Incident at Chlorine Lake

Incident at Chlorine Lake is the 22nd episode of Action League Now!. It first premiered on the Kablam! episode, Hurts So Good on October 3, 1997.

Characters

• Bill the Lab Guy
• Meltman
• Quarky
• Stinky Diver
• The Chief
• The Flesh
• The Mayor
• Thundergirl
• Trophy Bass
• Various Townspeople

Plot

The episode begins at Chlorine Lake, a big swimming pool, where The Mayor has just opened a new summer luxury resort, which even the Action League has shown up to have a good time. The Mayor is selling hot dogs, one of which The Flesh wants to have. When The Mayor sells it to him, he explains that they're $50.00 each. As The Flesh eats, a mysterious predator attacks one of the swimmers, who calls for help as Meltman thinks he is one of their fans that is waving to them. The swimmer gets eaten, and the predator spits up many body parts of the townspeople - one of which is the hand of the swimmer - which lands in The Flesh's hot dog. Stinky then warns the rest of the townspeople to evacuate the pool, which they do just as a trophy bass jumps out.

At Bill the Lab Guy's laboratory, Meltman jokes about the swimmer's severed hand as the rest of the League laughs. Upon closer inspection, Bill discovers that the killer is a trophy bass, a species thought to be extinct, as he has wanted, for many years, to study one. Stinky tells him that he can study it after they kill it and maybe serve it up with chips and vinegar for dinner. He and the rest of the League then leave to return to Chlorine Lake and save the rest of the townspeople. Bill goes with them, however, to save and study it.

Moments later, the League closes the lake, but The Mayor, wanting to make more money, protests that the water's completely fine. At that moment, however, the trophy bass spits up more of the townspeople's body parts, so The Mayor retracts that the water's choppy right now.

In the lake, Bill and his daughter, Quarky, are in a boat with a crane and a viewing cage. What looks like Bill looking through a telescope is seen, but this is later revealed to be a kaleidoscope. Quarky asks Bill if they should be looking for the trophy bass and Bill tells her to prepare the cage.

Meanwhile, The Mayor tries to prove to the townspeople that the lake is safe by swimming in it himself, but the trophy bass eats him and spits his pieces out.

Back at the boat, Quarky lowers Bill's cage into the water and Bill begins studying the trophy bass, which repeatedly rams Bill's cage as Quarky lifts it out to find it damaged and empty; this states that Bill has just been eaten by the trophy bass. The Narrator then asks the viewers if the League will be able to save Bill and if they have ever seen the show before, telling them to stay tuned for part two.

In the second act, the League climbs aboard a speedboat and charges through some swimming townspeople, looking for Bill, after which Stinky dives in and tells the rest of the League to take over. The League drives the speedboat above a ramp, launching them into the sky. Outside of the pool, The Mayor (who is still in pieces) is at a stand, selling bass repellent for $10.00 each. Suddenly, he looks up and sees the League's speedboat, which lands on top of him.

Back at the lake, Stinky is relieved to find Bill still alive, having escaped from the trophy bass. He tells him to move aside so he can kill it, but Bill protests and yells that the trophy bass isn't evil - just hungry. The trophy bass, however, approaches Bill and eats him. Stinky then fires his spear gun at the trophy bass, which pulls him across the lake, eventually jumping out of it and into the road. There, a truck runs over it, killing it and freeing Bill, who still grieves over the loss and asks, "When will the killing stop?". Stinky tells Bill that men were born to dominate the Earth and crush their adversaries in the wild. After he finishes his speech, he gets run over by a car and the episode ends.

Quotes

• Announcer: "We find our heroes in a somber mood, pondering a terrible tragedy."

Meltman: "Hey, Bill, don't bother reading his lifeline!"

(Meltman and the rest of the League laugh)

• Announcer: "With Bill the Lab Guy in over his pointy head, can the Action League save him from becoming Action Chum? Have you ever seen this show before?! Stay tuned for the action-soaked conclusion of Action League Now!"
• Announcer: "Fish; hungry, Mayor; maimed, Lab Guy; lunch! With time running out, the Action League makes the kind of rescue they're famous for..."

Action League (riding a speedboat as they charge through the swimming townspeople): "Whee!"

(The swimming townspeople scream)

Announcer: "...a really stupid one."

Allusions

• The Trophy Bass in this episode was inspired by the 1975 Spielberg film, Jaws.

Trivia

• Thundergirl doesn't have any lines of her own in this episode.

Previous Episode

• Danger for a Dignitary

Next Episode

• The Revenge of Hodge Podge

Gallery

"Dateline: Chlorine Lake. A summer crowd turns out as the Mayor turns a tidy profit."

"My new resort will make me rich this summer, rich! Who's next?"

"Yes, please. One wiener."

"That'll be 50 bucks." "But as The Flesh feeds on a frank, danger stalks an unsuspecting prey!"

"Aahhh, help!!! Save me!!!"

"I wonder why he stopped waving?"

"Maybe because he lost his hand?"

"Blimey! Everybody out of the drink!"

The trophy bass.

"We find our heroes in a somber mood, pondering a terrible tragedy..." "Hey, Bill, don't bother reading his lifeline!"

The league laughs.

"Just as I thought: the killer's a trophy bass! I've been wanting to study this magnificent creature for years."

"You can study it after we harpoon it, got it, and serve it up with chips and vinegar."

"Come on, gang. We've got a job to do!"

"So have I, Mr. Diver. So have I."

"Moments later." "You can't close the beach just because of some freak accident!"

"These waters are safe! Safe, I say!"

"Uh... I guess the water's a bit choppy today."

"Meanwhile, Bill the Lab Guy combs the deep end using state-of-the-art optical gear." "Whoa, this is cool. Look at the colors. Whoa..."

"Uh, Daddy, shouldn't we be looking for that killer fish?"

"Er... right, of course. Make ready the viewing cage, Quarky."

'Meanwhile..." "Look everyone, it's me, your Mayor, enjoying the super-safe waters of my fabulous resort! How relaxing."

"Anyone up for a little Marco Polo?"

"What a specimen."

"His phisognomy unchanged for millions of years. It's like looking into the gaping jaws of the past!"

"Oh, no, I was afraid of this!"

"That's bad..."

""With Bill the Lab Guy over his pointy head, can the Action League save him from becoming Action Chum? Have you ever seen this show before?! Stay tuned for the action-soaked conclusion of Action League Now!"/"Fish, hungry. Mayor, maimed. Lab Guy, lunch. With time running out, the Action League makes the kind of rescue they're famous for..."

"...a really stupid one."

"I'm going in! Cover me!"

"Bass repellant! Get your bass repellant!"

"Uh-oh. Here's trouble."

"Meanwhile..." "Lab Guy, you're alive!"

"Now out of the way, so I can terminate this monster with extreme prejudice!"

"Stinky, no! In the name of science, I cannot let you! He's not evil, he's just hungry."

Bill is then eaten by the trophy bass.

"You said a mouthful. Hey, Fishy, the buffet is closed!"

"Oh, Stinky, when will the killing stop?"

"You science guys just don't get it, do you? Man was born to dominate the Earth and to crush his adversaries in the wild! Period! End of sentence."

"Blimey..." "The end."