[Sid and Stinky notice Harold and Patty at the ice cream parlor]
Hey, Stinky, come over here and tell me what I'm looking at.
SStinky
Well, I'd say it looks like Harold. Only it can't be Harold. On the count he's single with a girl.
It is Harold. And it's not just a girl, it's Big Patty.
SStinky
You reckon he snapped his cap?
He must've, Stinky. What other explanation could there be?
Am I whacked, or did Stinky and me see you with Big Patty at the ice cream parlor?
Her name's Patty! So what if I was?
I thought you didn't like girls anyway.
I don't. I mean, they're okay. What's the big deal anyways?
SStinky
Well, it's no big deal if you got a crush on a girl, Harold. But who would've thought you'd get one on Big Patty?
[both laughing]
Cut it out. I do not have a crush on her. I don't even really like her. I was just doing her a favor by hanging out with her. I probably won't even see her again.
Okay, Harold. You don't have to get all mad about it.
[laughing]
Stop it or I'll pound ya!
SStinky
Hey, Harold. You wanna have lunch with me and Sid?
I was kinda supposed to meet somebody.
SStinky
It's not your girlfriend Big Patty, is it?
[both laughing]
SSSid and Stinky
[teasing] Harold and Patty!
Shut up! It's not Patty! Why would I be having lunch with her? And she's not my girlfriend.
I bet Rhonda thinks I'm a geek because I'm fat and loud and OBNOXIOUS!
And I'll bet she thinks I'm a geek 'cause my dad cuts my hair with a bowl!
I bet she thinks I'm a geek because of my huge nose!
SStinky
It's not that huge, Sid.
Thanks, Stinky, but you're just saying that because you've got the biggest honker in the whole city. No offence.
SStinky
He's sure gonna be surprised.
Hey, guys, what are you doing here?
[giggles] We're all gonna moon Principal Wartz.
SStinky
It was Harold's brilliant idea.
SStinky
It's all the rage.
All the Junior High Kids are doing it.
It sounds great, guys, but I think I'll pass.
Oh, you're just a chicken.
I am not chicken, Harold. It's just not such a good idea.
That's because you are a weenie. You don't have the guts, is all.
Yeah, you just don't have the guts.
Shh, shh. [heard Principal Wartz coming out of his office] Here he comes. Get ready on three. [Harold, Stinky, and Sid put on some masks and turn around] One...
Are you really gonna go through this?
Shh! Two... [they unzip and grab their pants, Principal Wartz walks down the hallway] Three! [everyone except Arnold bends over]
What the — What is this? [puts on his glasses and sees Harold, Stinky, and Sid mooning him] Oh, my! Whoa! [Harold, Stinky, and Sid pull up their pants, and run down the hallway laughing] Come back here, ya hooligans! [Harold, Stinky, and Sid ran out of the school and Principal Wartz was panting] You won't get away with this. [to Arnold] You there! Where do you think you are going, Young Man?
Hey, Arnold. You didn't tell on us, did you?
What did Wartz do to you?
He gave me four weeks detention.
SStinky
But you didn't even do anything.
You better not rat on us, Arnold! 'Cause you know what will happen if you do!
SStinky
You think maybe it ain't fair for Arnold to take the blame for what we did?
You mean like, maybe we should go tell Wartz that we're the ones who mooned him, and get Arnold off the hook.
[jumps out of frustration] No, no, no! Arnold got caught; that's his fault, not ours. We got away with what we did, and that is all that counts. Nobody is going into Wartz's office and telling him what we did. Nobody! You got it?
I guess there's no sense in all three of us getting detention.
SStinky
Hmm. I guess you're right, Harold. You figure he'll crack and spill the beans?
SStinky
I reckon this will go on his permanent record.
I don't know if I could take the pressure.
SStinky
What do you bet he cracks and rats us all out?
Don't worry. Arnold's not a snitch. He won't rat.
SStinky
I don't know, Harold...
I'm telling you, he won't rat! [to Arnold] Did you rat?
No, Harold, I didn't rat.
Well, you'd better not, 'cause if you do, you know what will happen.
That's right, I'll pound you.
I will, Arnold. You can believe me! [stutters] You know what, I'll pound you so good that you'll be sorry!
Young Man, I hold here in my hand your Permanent Record. Now you still have a chance to save yourself. Just tell me who the real mooners are. Tell me their names, and I won't have to enter this terrible black mark on your Record.
[to Arnold] You understand that your Permanent Record will follow you all the way to Junior High?
And you still won't tell.
Then, you leave me no choice.
I did it, it was me! I'm sorry, Arnold is completely innocent. I'm the mooner. I am the mooner! [sobs]
SStinky
I am guilty, too. [sobs]
And me! We all did it together. [sobs]
SStinky
Arnold had nothing to do with it.
Oh, he was just a pawn in a horrible, twisted prank!
He's a saint. He's a saint. [Arnold smiles]
Well, Young Man, I suppose this lets you off the hook... [closes the top of the permanent black marker] ...for now.
I had to do it. I just couldn't live with the guilt.
It's gonna go on your Permanent Record.
Yeah, I know, but I'd never figure I'd make it to Junior High anyways.
SStinky
I feel so much better now that we fessed up.
Me too. I guess we didn't realize it, but deep down, the guilt was driving us crazy the whole time, you know, subconsciously.
Hey, Arnold, do you remember when I said you don't have any guts, 'cause you wouldn't moon Principal Wartz?
Why, you don't have any guts then, but after you showed up to Wartz and didn't rat us out, well, I figure that took a lot of guts. More guts than me and Sid and Stinky got put together.
Yeah, Arnold, you've got guts.
SStinky
You are just chock full of guts.
Hey, guys, what do you say tomorrow, we'd make a great big old sign that says "KICK ME," and tape it to Mr. Simmons' back?
[giggles] What a great idea.
SStinky
Everybody would be kicking him all day, and he won't get why!
I know if that's not such a great idea...
SStinky
I still can't understand how Lila could prefer your plain, homely, dull as dirt Cousin Arnie over you, Arnold. I mean, you're no Dapper Dan, but you sure are better looking than Arnie. And you're sure a lot more fun to talk to, but she does like him better! Look at her glow!
SStinky
[confused] What'd I say?
SStinky
[telling his scary story] This here yarn of a horror is about the ever-frighting: Monkeycat. In the dingy laboratory of the despicable Dr. Mischief, there lived an old furry cat. One day, the cat snuck into the cage of a frisky monkey and got himself caught. Dr Mischief watched as the monkey and the cat began to fight, they became entangled together and that's when the evil doctor got his big idea. He cut off the monkey's head and sewed on the cat's body and invented...Monkey-cat!
What's so scary about that?
SStinky
It's a banana eating milk drinking horror monster, Monkey-cat!
[throws his pillow at Stinky's face] That's not scary, that's stupid.