Look at this place [noting the abandoned city]
Sure, these farmers must be rollin' in-
Kevin! [a little ticked]
I was gonna say dough.
“Fool's Gold” · Season 3, Episode 4
In this episode: Kevin Levin (12), Gwen Tennyson (11), Orb (7), Ben Tennyson (5), Big Chill (3), Echo Echo (2)
Kevin, are you avoiding me?
Nah. I just love hanging out with your cousin.
Busted at Spring Break. Yeah, I've been there.
MCMayor Coleman
Okay, you got us. Every 17 years we make some popcorn and shovel up the gold. Our entire economy is based on alien...
(cough) Poop.
Wrong on so many levels. (rolls her eyes)
Two spaceships left. One is yours. The other one must be Decka's.
He's still here!
See?! This is why everybody hates Politicians!
(about Decka) Don't hurt him! He's still my best friend!
We'll try.
She'll try. I'm not promising anything.
My people can't eat meat or we revert into our primal form - a mindless monster.
Can we change him back?
Don't have to. He'll only stay in that form as long as he keeps eating.
So... good news.
(dubiously) Sure. Give us the rest of it.
The thing is, this form is only the beginning. He's going to consume all the meat he can find. Then when he's enriched enough fissionable material, he's going to reproduce!
Meaning…
He's going to split in a hundred identical copies! Then they'll go off and eat everything they can find!
How many times can he do that?
Ever wonder what happened to Mars? It used to be called "the Popcorn Planet."
Gold is what happens when we eat popcorn. In that form, his waste is uranium 1412.
Unstable radioactive poop?
Yes, so whatever you do, don't step in the uranium!
Are you hurt?
(sarcastically) No, I like being blown up.
[Gwen annoyingly drops him]
I thought he was going to look for meat. He's at the power plant.
Ooh. Bad. [Monster Decka reaches the power plant and starts absorbing its power] He's absorbing the power! Once he's got enough energy, he's going to divide!
[Monster Decka picks up the Echo Echoes and starts eating them]
Bite me! Bite me! Bite me! Bite me!
The Echo Echoes are made of silicon.
Do you have any other ideas?
Yes. Evacuate the planet.
(vomited up by Decka) That was different.
Got greedy huh? Decided to have your own personal Goldmaker? (laughs) Make... (chuckles) I'm funny.
I don't get it.
Like make a #2?
What? Don't step on the gold?
Gold is what happens when we eat popcorn. In that form, his waste is uranium 1412.
Unstable radioactive poop?
Yes, so whatever you do,
Who-a-a-a!
Are you hurt?
No. I like being blown up. Whoa! Ugh!
I thought he was going to look for meat. He's at the power plant.
Ooh, bad. He's absorbing the power! Once he's got enough energy, he's going to divide!
Got an idea.
We cut off the power, but it's still hungry! Now what?
Get me close enough to talk to him! Maybe I can reason with him! Decka, it's me, Orb! I know you're in there. This isn't you! The meat has poisoned your mind. I know my best friend is inside fighting to take control. Please fight it. Fight it, and we can go home! Hey!
Do you have any other ideas?
Yes. Evacuate the planet.
Your species isn't supposed to eat meat. What else can't you eat?
Uh, some heavy metals, lanthanides, flourine, silicon, chicken nuggets...
Back up. What about silicon?
Silicon? It's poisonous.
Okay. Whatever happens, stay back.
Echo Echo! Come on! Bite me!
Oh, no!
Bite me! Bite me! Bite me!
The Echo Echoes are made of silicon.
That was different.
TTogheter
Ew!
[to Decka] You're going to be fine.
Sorry that this happened. We'll make sure the mayor is punished.
DDecka
[irritated] Your whole worthless planet should be punished! Come on, Orb. [he and Orb get into their pod ships; to Mayor Coleman] I am telling everyone. We are never coming back to this dump again!
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