman
No, when I fling this giant scoop of ice cream at your head, you will be finished forever! So long, Super Dude.
- 03:56
Superdude
For you, Milkman! Oh, this is for trying to harm me.
- 04:03
Milkman
Ow!
- 04:03
Superdude
This is for calling me names. And this is for getting Penny all messy. Enjoy your flight.
- 04:09
Superdude
Penny!
- 04:16
The Explaining Girl
Hit it! You're the Super Dude, even if you are lactose intolerant...
- 04:23
Superdude
Oh, Penny, Penny! Penny, are you okay?
- 04:31
Penny Lane
No. I prefer chocolate.
- 04:38
Who's gonna pay for all of this?
- 04:40
Superdude
Well, I'll pay for the hole in the ceiling, but I'm afraid the ice cream's on you.
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