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There’s a room full of random characters and some of them look super out of place with each other, JC The Slug pauses the reel and comes in front of the projection screen.
JC The Slug: “This is in fact, NOT some YouTube/DeviantArt Logo Kid’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s something with a little bit more thought put into it.”
JC then properly introduces the team, “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is "The Just-Sticks league". A Team of random characters joined together to take down Norman Price, who has recently got a hold of a multi-dimensional teleporter created by Professor Polonium and Doctor Crumpton, two one-off Fireman Sam characters whom Norman Price thwarted their evil Flying Man scheme, although the two evil scientists were arrested after the events of the episode "Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky", not all of their inventions were confiscated by the Police, and that's how Norman managed to steal it from the villains' lair. Norman knew he couldn't be a superhero, so he decided he wants to be a supervillain, and plans to burn down the multiverse.
Obviously I couldn't let that happen now, I would've relied on the Sense of Right Alliance (Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Blue Power Ranger I don't know his name, Shrek and Lightning McQueen.) But unfortunately Norman's reign of terror has already spread across the multiverse, and currently the Sense of Right Alliance members split up to travel to different universes to save those who are in great danger, and extinguish all the big fires.
So I decided that there shall be a new team of heroes who directly confront Norman Price and get him taken to the Box and make him think about what he's done.
The Just-Sticks League (yes it's a pun on Justice League) The team consists of…
* Mort from Madagascar:
JC The Slug knew this was a war of cosmic scale, and what better way to have his first teammate be than his long lost ancient friend. JC The Slug travelled to the location Circus Zaragoza had gone to put on a special performance, JC watched the show and received backstage passes for his reunion moment.
JC The Slug saw all the animals chatting about how it was a great performance, and then he saw Mort, getting flung away, presumably after King Julien kicked him for touching his feet.
“I’m okay!” Said Mort, then he noticed JC The Slug just there right in front of him, “I must’ve hit my head so hard I think I’m seeing my ancient slug friend as a ghost.”
“Hullo, Mort. Long time no see.” said JC The Slug.
Mort was surprised but delighted, Mort hadn’t seen JC in centuries, “Hello, JC The Slug! Did you enjoy the show?”
“Sure have.” said JC.
Maurice: “Mort, who’s that Slug?”
Mort: “He is my old friend, and he has returned to watch our circus acts, yay!”
JC The Slug had to tell Mort why he actually came here, JC told Mort about the dire situation and Norman's plan, and Mort agreed to help him out. “Just like old times! Except we’re actually helping people instead of silently watching or killing them!” Mort said cheerfully.
JC The Slug wanted Mort to join him for when he builds his eventual team, but he first had to ask permission, as Mort was still part of the circus.
JC The Slug slithers over to King Julien, and Mort introduces JC to King Julien, “It pains me to know that there were other…things as freaky as you, Mort!’ said King Julien, “Mind if I borrow Mort for a quest to save the Multiverse and stuff?” asked JC.
King Julien hesitated a little, “When you say ‘Borrow’, that means you’re gonna give him back. But if this means that Mort gets to be out of my hair and not near my feet, then so be it! Mort, you can run along and save the world or whatever, this is just another Tuesday for your weird life."
With Mort recruited now, JC The Slug came across another problem, although he and Mort could just hop through dimensions as they please, maybe not all of JC’s team members could do it so easily, so JC The Slug needed some help, he slithered to the Penguins and told them about the dire situation.
Kowalski was able to build an interdimensional and time travelling portal which can take JC’s team to any space and time, but Kowalski warns them about how this portal might be unstable in terms of power consumption, so he told them they have to turn off the Portal when they went inside.
Skipper: "Sad Eyes (Mort) and a Slug. Those two are the multiverses' only hope. Well, we're doomed. Let's head to the underground bunker boys. Rico, I hope you've got that Air Conditioner ready for when the flames rise."
Private: “Um, Skipper. Perhaps those two might actually save the world, you'll never know given how unpredictable Mort is.”
Mort and JC come out of the portal, "I heard that" said JC The Slug, "But, Skipper's paranoia is right, Mort and I can't recruit anyone on our own” he continued, “we need someone who others would take a bit more seriously when explaining that Norman is going to burn down the Multiverse and we need help”, which leads to...
* Skipper from Madagascar:
Skipper: "I'm joining your team, you know, for the reason you just said, and also in case you two don't fall in a hole filled with sharks with laser eyes. You're gonna have to rely on a professional for this mission"
Mort: "I encountered a laser shark once, he really liked frisbee-golf trading cards!"
Mort, Skipper and JC went inside the portal, starting their journey to save the multiverse, they had to look for somebody who has the capability to make a portable portal, as Kowalski’s wasn’t very stable in terms of power...
* Inspector Gadget:
Mort, Skipper and JC had to search for somebody who is a gadgeteering genius like Kowalski, they went with someone who doesn't quite fit the bill, but would still be a lot of help.
“Wait a second” said Skipper, “I’m not gonna expose myself as a secret agent penguin in front of potentially the whole world!”, JC The Slug understood Skipper’s paranoia, “When we’re done ask Kowalski to build a memory eraser or something.”,
Skipper: “Alright, but we have to recruit the best of the best. Now, who are we looking for specifically?”
Inspector Gadget; who luckily had a Portal Machine as one of his crazy Gadgets, and it surprisingly worked very well for their future treks, Inspector Gadget was the first on JC’s mind, as he previously thwarted the evil Dr. Claw numerous times before.
To demonstrate how he could put out Norman's fires, he went "Go, Go Gadget Fire Extinguisher!" but all that did was activate rocket boots, “that is so Gadget!” said JC.
“This doesn’t look like the best of the best, mollusk.” Skipper snarked.
After recruiting Gadget and officially forming the Just-Sticks League, they then went to find new recruits.
“Go, Go Gadget Portal!” said Gadget, and the four members went inside to then recruit…
* Dr. Nefario
If you watched Despicable Me 4 and thought "Hey, where was Dr. Nefario during the movie, why is he only shown for a brief scene at the ending.”
The answer is that he was away because he just got recruited by the Just-Sticks League to stop Norman Price's arsonist ways. Although Nefario was initially impressed by Norman's heinous actions, he was still willing to help the Just-Sticks League put an end to Norman's reign of arson.
Dr. Nefario created a liquid substance to quickly extinguish fires in a radius with just one drop, so that'll come in handy for sure.
* Kermit the Frog:
The Muppet Show had to be put on hold. Kermit might be able to talk some sense into Norman and persuade him to cease this causing fires biz. If Norman refuses and continues to set things on fire, Kermit can just give him an ultimate bombastic "reason you suck speech" like he always does.
* Flain, Krader and Teslo from Mixels
Flain the Infernite Leader, Krader the Cragster leader and Teslo the Electroid Leader.
They along with other Tribal Leaders previously saved Planet Mixel from takeover by the Nixels, so JC The Slug thought they were a great choice to pick to stop Norman Price.
“Hold on, mollusk,” said Skipper “We’re trying to stop the fire child from burning down the world, so why the heck are we recruiting a creature who has fire powers?”
“I know it's a little strange to recruit Flain, a fire themed Mixel to stop Norman from causes fires, and it would've been a tad more logical if I chose to recruit Flurr the leader of the Frosticons, but you know what they say ‘Sometimes you need to fight fire with fire’", JC said.
Mort: “Yay! We get to play with fire ourselves! And maybe get to roast some barbecue.”
A funny moment when Gadget first saw Flain, he noticed that Flain's head was on fire, and Gadget went "Wowzers! Your head is on fire! Go Go Gadget Fire Hydrant!" and he sprayed Flain's head with Water.
"Gadget, No! Flain's head is supposed to be on fire, Flain is a very intelligent Mixel, and whenever he thinks his head catches fire." JC The Slug frantically warned.
Gadget's response? "Go Go Gadget Flamethrower!" he pointed a flamethrower at Flain, but Flain didn't mind as he's fire resistant, and also he got his flame back, "Thanks Bro" he said.
Flain, Krader and Teslo packed lots of Cubits for the power of Mixing to combine their powers into a strong Mix, but they agreed to use the Cubits wisely.
Also, if you're asking, the Cubits only work on Mixels, so Mort couldn't mix with Gadget.
"But I wanted robot gadgets." said Mort annoyingly
"Sorry, bro, but that's just how Cubits work. Don't feel bad though, you still have cool skills of your own! And even without Cubits, we all can still combine our abilities in a powerful way!" said Flain to comfort him.
* Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright and Marcy Wu
Their adventures in Amphibia are over, but this is like a side-quest...with an extremely dire consequence.
Mort, Inspector Gadget, Skipper, and JC The Slug travelled to Los Angeles to recruit The Calamity Girls (Anne, Sasha and Marcy), JC chose them because they've had experience with interdimensional travelling adventures, and sure enough they joined the Just-Sticks League to embark on this "ridiculous mission" as Sasha called it.
“I can see her point of view, I mean, a portal just opened right in front of her and the ones who come out are a Talking British-French-Canadian-Emirati-Gaulish Cosmic Entity who is also a Slug, a Secret Agent Penguin, Inspector Gadget, and a seemingly cute but unhinged, eldritch god who looks like a mouse lemur, all to stop Norman Price.” JC The Slug thought to himself.
Although The Calamity Girls didn't have their iconic weapons or armour, Inspector Gadget was able to provide them with replacements: Anne with a Tennis Racket, Sasha with a Sword and Marcy with a Crossbow; Not exactly the ones they used to own, but it's good enough.
Marcy was extremely eager to study what Mort is, and JC The Slug said to her "Listen, Marcy. I would love to geek out with you about Mort, but we best save that for a later time. Also, Mort cannot be described in simple terms, once you learn too much about him, your brain might get fried from all this confusion, you can trust me on that, since I knew Mort since 50 B.C.".
Anne understood the stakes and she and her friends agreed to join the Just-Sticks League.
Marcy was extremely ecstatic about this “Okay, now this is the most anime thing that’s ever happ-”, but before she could finish, she gets immediately tackled by Skipper and he pins Marcy to the floor.
“Marcy!” cried Anne and Sasha, “Skipper, what are you doing!?” said a startled Marcy, “I thought you were just hippies, but now I see you’re also filthy weebs, and they’re one of my worst enemies.” Skipper said firmly
“Hippies!?” said Anne, “Filthy weebs!?” said Sasha.
Mort and JC The Slug were laughing at all of this unfolding, “The only thing missing is carnage.” said Mort, JC The Slug then had to reason with Skipper that Anne,, Sasha and Marcy are still useful to the team regardless of their interests, Skipper reluctantly agreed but on one condition, “You three don’t mention anything of weeb culture, that’s an order!”. “Yes sir.” Anne said, “Why am I saluting a penguin? Whatever.” she thought to herself.
After recruiting The Calamity Girls, the main group (Mort, Inspector Gadget, Skipper, and JC) traveled to the next world, a low poly early Blender CGI room, which was the home of the Demonic Banana Guy from VeggieTables, an "entity" from a 2000s Blender parody of VeggieTales, Demonic Banana Guy causes the deaths of the VeggieTables cast indirectly or sometimes he shoots plasma balls at the characters, melting them into puddles.
Skipper: “That doesn’t sound so heroic to me, he’ll just betray us and turn us into goop. And besides, we’ve already got Sad Eyes as our unpredictable wild card!”
* Donkey Kong
So JC thought it was time to pivot, this talk about Bananas made him think of Donkey Kong, so that’s who the Just-Sticks League decided to recruit next, and DK certainly wouldn't want Norman starting a forest fire, or jungle fire, and causing his treehouse to burn down.
* Wallace from Wallace and Gromit
Inspector Gadget's Portal Machine was starting to malfunction, so the team needed some help to repair it, so JC thought of Wallace, as he is an inventor who fits the bill of "I must save the world if I have to" heroes,
After explaining the dire situation and exchanging pleasantries, Gromit made some refreshments for Mort and JC while Skipper was updating his "Skipper's Log".
Wallace tinkered Inspector Gadget's Portal Machine and now it's good as new, and now is less likely to teleport the team to the wrong location.
“I’ll be back soon, Gromit.” said Wallace as he gave his trusty pal a pat, “Look after the garden while I’m gone, lad!” he said before he entered the portal.
* زكية /Zakia from زكية الذكية
Zakia is a very intelligent and determined little girl, and she has fought evil, usually inanimate objects who were mistreated by humans, but not all the time. Sometimes Zakia fights villains who are not inanimate objects.
JC chose Zakia to be part of the team because she's a very lesser known character and her inclusion to the Just-Sticks League might cause others to be more aware of her heroic deeds, and hopefully there will be no more paywalls for those who wanna watch her show and might increase interest in preserving it (JC didn’t tell Zakia that reason).
When JC and Skipper told Zakia about the current state of the universe, Zakia's response was "This is confusing in so many ways, but at least we're not against an evil Asparagus or something."
which made JC chuckle in nervousness as it would've been really ridiculous if the supervillain was Junior Asparagus or something.
Zakia's custom built glasses can switch abilities, from shooting lasers, to blowing a gust of wind, her Ice glasses can come in handy for putting out fires set up by Norman.
* Hilda and Twig from...Hilda
"OH DEAR YOU RECRUITED THE BLUE HAIRED BRATTTT AND HER MANGY MUTTTT!!1!!1!" …please shut up, random guy.
Anyway, back to the recruitment scene. Hilda and Twig were outside of Trolberg, Hilda was sketching down on her sketchbook, while Twig was curled up next to her, then a portal opens right in front of them, "Hmm? What's this?" said Hilda.
She quickly sketches the strange portal and goes to investigate what it is, "Hello? Is anybody in there?" she said to the portal, then Mort, Skipper, Inspector Gadget and JC The Slug went outside the portal and found Hilda and Twig.
"Yes there is." said JC. Hilda was puzzled.
"Who are you?" she asked, JC briefly introduced the team to Hilda and told her about the whole Norman Price burning down the multiverse stuff. He also told Hilda that she might be the most powerful member of the team to take Norman down.
"Most powerful? Could you please elaborate." said Hilda, to which JC then told Hilda about the time where she was forced to compete in a Multiversal death match between Anne Boonchuy, Luz Noceda, Tulip Olsen, Cleopatra, Kipo Oak, Carmen Sandiego, Miko Kubota, Princess Adora/She-Ra, Reggie Abbott, and Molly McGee, where Hilda singlehandedly beat up ALL OF THEM.
JC mentioned he was one of the spectators in the Stadium to watch Hilda defeat the other heroines, then described the event further; "The main highlight of the event, was when most of the fighters were beaten up and bruised, and piled up under a cliff, and you, Hilda, standing on the edge, strangling Luz Noceda over the edge of the cliff, OH! THAT WAS AWESOME! Everybody, and their grandma, and their grandma's goldfish, and the pebbles in the fishbowl were talking about it, it was all the rage of the Multiverse! The whole experience was great, really."
"I don't remember any of this, I don't even recognise the names you listed down." said Hilda, who has no memory of that event, as if it never happened, "How could you forget? Did you get your memory erased or something?" JC said in response.
"We're getting off topic here!" said Skipper, he then turned to Hilda "Hey, blue haired kid. The Multiverse is in grave danger, are you going to help us defeat the villain or not?"
Hilda did want to save the Multiverse as it is the right thing to do, but she has to ask her Mum for permission, "I'll be right back" she said before going back to Trolberg to ask her Mum, and sure enough, her Mum gave her the permission to adventure off to save the Multiverse.
"I promised her I won't do anything reckless" she said to JC, "Hilda, and Twig, Welcome to the Just-Sticks League" JC said.
“That’s an odd name.” Hilda responded.
* Asterix and Obelix
5.0. BC. Ancient Rome. A time and place that is very familiar to Mort and JC. They met Getafix, who has very faint memories of them. Getafix introduced Mort and JC to Asterix and Obelix
Getafix: "Asterix, Obelix, meet two old friends of mine, Mort and Nonsequiturix."
"Nobody calls me that anymore, I now go by the name of JC The Slug" he said,
They explained the current state of the Universe and Norman Price's plan. "They're crazy, these Normans! We’ll let them pay the price." said Obelix.
"Not *those* viking ‘Normans’, Obelix. Norman is a child and he is burning the multiverse as we speak", JC corrected Obelix.
Asterix and Obelix joining the Just-Sticks League was a No-Brainer as the indomitable duo has been on adventures, even some that are ten times crazier and absurd than this one.
Obelix thought that the mission could potentially be dangerous for his beloved Dogmatix, so he decided that Geriatrix and his wife will look after Dogmatix while Asterix and Obelix left, "I'll be back soon, Dogmatix, you be a good boy." said Obelix.
Asterix and Obelix stocked up on some Magic Potion, Mort wanted to know what it would taste like, but then Skipper said "Woah, Sad Eyes! The last thing you'll need is some performance enhancing drugs”, "Aw, no fair" said Mort.
Obelix then said to Mort "I know that feeling..." Because Obelix is forbidden to drink the Magic Potion. JC thought to himself “I think if Mort drank the Magic Potion, he would turn into Buff Mort from that episode of The Penguins of Madagascar ‘Mort Unbound’”.
When everyone was about to travel in the portal to find our next recruitment, Cacofonix thought it'd be a great idea to sing a farewell song for Asterix and Obelix, and as usual his singing was terrible, "Go Go Gadget Shusher!" said Gadget in agony, which didn't just simply silence Cacofonix, but rather it pulled out a huge mallet and bonked him on the head. "I wouldn't worry about it" said Asterix, "This happens to him all the time," he added.
* The Clock from the WinRAR "Your free trial period has ended!" popup.
The team didn't actually recruit the clock from the WinRAR popup, because it is a literal UI element, that doesn't help anybody, but apparently someone's WinRAR trial was about to expire, so JC The Slug got the WINRAR clock from the Popup UI, and winded it up so the WinRAR trial doesn't expire until a month. Also, it's worth noting that nothing happens when a WinRAR trial expires.
JC The Slug: “I winded up the clock for nothing! Hahahahahahahaha!”
* Tow Mater
Mater has been on crazy adventures be it time travel, Monster Truck Wrestling, being a daredevil stunts-truck, or the events of Cars 2 where he got involved in an international espionage which would lead to him foiling the plans of the evil Lemon Kingpin AKA: Miles Axelrod.
Whether you believe they actually happened or not, Mater remains a great addition to the team, although he was a Firefighter a long one time ago, he isn't a firefighter now, but JC believes some memories of him being Rescue Squad Mater might come back to him given Norman's flames of terror.
Mater thought that this Just-Sticks League adventure could make a fine addition to his "Maters Tall Tales", just like how McQueen would tell him stories about "The Sense of Right Alliance".
JC also said to Mater "If Lightning McQueen doesn't believe your story as usual, make sure to show him a souvenir or some item that is from one of the other universes", "I'll Git-R-done!" Mater responded.
* Chef Jim the Dumbass DImetrodon Dinosaur from the YouTube series *Dumbass Dinosaurs*
As Mort, Skipper, Inspector Gadget and JC went to Dinosaur Town, they saw Jim, Greg, and Kelly just minding their own business, and JC knew that Jim was the one to recruit.
Jim: “Wow! We’ve got visitors probably!”
"Let me handle this. I can imitate the Dinosaur speech patterns.” JC said to the other team members.
JC: “Uh? Jim-"
Jim: "I'm Jim!"
JC: Yes you are probably. Uh? There is an evil Welsh kid who wants to burn down the multiverse, and we need your help, are you willing to join the Just-Sticks League and save the world probably?"
Jim: "Holy McDizzle! How can I say no to joining The Avengers to save the universe probably! Nananananana!"
Kelly: "Uh? Why the hell would you choose Dumbass Jim to join your team probably? What good is Jim for other than being a target to throw shovels at probably?"
Greg: Wouldn't you rather pick somebody who is less of a dumbass, and has more wits and has a history of heroic acts probably?"
JC: "Uh? I don't actually have a good reason to recruit Jim, but according to my calculations, Jim will somehow make it more likely for us to succeed in defeating Norman Price in some way probably, so I think he would be a fine addition to the Just-Sticks League probably."
Jim: "Wow! This will be the greatest adventure of my leaf probably! The greatest of all tiem left square bracket sic right square bracket! Eeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Kelly: “Don’t you dare screw this up, Jim. Or you’re getting a shovel thrown at your sorry hide.”
Greg: “Yeah what she said probably.”
* Red from Angry Birds
Red was reluctant to join, considering that he has to stay guarding the Eggs, but once the team told Red about the fate of the universe if they don't stop Norman, also, Norman might cook the Eggs after he burns the Multiverse. Eventually, once they convinced Red to join the team, he put Terence on guarding duty temporarily, and Terence will flatten any Bad Piggies that come in his radius.
* Libby Stein-Torres from The Ghost & Molly McGee
JC told Mort, Gadget and Skipper that the next team member they’re looking for is in a small bookshop located in Brighton, called Book Marks the Spot.
Libby was organizing some newly stocked books into the correct shelves, Gadget went inside, "Hello, I'm looking for Libby Stein-Torres", "That's me, I'm Libby Stein-Torres. How can I help you, sir?" Libby replied. Then she saw JC, Mort and Skipper, to which she said to Gadget "Um, sorry but we don't allow pets here."
"Hey, who you callin' the P-Word!" shouted Skipper.
Now Libby was really confused because the Penguin can speak, JC then explained the Norman situation to Libby, given her experience in stopping an evil ghost (that being Jinx) from taking over the human world, he thought she'd be a great addition to our team. "Alright, I'll join, but first I have a job to do."
"I'll finish that job for you. Go-Go Gadget book sorter!" said Gadget, multiple robot arms sorted the books into different shelves, but not all of them were in the correct spaces, "I've gotta rearrange them." said Libby, "We don't have time for this! The Multiverse matters more than some silly books!" said Skipper.
Anyway, Libby joins the Just-Sticks League, moving on!
* Jimmy Neutron, Carl Wheezer and Sheen Estevez.
Jimmy Neutron had experience with travelling across the multiverse, Jimmy had previously created a Universal Portal Machine which allowed him to travel to other worlds, but it got stolen by Professor Calamitous which would kickstart the plot of Nicktoons Unite! Jimmy also travelled across the multiverse in the Nicktoons Unite sequels.
When explaining the current state of the multiverse, Jimmy wasn't that confused, as he's used to going on adventures that would be deemed illogical and nonsensical numerous times, Jimmy was more puzzled over the implied incompetence of the police of PontyPandy they didn't confiscate Professor Polonium and Doctor Crumpton's multi-dimensional teleporter, and Jimmy also expressed annoyance at brilliant groundbreaking inventions being used in the wrong hands.
Carl Wheezer and Sheen joined as well. "I don't know, Jimmy" said Carl, "this is all so confusing to me, I couldn't understand anything the little Slug said, but it sounds extremely dangerous." Carl added.
"Don't be a wimp, Carl." groaned Sheen. "It's gonna be like that one Ultra Lord movie "Ultra Lord stops the Cosmic Arsonist!" he said in a more enthusiastic and bombastic tone.
"But it's a real world crisis, with real world consequences if we don't take action." Jimmy said firmly. "JC, we agreed to join your team and save the multiverse from grave danger."
JC then said "Alright, brilliant! Hey, Jimmy, we have another Child Prodigy on our team, her name is Zakia, and she built her own Rocket Boots and has custom built Glasses that can adjust abilities!".
Jimmy responded with "A girl prodigy? high chance of her being insufferable, and it's unlikely that somebody else my age can possess intelligence as good as me." To which JC responded with "Zakia is nothing like Cindy, trust me, I ‘fink you two will be friends!”
*Thomas the Tank Engine
A really useful engine, he's done heroic acts such as helping Hiro to get restored, clearing the name of Luke and proving his innocence, and he stopped an evil pirate from stealing Sodor's Lost Treasure.
Thomas being able to only run on rails was limiting, but Inspector Gadget had a device that can make rails for Thomas so he can maneuver around dimensions.
* Uncle Grandpa, Mr. Gus and Pizza Steve
Inspector Gadget teleported himself, JC, Mort and Skipper outside the UG RV.
Skipper: “More hippies!? Are you serious?”
JC: “I can assure you that our next recruits are not hippies, and none of our future recruits are hippies.”
Mort: “I can turn into a hippie after I drink tea.”
Uncle Grandpa is another old friend of JC who knew him centuries ago, but what was really surprising is that Uncle Grandpa recognizes Inspector Gadget and Skipper as well, but it sorta makes sense considering that Uncle Grandpa is everybody in the universes Uncle and Grandpa, and I really do mean *everybody* everybody.
Skipper was very skeptical of that claim, and he denied any connections with Uncle Grandpa, so JC had to tell Skipper that Uncle Grandpa is not only an Omniversal entity but the most powerful being in history, Skipper still didn't believe him though.
Uncle Grandpa is known for helping kids, which makes him a valuable member of the Just-Sticks League as maybe, in his weird and whimsical ways, he can help and redeem Norman Price and stop his arson across the multiverse.
Mr. Gus and Pizza Steve joined as well, Mr. Gus joined for the sake of saving the multiverse and everyone not burning to dust, while Pizza Steve mostly joined because he could brag about "saving the multiverse from an evil arsonist" but also because, you know, without a world, he wouldn't brag to anybody.
Uncle Grandpa, Mr. Gus and Pizza Steve join the team and they looked for the next recruits.
* Corto and Oro from Droners
Mort, Skipper, Inspector Gadget and JC travelled to the planet of Terraqua, on the island of Nui to recruit Corto, the pilot of Team Tikis and Oro, the Aqua that powers the Drone.
Inspector Gadget: “We’re on a different planet? but there are humans here.”
JC had to correct Inspector Gadget that Corto, Enki and Mouse may look exactly like Humans, but they're actually "Terras", which Skipper says in response "Human. Terra. What's the difference? It's still a bipedal fleshy mammal!". JC also had to assure Mort, Gadget and Skipper that Oro is not a flying electric eel, he's an Aqua.
“Boy, this is what happens when you travel across different planets.” thought JC The Slug
At this point JC was getting tired of explaining the whole Norman Price situation over and over and over again, and Skipper was busy interrogating Oro about who he works for and things of that sort.
Thus, JC thought Mort could explain better than he could, but since it's been so long that Mort touched King Julien's feet, when he looked at the feet of the 3 members of Team Tikis (Corto and Enki wore flip-flops and Mouse is barefoot), it reminded Mort of King Julien's feet, so all Mort could say was "feet, feet, feet!" over and over again.
"Sad Eyes has gone loco!" exclaimed Skipper. “What sort of ‘feat?’ said Corto, "I think the little critter wants ‘feet’." Enki said, "I don't like where this is going," Mouse whispered to Corto.
"O for Frank the Sky God’s sakes!" JC said. He then quickly asked Inspector Gadget if he could give Mort some Coffee, as he knew that whenever Mort drinks Coffee, his personality changes to Smart Mort, who is one of the alternate universe versions of Mort that he consumed the life form of.
"Go Go Gadget Coffee Maker!" said Gadget and he gives Mort a cup of coffee, turning him into Smart Mort. Smart Mort explained the Norman crisis to the Tikis, much better than JC could actually.
Before Corto and Oro were ready to join the Just-Sticks League, Enki, the Enginerd of Team Tikis had a suggestion, he said that the Tikis's Drone should have a small attachment which can disarm Norman from whatever he uses to cause fires like a can of flammable material for instance, and when Norman is disarmed, he's more venerable and less powerful.
Mouse, the Mechanix of Team Tikis agreed to Enki's suggestions and she built those modifications on the Drone, and now the Drone can help the team in stopping Norman Price!
Corto's piloting skills will come in handy for sure, she along with her fellow Droners defeated a genocidal Aqua from eliminating all Terra life. As long as Corto doesn't get cocky, it's all good.
And now, the team was ready to get their final recruit…
* SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob recalled the time where he had to travel between worlds to stop a Syndicate of evil, which JC was 99% sure he was talking about the events of Nicktoons Unite.
SpongeBob: "Wow! What a very diverse team you got there, Slug! I think I'm gonna make a ton of new friends! Dayayayayayaya!". Cue lots of Bubble Blowing.
SpongeBob also had a reunion moment with Jimmy Neutron.
SpongeBob: "Hey, Jimmy, long time no see! It's not a dimensional adventure without you."
Jimmy: "I'll admit, it hasn't been that long since we last saw each other, I remember when we, along with other multi-universal heroes, saved the entire universe from the evil Vlad Plasmius.”
SpongeBob: "Yeah! We put mean old Vlad back in his place and saved the world!”
Jimmy: “But this quest we have been currently recruited for might be more akin to our past adventures all those years ago."
The Just-Sticks League team recruitment (if I had a Sesterce for everytime I said "recruit" or "recruitment" or "recruiting", I'd have enough Sesterces to- but that's besides the point) the process was complete.
Together, the valiant members of the Just-Sticks league shall ultimately confront and defeat Norman Price, and put an end to his heinous spree of arson that has ravaged the multiverse for far too long! It is time to extinguish his malevolent flames and restore peace to our realms! Once we defeat Norman, we will celebrate our triumph with a grand victory ceremony that honors the efforts and achievements of the team! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Or something like that.
To be continued. Probably.