Double Trouble

Cyborg is running through a jungle as Beast Boy in the form of a T-Rex pursues him. He ultimately catches Cyborg, then begins to chew him.

CYBORG:

Aah! Let me out! It stinks in here!

Beast Boy spits him out. He transforms back into his normal self again. Cyborg lies on the ground, severely injured. Beast Boy laughs.

BEAST BOY:

You lose again, Chrome Dome.

Cyborg splashes Beast Boy with water. He screws his wrist back on.

CYBORG:

I hate this game. Can we please do something else?

BEAST BOY:

Sorry, dude. It's my turn to choose and I wanna play Cavemen and Dinosaurs.

CYBORG:

Easy for you to say. I don't wanna get eaten anymore.

BEAST BOY:

Then you better start running. Because you've got thirty seconds!

Cyborg instantly bolts off.

BEAST BOY:

One Mesozoic, two Mesozoic, three Mesozoic...

Cyborg panics as he tries to find a hiding place.

CYBORG:

I don't want to...I don't want anymore... I don't want anymore...

Cyborg jumps into a shrub.

At Titans Tower, Raven enters the bathroom and notices her breath smells foul. She immediately grabs her toothbrush and uses her telekinesis to open the cupboard, only to be greeted with Cyborg cramped inside.

CYBORG:

Hi!

RAVEN:

Dare I even ask?

CYBORG:

I'm hiding from Beast Boy so I don't have to play Cavemen and Dinosaurs.

RAVEN:

Uh-huh. Could you hand me the toothpaste?

CYBORG:

Oh, yeah. Sure.

Cyborg's arm reaches behind him and he grabs the toothpaste, but fails to hold it steadily and squirts it onto Raven. He then slides from the inside of the cabinet and falls on top of her. Raven uses her dark magic to remove Cyborg from her.

CYBORG:

Look, you've got to help me. This game is gonna be the death of me.

RAVEN:

Sorry, I've got better things to do. Like restock the toothpaste. Azarath Metrion Zinthos!

Raven duplicates the toothpaste.

CYBORG:

Wish you could make two of me, then I wouldn't have to play... Wait a second!

RAVEN:

No!

CYBORG:

Oh come on, Raven! Please. Please. Please!

Raven screeches at Cyborg. Starfire and Robin appear.

STARFIRE:

What is all the locomotion about?

RAVEN:

Cyborg wants me to create a magical double of him.

CYBORG:

And then I can make him play with Beast Boy.

ROBIN:

Magic is a powerful tool not to be used for petty reasons.

As Robin saunters past Cyborg, he seizes one of the pizza boxes Robin was holding, only to discover there is only one slice left.

CYBORG:

Hm. Then could you at least duplicate this last slice of pizza so I can drown my sorrows in food?

RAVEN:

Fine. Azarath Metrion Zinthos!

Just before Raven finishes, Cyborg tricks her into duplicating him instead.

CYBORGs (in unison):

Boo-yah!

The Cyborgs do a handshake.

ROBIN:

Oh, brother.

Beast Boy slides from behind the couch and grabs a pizza slice, when he realises there are two Cyborgs.

BEAST BOY:

Whoa. What?

Beast Boy scatters over to the two Cyborgs.

CYBORG:

Beast Boy, allow me to introduce you to myself, Cyborg. He's an exact replica of me.

CYBORG'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

What's up, beast man?

BEAST BOY:

Exact replica, huh? I'll be the judge of that.

Setting switches into game show.

BEAST BOY:

What's your favourite food?

Cyborg's magical double presses his buzzer first.

CYBORG'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

Pizza. Duh.

BEAST BOY:

What's your favourite video game?

Again, Cyborg is frustratingly beat by his magical double.

CYBORG'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

Invasion of the Bubblebots 2.

BEAST BOY:

Who would win a fight, a ninja or a mermaid?

Cyborg is beat to it again.

CYBORG'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

Neither, being natural allies they would team up to defeat the evil kung-fu bird-people.

The setting turns transforms back into the Titan's living room.

BEAST BOY:

You are an exact replica of Cyborg. Huh. Do you like dinosaurs?

CYBORG:

Uh, yeah!

BEAST BOY:

Awesome!

Beast Boy and Cyborg's Magical Double bolt off.

CYBORG:

Ha! It worked. Why? Cause I'm a genius! Yes I'm a genius! I am a genie in a bottle I'm a genius!

Cyborg leisurely enters his room.

CYBORG:

Finally, I can relax.

Cyborg lies down.

CYBORG:

Okay, I'm bored.

Cyborg sluggishly walks down the corridor past Beastie's room. Beast Boy is heard laughing.

BEAST BOY:

Oh man, you stink. I thought you were good at this game, dude.

Cyborg falls back to see his magical double and Beast Boy playing a video game. Cyborg's Magical Double laughs.

CYBORG'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

So did I. I thought I was, but I'm just awful.

Cyborg enters the room.

CYBORG:

I thought you guys were playing Caveman and Dinosaurs.

BEAST BOY:

We got sick of it, so now we're playing Invasion of the Bubblebots 2.

Beast Boy grunts.

CYBORG:

Ooh, cool. Can I play?

BEAST BOY:

Sorry, bro. We only have two controllers.

CYBORG'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

Yeah, sorry bro.

CYBORG:

That's okay. I didn't feel like playing my favourite video game in the whole wide world anyway.

Cyborg abruptly hangs his head, and, upset, backs out of the room. He then peeks from around the corner to see if they noticed, but then gets upset again.

Cyborg lands on the living room floor next to Raven, whom is currently meditating. He sighs sadly to get her attention. She ignores him. He then moans loudly.

RAVEN:

What is it?

CYBORG:

Oh, it's just... Beast Boy and my double are, like, best friends now.

RAVEN:

And you want sympathy from me?

CYBORG:

You are the one who cast the spell.

RAVEN:

You tricked me into casting it. It's your fault you lost your best friend.

Cyborg sighs sadly again, then does it louder to attract Raven's attention.

RAVEN:

What?!

CYBORG:

Well, since I need a new best friend I thought maybe you could make a magical double of Beast Boy.

RAVEN:

You're unbelievable.

CYBORG:

Okay. Then could you at least duplicate this controller so I can play video games with them?

RAVEN:

Fine. Azarath Metrion Zinthos!

Before Raven's spell hits the controller, Cyborg brings out a mirror that reflects the spell.

CYBORG:

Sike!

The spell ricochets all over the place. It reaches and duplicates a sandwich Robin is having right before he puts it in his mouth, thus he struggles when he tries to eat it. It rebounds back into the living room then into the bathroom where Starfire is blowdrying and brushing her hair. The spell duplicates the blowdryer and causes Starfire to be blown a lot more. It then once again returns to the living room. Cyborg runs off, Raven following him, and follows the spell down the corridor. Finally the spell reaches Beast Boy's room. Cyborg and Raven rush there to see Beast Boy has finally been duplicated. The original Beast Boy is napping. He merely wakes up to see Cyborg and Raven.

BEAST BOY:

Hey, what's up?

Beast Boy then realises he's facing another Beast Boy. They both scream in unison.

BEAST BOY:

You're me.

BEAST BOY'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

Correction. I'm you.

The Beast Boys observe each other up close. They then both transform into a cat, an elephant, a rabbit, a beaver, a toucan, then back to their normal selves. They high-five.

BEAST BOYS (in unison):

Awesome!

Robin and Starfire appear from behind Cyborg and Raven. Starfire gasps. Robin facepalms.

ROBIN:

You have got to be kidding me.

CYBORG:

This is great! Now I have a new best friend.

Cyborg grabs Beast Boy's magical double.

CYBORG:

Right, Beast Boy?

'CYBORG'S'MAGICAL DOUBLE:

Whoa! You're a magical double? Just like me?

Cyborg's Magical Double grabs Beast Boy's Magical Double from Cyborg.

BEAST BOY'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

Okay.

Cyborg takes Beast Boy's Magical Double back.

CYBORG:

No, wait! We're supposed to be best friends!

Beast Boy's Magical Double jumps down.

BEAST BOY'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

Sorry, Cyborg. I just have more in common with Cyborg. Later.

Cyborg and Beast Boy's Magical Double walk off.

CYBORG:

But...aww.

BEAST BOY:

Good going, Cy. Now neither one of us has a best friend.

STARFIRE:

Perhaps the two of you could just be best friends again.

CYBORG:

Yeah.

BEAST BOY:

This guy?

CYBORG:

As if.

BEAST BOY:

Not.

CYBORG:

Wanna get something to eat?

BEAST BOY:

Sure.

Cyborg and Beast Boy walk past Robin and Raven.

ROBIN:

So there are four of them now, huh?

RAVEN:

I don't wanna talk about it.

Cyborg and Beast Boy are walking into the kitchen.

CYBORG:

I'm starving.

BEAST BOY:

I left a big bag of tofu chips right here on the...table.

The bag of chips that Beast Boy had left is empty.

CYBORG:

Looks like someone beat us to it.

Cyborg opens the freezer door.

CYBORG:

Don't worry. We've still got a tub of ice...crud!

Cyborg removes the lid of the ice cream tub to reveal it is also empty.

CYBORG'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

Thanks for the snacks.

Cyborg and Beast Boy's Magical Doubles both belch loudly as they walk past. Afterwards they laugh.

BEAST BOY'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

You're the best.

Cyborg jumps up in frustration.

CYBORG:

The worst part is they put the tub back in the freezer even though its empty! I mean who does that?!

BEAST BOY:

Us apparently.

Cyborg and Beast Boy walk back into Beast Boy's room.

CYBORG:

Forget the snacks. We'll just play some video games.

Cyborg and Beast Boy are dismayed to see their magical doubles already occupying the console. Beast Boy's double presses the controller so hard that he busts it. He then hands it to Beastie.

BEAST BOY:

Aw, man. You busted the controller.

Cyborg holds a ice cream-covered controller by the lead.

CYBORG:

And this one's covered in ice-cream. Ew. I mean, mmm.

Cyborg licks the ice cream. Him and Beastie's magical doubles walk off, laughing.

BEAST BOY:

Are we really that annoying?

Raven, who is reading, and Robin, who is holding a box, walk down the corridor

RAVEN:

In a word, yes.

ROBIN:

Now you know how we feel.

Setting switches to the living room.

ROBIN:

Now then. [clears throat] All in favour of kicking the magical doubles out of Titans Tower and letting them fend for themselves on the mean streets of Jump City, raise your hand.

The Titans raise their hands.

CYBORG'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

All opposed.

Cyborg and Beast Boy's Magical Doubles both raise their hands.

BEAST BOY:

Looks like you lose.

CYBORG'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

Look again, bro.

To the Titans' surprise, there is a complete line of other magical doubles that also have their hands raised.

BEAST BOY:

No way.

RAVEN:

I didn't do it.

BEAST BOY'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

We found Raven's spell book and figured out how to cast the spell ourselves.

Beast Boy's Double creates another pair of magical doubles using the spell.

CYBORG'S MAGICAL DOUBLE:

All in favour of kicking out every non-magical double?

All the magical doubles raise their hands.

The magical doubles close the doors of the Titans' home on them. They stand in front of their tower with their bags.

RAVEN:

I'll actually kinda miss that place.

ROBIN:

We shared lots of good memories there.

BEAST BOY:

We sure...wait. I don't really have any memories in the tower.

CYBORG:

Me neither. Come to think if it, I don't remember a single thing before a couple of months ago.

ROBIN:

How could that be?

Starfire:

Unless.

Setting changes to an apartment in Jump City.

Cyborg:

So you're saying you think Beast Boy and me are magical doubles too?

Robin:

Yep. I checked Cyborg's credit card statement and tracked his pizza deliveries to this apartment.

Beast Boy:

Then the real deal should be in there!

Beast Boy transforms into a dog and points to a door opposite from Robin. Cyborg corrects and turns him around. He then turns back to normal.

Male #1:

Help me! Help me! I'm dying!

Robin

Titans go!

Robin smacks into the door and slides onto the floor. Raven instead telekinetically opens the door and lifts Robin up from the ground. The titans all enter the room, only to see its messy and filled with mountains of pizza boxes. Behind the boxes are an overweight Cyborg and Beast Boy playing video games.

Original Cyborg:

Help me. Help me. I'm dying.

Original Beast Boy:

You've got five lives left, man. No big deal.

The Titans approach their obese teammates.

Robin:

Do you mind explaining yourselves?

Original Cyborg:

Sure, just let us clear this level.

Robin:

Now!

Robin throws a birdarang at the television, cracking the screen. Cyborg and Beast Boy drop their controllers.

Original Cyborg:

Okay, sheesh. We found Raven's spell book and figured out how to duplicate ourselves.

Original Beast Boy:

So, yeah, we decided to take a little vacay and let our doubles take our place, man.

Original Beast Boy dons sunglasses.

Starfire:

All of this time we have been living with magical doubles?

Original Cyborg farts.

Original Cyborg:

Yup.

Robin:

Well, thanks to you two clowns the tower is now overrun with doubles.

Original Beast Boy:

We thought that might happen.

Original Cyborg:

Which is why we have a contingency plan.

Cyborg brings out a pad with a button. Him and Beast Boy both place their hands on it.

Back at Titans Tower, the magical doubles are partying hard. It is not before long that the tower flies up into space and is replaced with a new one. Setting switches back to Cyborg and Beast Boy's filthy apartment.

Starfire:

So what is to become of these two magical doubles?

Cyborg:

Don't worry about us. We've seen the error of our ways and we're committed to becoming better people. We're gonna be hobos!

Beast Boy:

Ride the rails, that sort of thing. So long, Titans.

Beast Boy transforms into a big bird. Cyborg mounts him and they break through the wall and fly out of sight.

Robin:

Wait! Can't you take these two with you?

Original Beast Boy:

Dude, I ain't getting up.

Original Cyborg: