Wanted: Dexter!
Story by David Villaire
Transcribed by MoKat

Opening scene: the Star Pac is flying through space.
SPACE MARSHAL VAUGHN [SMV] (off-screen): Space Marshall Vaughn to Star Pac crew.  Come in.
ACE: We read you, Sir.  Whatcha got shakin' for us?
[We see a headshot of Vaughn on the Star Pac's viewscreen.]
SMV: Nothing cosmic.  Some small-time space bandit has been causing lots of trouble in and around planet Grux.  
[Camera switches to Vaughn inside Space Command.]
SMV: I want you to look into it.
KIMBERLY (via SMV's monitor): Right away, Sir.
ACE (via SMV's monitor):  No sweat, Sir. In fact, we're entering Grux's star sector no-ow-ow.
[Ace transforms into his younger self. Kimberly immediately cuts the video feed from the Star Pac.]
SMV: What?!
[Kimberly comes back on the moitor.]
SMV: Did I see Dexter there, Officer Kimberly.
KIMBERLY: Oh!  Uh...Dexter...is probably trying to contact me on that junky old transcender of his.
[Camera has gone back to a view of the Star Pac's interior, where Kimberly is trying to keep Dexter off-camera.]
DEXTER (to Kim): Kimmie, stop pushing.
SMV: Well, tell him to stop interfering.  Now get going on your Grux mission.  Over and out.
[Video feed on the viewscreen stops.  Dexter returns to his seat.]
KIMBERLY (annoyed): Dexter, wait 'til you're -off- camera before you wimp out.
DEXTER: Wimp out?  Kimmie!
KIMBERLY: Settle down now.  We've got to check into that space bandit.
[The Star Pac banks left and leaves the shot.]

[Scene change: planet Grux, some time later.  The Star Pac approaches the surface for a landing.]
DEXTER: That's Grux alright.
KIMBERLY: Pretty rough place, Dexter.
[The Star Pac lands and its canopy opens.]
DEXTER: I wonder where the ornery outlaw hangs out.
KIMBERLY: There's Grux's only town. *points*
[Camera pans left.]
KIMBERLY (off-screen):  We'll start by looking there.
[Camera zooms in on the town.]

[Scene change: in town, presumably some time later.  Dexter and Kimberly are walking down a street.]
DEXTER: What a bunch of mean-looking desperados around here.
KIMBERLY: Shh!  Dexter!
DEXTER: Hey, look over here.
[They approach a bounty board.]
KIMBERLY: These are wanted posters.  I wonder which one has been giving Grux a hard time.
RANDOM (BLUE) ALIEN (off-screen): That'd be Babyface Nerks, stranger.
[The alien walks into the shot; he is a biped with light blue skin and darker blue on his (segmented) chest.  His feet look kinda like large hooves.  He is wearing a tan vest and a red bandana around his neck.]
BLUE ALIEN: He's been on a real robbin' rampage.
KIMBERLY: Who -is- this "Babyface Nerks", mister?
BLUE ALIEN: Why, he's the roughest, toughest sidewinder this side of the Milky Way.
[The poster changes and displays an outlaw who bears an uncanny likeness to Dexter.]
DEXTER: Kimmie, Look!  This is Babyface!
KIMBERLY (reading): Babyface Nerks.  Space bandit.  Dangerous.  
KIMBERLY: Dexter? 
[Dexter turns around and the alien sees his face.]
BLUE ALIEN: That's Babyface!  *waves his arms and backs away* I could spot him a mile a-wa-ay-ay.
BLUE ALIEN: *points toward Dexter* It's Babyface Nerks!  Help!  Sherfix! *runs away*
DEXTER: Hey!  I'm no babyface!
KIMBERLY: *grabs his arm* Easy, Dexter.  You sure -look- like him.  Come on, we've gotta stay out of sight.
SHERFIX (off-screen): Hey!  There's Babyface Nerks.  After him!
[Kim and Dexter run from the Sherfix and his posse.  Kim steers Dexter into the backdoor of a building and shuts the door.  The posse rides past the building.

[Scene shift: inside the building, which turns out to be some kinda restaurant with bar.]
[Kimberly ties a red bandana around Dexter's nose.]
KIMBERLY: Wear this disguise.  We've gotta find out more about Babyface.
{Two questions here: 1) Where did she get that bandana? 2) Does she -really- think that's gonna work?}
[They take seats at the bar.  A frog-faced alien, presumably a waitress, approaches Dexter.]
WAITRESS: What do you want?
DEXTER: Gimmie a double space burger with some micro fries! 
[Dexter puts his fist down on the bar, causing a spoon to fling glop onto the pink, hose-nosed alien sitting to Dexter's right.]
PINK ALIEN: Hey!  *grabs Dexter with both its hands and shakes him* Why you...
DEXTER: Oh...sorry.  Fries? 
[He grabs a box of fries, which spill all over the place.  Dexter's bandana slips down, off of his nose.  The alien stops shaking him.]
PINK ALIEN: Babyface.  *puts Dexter down*  Aw, just kidding.
[The pink alien and his buddy walk away from the bar.  Dexter decides to have a little "fun" and follows them.]
DEXTER: Just don't let it happen again, hose-noses!
UNKNOWN VOICE: Nobody move!
DEXTER & PINK ALIENS: Huh?
[Camera pans up to show the real Nerks on top of a balcony.  He rips off the railing and tosses it aside, swings through the crowd on a chandalier, and swipes a pearl necklace.]
RANDOM PATRON: Wow!
ANOTHER PATRON: Did ya see that?
[Nerks lands in front of Dexter, then grabs Dexter by the collar.]
NERKS: Why you low-down copycat!  What's the big idea?
DEXTER: -You're- the copycat!
[Kimberly grabs Dexter and tries to pull him away from Nerks.]
UNKNOWN VOICE: Babyface is inside.
UNKNOWN VOICE #2: He's struck again.
[A door opens to reveal the Sherfix and his two...deputies?]
{Yeah, I'll call 'em" deputies" for lack of a better word.}
SHERFIX: Don't move, Babyface!
NERKS: *shoves Dexter* See ya around, "babyface"! 
[Nerks runs away (with the necklace), and jumps out the nearest window.]
SHERFIX: *grabs Dexter* You're going to jail...Babyface.
DEXTER: Hey! I'm not Babyface!
[The Sherfix has handed Dexter over to his deputies.]
KIMBERLY (approaching the Sherfix): He's not!
KIMBERLY: This is the well-known Space Ace.  Dexter.
[The Sherfix laughs, clearly not believing her.]
{It really makes no sense for her to say that, IMHO.  She could have just used the "He's my brother" ruse that she uses with SMV, plus "I am a Space Command Officer". *shrugs*}
SHERFIX: Sure, lady, and I'm the Tooth Fairy.  
SHERFIX (to his posse): Deputox, take Babyface away.  *leaves the shot*
KIMBERLY (following the posse): You put Dexter down!  The real Babyface Nerks is getting away!
[Kimberly grabs the robot horses (by the tails) that the Deputox are riding, causing them to stop...and Dexter to fly out of their grasp.  Dexter lands on a roof.]
KIMBERY: I'll meet you back at the Star Pac, Dexter.  Hurry!
{Uh, Kim...there's a bandit that looks like your partner running around on that planet; wouldn't it be a -good- idea to -not- let Dexter out of your sight?  In other words, why aren't you helping him?!? *cusses the rampant stupidity in this episode*}
DEXTER: Oh.  Right.  Okay, fine.  
[An alien "bird" lands on the roof and pecks at Dexter's fingers.]
DEXTER: Hey!
[Dexter screams as he falls off the roof.  The posse fly into the shot.]
SHERFIX: Quick; 'round the other side!
DEXTER: Whoa-oa-oa!
[Dexter slides off the roof and into the nearby water tower.  He swims to the edge.]
SHERFIX: We've got you surrounded, Babyface!  *fires a laser at the tower...twice*
[Camera switches to the Sherfix, who is climbing the ladder up to the tower.]
DEXTER (off-screen, moaning): Oh, no.  
[Camera goes back to Dexter, who dives under the water.]
SHERFIX (looking into the water): Babyface?
[Dexter transforms back to normal and surfaces.]
ACE: Howdy, Sherfix.  Babyface Nerks went that-a-way!  *points*
[Ace leaps off the tower (in the opposite direction).  He lands on a strange building.  While he is sliding down the building, he transforms back into his younger self.  After he slides off the building, Dexter lands right into the arms of the Deputox.]
DEPUTOX #1: We caught Babyface, Sherfix!
SHERFIX (climbing off the ladder): Take him away.  Babyface Nerks will pay harshly for his crimes.
[The Deputox carry Dexter away.]
DEXTER: Leave me alone!  I'm -not- Babyface Nerks!  
DEXTER (off-screen): Kimmie!
[END OF ACT 1]

Act 2 Opening scene: in Grux's only town.  The camera pans right, toward the jailhouse.
DEXTER (off-screen): Now, how am I supposed to meet Kimmie at the Star Pac?  
[Camera stops on the jailhouse.  We see Dexter looking out the window, grabbing onto the bars.  Dexter sighs.]
[Scene change: back at the Star Pac.  Nerks enters the shot, riding a robot horse.]
NERKS: Whoa!
[The robot horse stops.]
NERKS: Lookie there!
[Nerks rides up to the Star Pac and pats it.]
NERKS: I could use you.
[Nerks hops into the Star Pac's cockpit.]
NERKS: With this I'd  be a -cosmic- space bandit.
KIMBERLY (in the distance): Dexter!  It's Kimmie!  I'm coming!
[Kimberly walks into the shot and waves.]
[Nerks sees a spare uniform in the Star Pac's...glovebox(?)]
NERKS: So, this is the wimp's ship.  *grabs the uniform* 
NERKS: And I'm Dexter.  *chuckles* I won't disappoint Kimmie.
[Kimberly reaches the Star Pac.]
KIMBERLY: Let's go, Dex.  We've gotta track down that Babyface Nerks.
NERKS (aside): Now's my chance.  I'll use this to rob the space coach.
KIMBERLY: Hurry.  Start 'er up, Dex.
NERKS:  Oh.  Uh... Okay, Kimmie. *presses a button*
KIMBERLY: Not -that- button, Dexter!
[The Star Pac's ejection seat activates and Nerks screams as the seat takes him clear our of the Star Pac.  The seat comes back into the shot, and Nerks is still on it.]
NERKS: You start it.
KIMBERLY: Dexter, you are something else.
NERKS: Yes I am, Kimmie.
[The Star Pac blasts off.]

[Scene change: back at the jailhouse.]
DEXTER: Hey!  Where's she going?
[Dexter pulls out a pair of binoculars and examines the sky.]
{And just -where- on his person did he have -those- stashed?}
DEXTER: That's Babyface!  He's wearing my suit.  And smiling!
DEXTER: Kimmie must think he's me.  
[Dexter grabs a tin cup and uses it to make some noise by dragging it across the cell bars.]
DEXTER: I've got to get out of here!
DEXTER (yelling): Sherfix.  Sherfix!  SHERFIX!!
[Camera pulls back to reveal the Sherfix sleeping (and snoring).  Dexter stops dragging the cup.  He throws the cup at a lamp, thus knocking it over to flip his blaster off the sherfix's desk.  The blaster hits the floor, on top of the rug.  Dexter grabs the other end of the rug.]
DEXTER (aside): Come on, blaster...come to Dexter!
[Dexter flips the rug too hard, causing the desk to tip over and wake up the Sherfix.  However, the blaster actually lands in Dexter's hand.  Dexter then transforms back to his normal self.  The Sherfix looks up, and blinks.]
SHERFIX: What are -you- doin' here?
ACE: Good question.  
[Ace turms around and blasts the window.]
ACE: Now to give Kim a hand with Babyface.
[Ace leaps out the window and hops onto a robot horse.]
ACE: Come on.  Move out after the Star Pac, hover-horse.
[Ace flies out of the shot on the robot horse.]
SHERFIX: Babyface has escaped!  *runs outside the jail*
SHERFIX: Deputox!  After him!

[Scene change: the Star Pac is flying past a rock formation.]
NERKS: Babyface was headed for the space coach, Kimmie.
[Camera switches to a cockpit view.]
NERKS: *points* There it is!  I'll bet he's robbing it right now.  Hurry!
KIMBERLY: Be careful, Dexter!  *grabs the control stick*
NERKS: *shoves Kim away* I'm in control now!
KIMBERLY: You're not Dexter. *points*  You're Babyface Nerks!
NERKS: The one and only.  And now I'm gonna rob that space coach.
KIMBERLY: *looks to her left* Wanna bet?
[Camera switches angle; we see Ace riding the hover-horse.  Kimberly presses a button, which activates her ejection seat.  The Star Pac's canopy opens and Kim ejects clear of the ship.]
KIMBERLY: Space Ace!
[Ace catches her and puts her on the hover-horse; the seat tumbles toward the ground.]
KIMBERLY: Good timing, Space Ace.
KIMBERLY: Hurry, we've got to stop Babyface.
[Nerks is using the Star Pac to attack the space coach.]
ACE: Watch out, Babyface.  You're in deep trouble now.
[The space coach driver and Nerks exchange blaster shots.  Nerks leaps onto the coach.]
NERKS: Alright, hand over the loot!
ACE: Hold it right there, Babyface!
NERKS: What?  Space Ace? *grabs the coach's reins*
[The space coach speeds away.  Ace catches up on the hover-horse.]
ACE: Take over the reins, Kim.  *leaps onto the space coach*
NERKS:  Have some baggage, space sap?
ACE: No thanks; -you're- the sad sack I want.
[Nerks leaps onto one of the coach's hover-horses.]
ACE: Cut the horseplay, Babyface.
KIMBERLY: Your trail ends here, Babyface.
[Ace catches up to Nerks and is about to recover the loot when he transforms into his younger self.]
NERKS: What?  The phoney wimp again? *tosses Dexter off*
DEXTER: Hey-ey-ey!
[Dexter is holding onto Nerk's arm.]
NERKS: Let go you little twerp!
DEXTER: Kimmie!
[Kimberly makes a grab for them, but both guys fall off the hover-horse.]
NERKS: Whoa!
KIMBERLY: Dexter!
DEXTER: He-el-elp!
[Kimberly manages to catch both of them with her hover-horse.]
KIMBERLY: This belongs to the space coach, Babyface.  *recovers the loot*
SHERFIX: And Babyface Nerks belongs to me!
KIMBERLY: He's all yours, Sherfix.
[The Sherfix grabs Dexter.]
DEXTER: Hey!  Not me, Dexter; him Babyface!
[The Sherfix releases Dexter.]
SHERFIX: Huh?  You sure who's who here?
KIMBERLY: This lump of villainy is Babyface Nerks, Sherfix. *hands him over to the Sherfix*
SHERFIX: Thanks, strangers.  Babyface's outlaw days are over. *rides away*
KIMBERLY: Let's get back to the Star Pac, Dex.
[They ride away.]

[Scene change: deep space.  Star Pac flies into the shot.]
KIMBERLY: Imagine that Babyface Nerks fooling -me-.
[Camera switches to an inside view.]
KIMBERLY: I really thought he was you, Dex.
[Dexter turns away, messes up his hair, and turns back.]
DEXTER (in a gruff voice): Turn around, space sap.  We've gotta space coach to rob.
KIMBERLY: *draws a blaster on him* Don't move.  Babyface?
DEXTER: *holds his hands up* Just kidding, Kimmie. *laughs*
KIMBERLY: You better give me solid proof you're not Nerks.
[Dexter transforms.]
ACE: Is -this- solid enough proof?
KIMBERLY: Space Ace, you and Dexter really make a pair.
[Fade to black.]

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