Thunder and Lightning

Thunder&Lightning-TitleCard — The title card

Thunder and Lightning is the 12th episode of Action League Now!. It first premiered on the Kablam! episode, Built For Speed on December 20, 1996.

Characters Present[]

Plot[]

The episode begins on Danger Mountain, with a baby carriage (with Gunther the Pink Teddy Bear in it) heading towards the edge of a cliff. Thundergirl chases after the runaway carriage and gets an idea on how to stop it from falling. When the carriage begins its descent down over the cliff, she thinks about using her super strength to catch it. Unfortunately, the carriage soon lands on her as she suddenly realizes that she does not have super strength. When she goes up to the carriage to see if Gunther is still okay, she finds him gone!

At the top of the cliff, various townspeople, including the other members of the Action League, tell Thundergirl about Lightning Lady (a new heroine that is the opposite of Thundergirl) and how she saved Gunther. As Lightning Lady asks who Thundergirl is and is growled at in response, Stinky asks her if she'd like to join the League, as they need her. Lightning Lady accepts and joins him, Meltman, and The Flesh. Thundergirl feels unwanted now because the other members of the League like Lightning Lady better than her.

At Action Headquarters, The Chief gives Lightning Lady the League initiation, asking her if she vows to do a good job. Lightning Lady agrees as The Flesh, Stinky, and Meltman all cheer for her. Meltman even offers to take her to lunch; she DOES want to go out, but today, she has to put a patio in her backyard. Meltman, Stinky, and The Flesh all want to join, and she is happy to have them along, even wanting to make a party of it. She also invites Thundergirl to join her, but Thundergirl (who finally tells Lightning Lady her name) refuses, as she would rather stay at Action Headquarters and defend the world against evil. Meltman, Stinky, and the Flesh tell her to have fun while they're at Lightning Lady's party. Thundergirl is still jealous, wondering what it is that Lightning Lady has that she doesn't.

At the party, Lightning Lady puts several snacks on the table, including cocktail weenies and a bottomless shrimp bowl. As the League helps her put in the patio, Stinky explains that he was once a bricklayer, and The Flesh adds that he used to be on the drill team. Meltman is about to tell her what he used to be, but he gets hit by The Flesh's shovel and flown into a bug zapper, landing on the shrimp after that. Stinky tells The Flesh to be careful, as safety always comes first. The Flesh tries to remember, but his shovel accidentally hits a pile of bricks, which land on Stinky. As The Flesh blames Stinky for making him do that, his shovel accidentally hits a hammer, which launches another brick into some bags of concrete that land on him.

Moments later, The Flesh and Stinky find themselves in many pieces in a ditch (with The Flesh complaining that he hasn't even gotten his shrimp yet). Lightning Lady then kicks a burnt-but-still-in-one-piece Meltman down there with the other two. Meltman tells The Flesh and Stinky that Lightning Lady must not like the job they're doing. Lightning Lady then starts pouring lots of cement into the ditch as a way of a trap. The Flesh, Stinky, and Meltman cry for help after finding this out. The Narrator asks the viewers if Lightning Lady is either a rude hostess or evil, then tells them to stay tuned for the second part.

In part two, The Narrator tells the viewers that The Flesh, Stinky, and Meltman are trapped, and only Thundergirl can save them. Back at Action Headquarters, Thundergirl is still jealous of Lightning Lady and refuses to go to her party, praying that the others get sick and vomit their spleens. Suddenly, she sees the floating disembodied head of her father, Thunderdad, who is very disappointed in her. Thundergirl tells him that she's shallow and petty, but Lightning Lady has a cape. Thunderdad then says that he was talking about her duties as a superhero, asking her how she can bear the name "Thunder" and pass up a free bottomless shrimp buffet. Thundergirl accepts that he's right, as she loves free shrimp. She then thanks him and tries to fly off to go to the party, but first gets caught under the mattress.

When Thundergirl finally gest to Lightning Lady's party, she lands on the ditch where The Flesh, Stinky, and Meltman are and asks where the free shrimp is. Lightning Lady holds one piece, saying that it's for Thundergirl, who notes that her rival is a comedian, flies up, and tells her to hand it over. Lightning Lady hits Thundergirl with the shrimp, knocking her into the cement mixer below. Lightning Lady then laughs at her victory, but it's very short-lived, as Thundergirl flies out of the cement mixer, grabs the shrimp, and pulls Lightning Lady up. Lightning Lady tells her to let go of the shrimp, as it belongs to her, so Thundergirl takes that if Lightning Lady wants the shrimp that bad, she can have it with cocktail sauce. She then lets go of the shrimp, causing Lightning Lady to fall into the cement mixer below.

Later that day, as Thundergirl finally eats some shrimp after rescuing The Flesh, Stinky, and Meltman (who are still trapped in cement blocks), they thank her for rescuing them and apologize if they made her feel unwanted. The Flesh asks if they can have some shrimp, too, and Thundergirl agrees after showing them something; she pulls off Lightning Lady's head, revealing that it was just a mask and Lightning Lady (who is also trapped in a cement block) is really The Mayor in disguise. The Flesh asks The Mayor why he was pretending to be Lightning Lady. The Mayor replies that he did it because he's evil. Meltman then declares that The Mayor may be evil, but he sure can cook. Everyone laughs, including Thunderdad, as the episode ends.

Quotes[]

Meltman: "Hey, Lightning Lady, how bout' I take you to lunch and tell you all about my super powers?

Thundergirl: "That ought to be a short conversation."

Announcer: "What's this? Lightning Lady, a rude hostess? Or could she be... evil? Find out on the action-glopped conclusion of... Action League NOW!"
Announcer: "We last left our heroes, hardening in a deadly ditch of doom. Their only hope, the thrive, the true, the thunder."
Thundergirl: "Okay, where's the shrimp?

Lightning Lady: "Up here! Oh, look, this one has your name on it; Thunderthighs!"

Thundergirl: "Well, what do you know? She's a comedian, too!"