101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure (alphawolfbraver version)
Chapter 10: Junior deputy test and the search
PATCH: Junior deputy test? Which episode was that in?
THUNDERBOLT: Oh, uh… it’s one of the lost episodes! But, I only give it to pups who I feel might be worthy! And, who knows, if you do well enough, I’ll let you be on the show with me.
PATCH (Wagging his tail): Really?!
THUNDERBOLT: Sure, boy. I’m the star, aren’t I? (a horse-drawn carriage passes by): Mother of pasteurized milk! That stagecoach is out of control! (Patch looks at the situation in confusion as the carriage is moving safely): This is your first junior deputy test, boy!
PATCH: Oh. Well, this is just like in episode 37, “Stagecoaches of Serpent Summit.”
THUNDERBOLT: Very good! Now, Episode 37, was that the one where I leap, run, and pounce?
PATCH: You got the steps right, but, the order in that episode is run, pounce, and THEN leap.
THUNDERBOLT: Ah, precisely! Stand back! (he runs alongside the carriage before jumping onto a wall and running along it; he then jumps onto the horse’s back): Yah!
HORSE: What the devil?! (Thunderbolt leaps off the horse’s back): What is that daredevil dog doing?
Thunderbolt uses his jaw to apply the brakes on the carriage.
THUNDERBOLT (Voice slightly muffled): It’s alright! I’ve got the brake!
The carriage abruptly stops. A pair of newlyweds riding in the carriage are bumped inside it.
GROOM (To the driver): What do you think you’re playing at?
DRIVER: Sorry, sir, but, there appears to be a sudden halt.
Thunderbolt does his heroic bark. He then looks around with a triumphant smile, but, ends up looking disappointed.
THUNDERBOLT: Still no photographers? How odd.
In a jump cut, Cobalt, Penny, and Cadpig are still searching the farm.
CADPIG: Patch? Oh, Patch, where are you?
PENNY: Maybe he’s over by the lake.
COBALT: Let’s hope so. We’ve been searching for hours. It’s not like Patch to isolate himself for this long at a time.
CADPIG: Something must be very wrong.
PENNY: We mustn’t give up. We must find him!
CADPIG: Right. I don’t like being apart from Patch so long if I can help it.
COBALT: Don’t worry. I’m sure he’s here, we just have to look harder.
The trio get to the lake. Some of the other puppies are there. Specifically, Splash, Flapper, Apache, Tani, and Pearl.
SPLASH: Watch this! (she leaps into the lake and starts paddling): Bet I can get to the other end in a faster timeframe than you, Flapper.
FLAPPER (Also leaping into the lake): You’re on!
COBALT: Um, excuse me, girls.
Splash and Flapper paddle to the edge of the lake while the other three trot over to Cobalt, Penny, and Cadpig.
PEARL: What’s the story, you three?
COBALT: Well, did any of you happen to see Patch come by here?
APACHE: I’m afraid not.
TANI: We thought Patch was with you, Cadpig. He usually is.
CADPIG: When I woke up this morning, he was gone. I’m worried about him.
PEARL: If he’s not with you, this is a bit of a worry.
APACHE: Maybe we accidentally left him behind in London. He was unusually quiet on the way here.
TANI: Well, if he is, maybe we can check the… what’s that thing on the computer thingy to look things up called, Cobalt?
COBALT: It’s called the internet and it’s not readily available at the moment. We only just moved in. The barn house hasn’t even been fitted with the router yet. Roger’s still setting up his computer.
PENNY: Bother! Now, what do we do?
COBALT: Well, we don’t know for sure that Patch ISN’T on the farm. This farm has a lot of land, so, Patch could be anywhere.
SPLASH: We can help, too. We’ll split up so we can cover more ground.
FLAPPER: And tell the others to keep an eye out.
CADPIG: Thank you. I really appreciate it.
PEARL: Hey, we’re not from the same litter or even the same parents, but, Pongo and Perdita have been there for us when Cruella bought us.
APACHE: And you have become our brothers and sisters, too.
TANI: I think Dottie sees Dipstick as something more.
COBALT: Gossip later, Tani.
TANI: Right, sorry.
Splash and Flapper get out of the lake, shake themselves dry, and the group split up to try and find Patch. In London, Patch and Thunderbolt are looking for deeds to perform.
THUNDERBOLT (Ears prick up): Hmm… (gasps): Someone’s trapped underground!
PATCH (Racing ahead): Over here, Thunderbolt, I found a hole. There’s some rope.
THUNDERBOLT: Okay, what does this remind you of, kid?
PATCH: Hmm. Episode 20, where Wholesome Tommy fell down a well. Only, this leads to a sewer.
THUNDERBOLT: Correct. Now, let’s see if I remember it right. I tossed the rope down the well and wrapped it around Tommy, pulling him out of the well?
PATCH: That’s right!
Thunderbolt grabbed the rope and jumped into the sewer.
THUNDERBOLT: Don’t worry, citizen. (wrapping the rope around the man): You’ll be safe in no time!
The man doesn’t understand what he said.
MAN: What do you think you’re doing?
Thunderbolt doesn’t stop. Using his teeth, he fastens the rope into a knot, climbs out, and then pulls the man out of the sewer. Back at the farm, Cobalt, Penny, and Cadpig come across Tripod.
COBALT: Tripod?
TRIPOD: Hey, you three. What’s going on?
CADPIG: Have you seen Patch?
TRIPOD: No. Then again, I haven’t been looking.
PENNY: Please help us search. We’ve been informing the others about this as well.
TRIPOD: Well, he is one of our brothers. Alright. I’ll look around and group with some of the other puppies.
PENNY: Thanks, Tripod.
COBALT: Can you enlist Nosey and Sniff? They have the keenest sense of smell.
TRIPOD: Of course. I think I saw them pass by me a couple of minutes ago.
Back in London, Thunderbolt and Patch continue the search.
THUNDERBOLT (Seeing the shadow of a man): Here’s your next test, kid.
PATCH (Looking at it): Whoa! Bank robbers. Episode four!
They slink away. The man comes out, but the shop is a laundromat. Thunderbolt bounces off a car onto some canopies over the shops, but, loses control and bowls the man over into a nearby officer. The contents of the sack fell out of the bag, but, it isn’t money at all.
MAN: Ugh, pardon me, officer.
OFFICER: What happened?
MAN: Crazy dog bowled me over and I lost my laundry.
PATCH: Huh? That’s not money. (he looks at the sign, which says “Laundromat”; unfortunately, Patch can’t read it): I wish Cobalt or Speckle were here. They can read.
THUNDERBOLT: Never mind, kid. At least we stopped that person from stealing… er… clothes. Must be a clothing store.
PATCH: I didn’t know clothing stores had washers and dryers.
Back on the farm, Cobalt, Penny, and Cadpig enlist the help of a dalmatian pup with star-shaped spots named Yank.
YANK (American accent): Sorry, but, I don’t think I saw Patch since we went to sleep last night. But, I promise to be on the search.
PENNY: Thanks, Yank.
YANK: I’ll go by the chicken coop. Maybe one of them has seen Patch. You know, you’d think a puppy as big as Patch would be easier to find.
COBALT: Yeah, you WOULD think. But, this IS a big farm for how modest it is.
PENNY: And with so many dogs and Fluffy, plus her thinking of potentially having kittens one day, we need all the space we can get.
CADPIG: Maybe Fluffy has seen Patch.
COBALT: She’ll likely be in the farm house.
Back in London, Patch and Thunderbolt see royal guards.
PATCH: These men are frozen with fear!
THUNDERBOLT: No wonder! Those crazed badgers are trying to eat their heads!
PATCH: This is just like in episode 27, where you wacked those two grizzlies.
Thunderbolt pounces the guards’ hats. The guard’s eyes widen in shock as Thunderbolt tries to tackle the hats.
THUNDERBOLT: Huh? No resistance? Wha… what is going on?
Back on the farm, Cobalt, Penny, and Cadpig ask Fluffy if she’d seen Patch.
FLUFFY: Sorry, but, no. He can’t be in here. I would’ve heard him. I’ll keep my eyes open for him.
PENNY: Thanks anyway, Fluffy.
CADPIG: Oh, this is getting frustrating. We’ve searched for hours and we still haven’t found him. (she starts whimpering): Where is he?
Cobalt and Penny see that the little puppy’s upset.
COBALT: We will find him, Cadpig. We have pretty much everyone looking now.
PONGO (Entering with Perdita): Looking for what, son?
COBALT: We haven’t seen Patch all day and we’ve been getting everyone to search.
PERDITA: Strange. Patch isn’t the sort to leave little Cadpig alone. The two do almost everything together.
PONGO: Oh, dear. Do you think in the midst of counting the puppies, I must not have counted him?
COBALT: Best not to worry. Maybe Patch is still here, he’s just hiding.
PONGO: Why would he be hiding?
COBALT: Well, last night, most of the other pups laughed at him after he tried barking heroically like Thunderbolt.
PERDITA: Well, I’ll be having a stern talk with them.
Back in London, Patch and Thunderbolt walk by the zoo.
PATCH: What is this?
THUNDERBOLT: It looks like cattle rustlers.
PATCH: Aren’t those monkeys?
THUNDERBOLT: Even worse! Monkey rustlers!
PATCH: Sounds like episode 34 to me.
THUNDERBOLT: Correct answer again, junior deputy.
PATCH (Surprised): Junior deputy? I-I passed the test?
THUNDERBOLT: Think you can handle it?
PATCH: You bet! Let’s get those monkey rustlers!
The scenes alternate between Patch and Thunderbolt engaging in various shenanigans and the other pups searching the farm. By evening, Thunderbolt’s riding a dinner cart out of a fancy restaurant. The two dogs end up by some trees in the park. Patch removes the tin from over him.
THUNDERBOLT: What a rush! (he then hears Patch laughing): Having a good time, kid?
PATCH: Yes! This is the most fun I’ve had in a long time!
He eats some sausages.
THUNDERBOLT: I never thought it would be this exciting doing real hero stuff.
PATCH: What do you mean? Don’t you do this all the time?
Thunderbolt nervously eats another sausage.
THUNDERBOLT: Well, uh…. You know, I…. erm… (he looks at Patch’s innocent face and decides to roll with it): I do. Of course I do all the time, but, I never got to do it with a junior deputy before. Now, let’s talk about you, boy.
PATCH: Me?
THUNDERBOLT: Yeah, what’s your story? Oh, hold that thought. (he takes the rest of the hotdogs and uses his claw to cut the string of them in half, giving it to Patch): There you go, kid. We’ll walk, talk and eat.
PATCH (Taking his share of the hotdogs): Thanks, Thunderbolt.