~Quiet on the Set!~
"You're late!" Jake Ritesound, senior recording director of Rocket
Studios shrieked, throwing open the door to the recording studio and
addressing a very disinterested twosome and their cat Pokemon- Team Rocket of
course. "Recording was supposed to start forty-five minutes ago!"
Jessie ran a hand though her hair haughtily. "I had to wash my hair
first."
"And besides, we had to be fashionably late," James chimed in. "Team
Rocket does everything fashionably!"
Jake visibly sweatdropped. "Well, at least you're here. Follow me to the
recording room." Before heading inside, he paused and looked them over. "What
are you WEARING?"
Jessie inspected her hot pink halter-top and tight black flares, and
James inspected his baggy jeans and oversized muscle shirt. "Isn't this what
you're supposed to wear to a music video shoot?"
Jake facefaulted. "This isn't a music video shoot! It's a recording
session for your new single!"
"But I wanted to do a music video!" James whined, starting to get
wobbly-eyed.
Jake covered his ears. "God help me! Now, let's get to the recording
room," he sighed, and began to walk down a hallway, gesturing for them to
follow. "I trust you learned your parts?" he asked tentatively.
"How could I not?" Jessie wailed. "It's so small! How come James gets
more lines than me?"
"You think you've got it bad?" Meowth squawked. "I have three lines!"
Both he and Jessie rounded on the hapless Jake. "We demand an explanation!"
Jake turned a little blue. "Erm, the size of your parts was determined by
the strength of your voices?"
"Naturally!" James gloated. "My voice rivals that of Placebo Domino
himself!"
Jake blinked. "Do you mean Placido Domingo?"
"Who?" James asked innocently.
"Shut up, both of you!" Jessie interrupted, smacking them both with a
frying pan. "That's for insulting my voice!"
Through superhuman effort, Jake got the squabbling, complaining trio into
the recording booth.
"OK, guys, we're taking it from the top! Down beat in 5,4,3-"
"Wait!" James interrupted. "Doesn't The Boss have the opening line?"
"He couldn't make today's session. We'll dub his voice in once he
reschedules."
"Why couldn't he make it?" Jessie asked.
"I'm not entirely sure?something about getting his Persian groomed?" Jake
said, ducking to avoid the sudden onslaught of Fury Swipes.
"I HATE PERSIANS!"
"We know, Meowth. Can we just get started, please?" Jessie huffed,
smoothing her hair.
A vein appeared on Jake's forehead. "I wanted to do that an HOUR ago!?OK,
nevermind, let's take it from the top. 1,2,3,4?"
Prepare for trouble
Make it double
Prepare for trouble
Make it double
Silence. "Um, James, don't you have the next line?" Jake sighed, rubbing
his temples.
But James and Jessie were staring blankly. "Where did those voices come
from?"
"What 'voices'?" Jake snapped.
"Who was just singing?"
Jake slapped himself in the head. "Those are your backup singers! Look
behind you!"
Jessie and James turned. Sure enough, there were four men standing there,
dressed in matching black outfits, microphones in hand.
"These are backup singers?" Meowth asked.
"I commissioned them myself!" Jake answered. "They're the best on the
market today!"
"The best on the market today?!?" Jessie shrieked. "They sound like a
cross between Puff Daddy and the Backstreet Boys!"
"WHAT?" the four singers shouted in unison. "We're outta here!" they
huffed, also in unison, and, I might add, in perfect harmony.
"No, guys, I NEED you!" Jake gasped, diving after them. "I'll pay you
double!"
The four singers glanced at Jessie and James, who were happily fiddling
with the controls on their microphones. "Triple," they said (in unison).
Jake sweatdropped. "Fine?" He turned back to Jessie and James. "Can we
take it from the top again? PLEASE?"
"Do they do everything in unison?"
"WILL YOU SHUT UP AND SING ALREADY?!?"
Prepare for trouble
Make it double
Prepare for trouble
Make it double
James- We'll be the richest rogues of all time?
Jessie- Creators of a grand design
James- I'll be the King!
Jessie- I'll be the Queen!
Meowth- I'll be da-
"Wait!" Jessie snapped.
"WHAT?" Jake shrieked.
"What's that 'king and queen' stuff supposed to mean? Are the lyricists
insinuating that James and I are a couple?" she howled, visibly blushing.
Jake moaned. "They're not insinuating anything, it just-"
"Jess and I will never get together!" James piped up, also blushing.
"Jessie doesn't like me that way!"
Jessie whirled to face him. "I- I thought YOU didn't like ME that way!"
"Y-you mean you DO?"
"Oh, James?"
"Oh, Jessie?"
"CAN THIS WAIT UNTIL THE SONG IS RECORDED?!?" Jake shrieked, killing the
amorous moment. "Now, let's take it from Meowth's line-"
"-that was rudely interrupted!" Meowth squealed, swiping Jessie and James
across the face.
"Just sing?"
Meowth- I'll be da Joker of crime!
Prepare for trouble
Make it double
Prepare for trouble
Make it double
Jessie- To protect the world from devastation
James- To unite all people within our nation
Jessie- To denounce the evils of truth and love
James- To extend our reach to the stars above
Jessie- Jessie!
James- James?
Jessie- Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!
James- Surrender now or prepare to fight!
Meowth- Dat's right!
Team Rocket's rock-
"Ooo!" James squealed. "That was so much fun!"
"The motto is much snappier when set to music!" Jessie giggled.
"Let's do it again!" James laughed. "Eee hee hee hee hee hee hee!"
Jake stared at him. "Did anyone ever tell you that your giggle sounds
like Scooby Doo?"
Jessie whacked him with her mallet. "Don't insult my James!"
"Oh, so now I'm YOUR James?"
"Oh, James?"
"Oh, Jessie?"
"NOT NOW!!" Jake interrupted again, recovering from the mallet strike.
"Ooo, note to self, use that giggle many times in the final cut- for revenge.
OK, backup singers, do the chorus!"
Team Rocket's rockin'
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you
Team Rocket's rockin'
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you
We're gonna capture Pikachu!
James- We're Team Rocket and we fight for what's wrong, for mayhem, and
madness, and rare Pokemon
Jessie- I'm so gorgeous
James- I'm always the man
"OK, who wrote THAT one?" Meowth squeaked. "Did they actually WATCH the
show? James has crossdressed more times than Ash has used his Pokedex!" He
paused. "OK, well maybe not THAT many times?"
It was Meowth's turn to feel the mallet. "Now YOU'RE insulting my James!
Only I'M allowed to do that!"
James got all wobbly-eyed. "I love it when you call me 'your James'?"
"Oh, James?"
"Oh, Jessie?"
"STOP IT!" Jake howled, holding his head. "Let's just skip to the next
verse. Backup singers, take it from 'we're always gonna try it', and
remember, James, you voice-over this part."
We're always gonna try it
No one can deny it
We can cause a riot in Sunday School
"Ooh, a riot!" James squealed.
"WE can cause a RIOT?" Jessie gasped, surprised at her newfound talent.
"People must riot because we're so attractive!"
"You mean because YOU'RE so attractive?" James cooed.
"Oh, James?"
"Oh, Jessie?"
"AW, COME ON!" Jake moaned. "CAN'T YOU JUST CONTROL YOURSELVES UNTIL HE
END OF THE SONG???"
"OK, OK," Jessie grumbled. "But leave in James' 'Ooh, a riot!'. It's
cute!"
"Whatever," Jake gasped. "Let's just finish this!"
We'll have you believing
Truth can be deceiving
Do unto others is our Golden Rule
"Ooo, now the voice-over!" Jessie squealed.
"I love this part!" James agreed. They winked at each other.
"This is our most ingenious plan ever, if I do say so myself!" Jessie
giggled, stepping closer to James.
"Even we couldn't screw this one up, *Jessie*?" On 'Jessie', he dipped
her in a kiss.
Meowth, who did not see this lovefilled turn of events, continued. "Would
you two stop yappin'? Here dey come!" He then turned and became full witness
to the liplock. "OH NO!! There'll be no livin' with them now!!!"
"THAT'S IT!" Jake shrieked, reaching his breaking point. "You three are
out of here!" Enraged, he pressed a red button on his console. The ceiling
above Team Rocket opened, and the floor flew up, catapulting them into the
sky.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"
Jake collapsed on his console. "That was a nightmare?"
"Were we able to get enough to dub the song together?" the backup singers
asked (you guessed it, in unison).
"We better have!" Jake gasped. "I'm not doing THAT again!" he picked up
his clipboard. "Now, what song need to be done next?" he saw his next
project, and facefaulted painfully. "Oh NO, not the PokeRAP!!!
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