Cheat Code/Transcript

(The episode begins with Tom and Ben playing a VR game.)

Ben: (proudly) Our first structure is almost done! (puts in block) Hard to believe we only started playing SquareStack a week ago! I guess we're just naturally gifted.

Tom: Yeah, we are. (jumps in game) Wait, why am I jumping?

Ben: Hold on, let me check. (removes headset and looks at book) According to Builder X's How to SquareStack, to harvest a bush, you have to wave to the left.

Tom: Oh!

(Tom waves to the left and an axe appears in his hand.)

Tom: Got it!

(Tom uses the axe to hit a tree. The tree turns into a block, and Tom uses the block to finish his house.)

Ben: Yay! Yay, we did it!

Tom: Whoo!

(Ginger appears.)

Ginger: Pathetic!

Tom: Huh?

Ginger: I wouldn't store Level 2 moldy wood shavings in there!

Ben: I'd like to see you do any better.

Ginger: You would? Okay.

(Ginger leads Tom and Ben to another area, which, in the real world, is the garage bathroom.)

Ginger: Behold my throne!

(A castle emerges from the ground. He sits on the throne and laughs.)

Ben: Ginger, how did you-

Ginger: (interrupting Ben) This isn't my biggest enormous castle, but it's the closest. And it's well-defended.

(Cannons emerge from the castle.)

Tom: Uh... defended from what?

(A cube-like creature appears. The cannon scares it away from Ginger's castle.)

Tom: That? Really?

(The creature goes to Tom and Ben's house. It fires a laser that destroys the house.)

(Tom and Ben scream. Ginger laugh.)

(Theme song plays)

(The friends remove their headsets.

Ginger: (laughs) Don't beat yourselves up, guys. Old people aren't good at video games.

Tom: We're not old. Our brains are fine.

Ginger: (mockingly) "I'm not old! Where's my quilt?" (laughs) That's exactly what you sound like. Anyway, I have worlds to create! (laughs and leaves)

Tom: (sighs) Hey, Ben, how do we make a big castle like that?

Ben: Not easily. Builder X says you need 9000 bricks of impossible-to-get-ium, which is even harder to get then hard-to-get-ium!

Tom: (grunts) Maybe i should spend my free time doing something more worthwhile than video games.

(Angela enters.)

Angela: Tom, I need your help applying to perform at the Uncomfortable Rocks Music Festival!

(Angela shows Tom a video on her tablet.)

Angela: I need the perfect song if I want to get in.

Ben: Tom, don't give up on our digital domain! The manual says if you have game questions, you can contact Builder X. (takes out computer)

Tom: Builder X is the highest-ranking stacker in the stacker-verse. He's not going to write you back.

Ben: He doesn't need to! (starts typing) I'll use the data from his email address to find his location and we will just go meet him in person.

(Ben's computer finds Builder X's location.)

Ben: Got it! Take that, privacy!

Tom: Angela, I'm sorry, but this is urgent.

Angela: But I need a song!

Tom: (kisses Angela on the cheek) I believe in you. You are going to write the greatest song of all time!

Ben: Tom, come on, would you?

(Tom and Ben leave the garage)

Angela: (to herself) No pressure.

(Scene cuts to Tom and Ben at Builder X's door. They open the door and Ben immediately spots Builder X at his seat.)

Ben: There he is. Builder X. We must treat him with respect.

(Tom clears his throat.)

(Builder X turns his seat around, revealing that he was really Ronnie Bergstedt.)

Tom: Ronnie?

Ronnie: Hey, Scoutmaster Tom!

Tom: You're Builder X?

Ronnie: Yup! I do my homework fast, so I have lots of time to stack. (raises chair) What can X do for you?

Tom: We want to be as good at the game as Ginger is. Just without having to play it for years.

Ronnie: I see. Sorry, Tom. There are no shortcuts in SquareStack.

Ben: (walks away) Well, so much for that.

Tom: Hmm... (gets an idea) okay. If you help us, I'll let you make the first s'more on our next scout boy trip.

Ronnie: The very first s'more?

(Ronnie is seen eating an imaginary s'more.)

Ronnie: Mmm... maybe there's one shortcut in square stack. (takes out box and opens it)

(Tom and Ben admire whatever is in the box.)

Ben: Huh.

Tom: Ooh!

(Inside the box is a USB drive.)

Ronnie: This is my special cheat code.

(Ben takes the USB.)

Ronnie: It doubles your resources, but be careful! Adding changes to the code can have serious consequences!

Ben: Oh, come on! We won't mess with it, we're not idiots.

(Tom chuckles.)

(Scene cuts to Angela at diner.)

Angela: (to Rhonda) Oh, hey, Rhonda. I have a question. If you had to write a perfect song, what would it be about?

Rhonda: Woah. The perfect song should be about love.

Angela: That's perfect!

Wesley: That's not right at all. The perfect song should be about a party.

Male Customer: The perfect song would be about a breakup!

Female customer: Well, I only like songs that are about outer space!

(Several other characters give their ideas, arguing with each other about what the perfect song should be about.)

(Angela sighs sadly.)

(Scene cuts to SquareStack game. Tom and Ben have built a new house.)

Tom: Thank you, cheat code! This giant mansion is perfect! (to Ben) Good thing you have your own.

(Ben has his own mansion. Tom and Ben both laugh.)

(Hank appears.)

Hank: Woah, matching friendship mansions? (a clapping hand appears) Nice!

Tom: Hank, did you decide to join the SquareStack revolution?

Hank: I didn't wanna miss out on all the "stacktion." I've carved out my own little nook in this world, see? (directs Tom and Ben to hill)

Ben: You mean that hill? There's nothing there.

Hank: I know. I felt like anything I put there would just mess it up. Pretty, huh? (lies down on hill and hums)

(The ground begins to rumble. A giant, floating building resembling Ginger's head appears.)

Ben: What?!

Ginger: (laughs) Nice mansions, kind of! (giggles) But you're still living in my shadow! And you forgot defences again!

(A Zapper appears. It destroys both Tom and Ben's mansions.)

Tom: Aw, no! (removes headset) How are you still better than us even though we're che...erfully learning this game?

Ben: Come on, Tom, it's time to mess with the code.

(A montage is shown of Ben modifying the cheat code so that instead of doubling the resources, it multiplies the resources by 1000.)

(Using the code, Tom and Ben build a much taller tower.)

Tom: I'm proud of you, Ben! You made Ronnie's cheat code way better!

(Tom takes snacks from the fridge.)

Ben: It wasn't that hard to improve. Ronnie's a kid and we are adults.

Tom: So true. (to Angela) Hey, Angela!

Angela: Aw...

Tom: Do you still need help with the Uncomfortable Rocks thing, or, uh...

Angela: More than ever! I asked people what makes a perfect song, but everyone likes different things and I don't know who's right!

Tom: It's whoever said the best songs are about dancing.

Angela: Nobody said that. (groans) Now I'm even more confused!

Tom: Don't give up. I know you'll write a song that'll make everyone happy.

Angela: How am I supposed to do that, genius? Write a song about everything that's good? (gets idea) A song about everything that's good! (squeals) You're a genius! (kisses Tom on his cheek) Thanks, Tom!

Tom: Wow, I am on a roll today!

(Ronnie and Ginger appear distressed.)

Ronnie: Tom! I told you not to alter my code! How did you not understand!?

Ginger: You ruined everything, look at this hot mess!

(Tom and Ben put on the VR headsets.)

(Inside the SquareStack world, several Zappers are in the air, attacking all that they see.)

(Tom and Ben scream.)

Ben: How is this happening? All I did was change your code so we got a thousand times more resources!

Ginger: You multiplied everything by a thousand! Including the Zapper! You always forget about the Zappers!

Tom: We were just tired of kids winning this game.

Ronnie: Now nobody's winning! Nowhere is safe!

(A Zapper approaches Ronnie.)

Ronnie: Oh, boy!

(Tom removes Ronnie's headset.)

(Scene cuts to Hank's hill.)

Hank: (sniffs rose) Ah... (sees friends) hey! Welcome to Hank's Hill. I was just thinking of putting up a sign that says "welcome." (takes out shovel)

Tom: No! (takes shovel) Don't build anything! Your weird way of playing this game is the only thing keeping you safe right now!

Ben: An army of Zappers is destroying anything players make!

Hank: This game has bad guys?

Ginger: I dumped hundreds of hours into this game and I got nothing!

Hank: No, you have your building skills. And I'm sure those will help you later on in your life.

Tom: (gets idea) Huh! Hank's right! I have a plan. Ben and I will use the power of the cheat code to give you guys time to use your stacking skills, to build a Zapper trap...

(The remainder of Tom's plan is not disclosed.)

(Scene cuts to the Zappers being alerted by a whistle.)

Tom: Uh... hello?

(The Zappers fire at Tom and Hank. They scream and run.)

(Scene cuts to Ginger, Ronnie, and Ben building a structure at the top of Hank's hill.)

Ginger: Oh, boy.

Ben: I hope this works! Here they come!

(Tom and Hank appear.)

Tom: Retreat! To the top of the hill!

(Tom and Hank are chased by a swarm of Zappers. They hop onto one end of a lever.)

(Ben, Ronnie and Ginger hop onto the other end, launching Tom and Hank into the structure.)

(The Zappers enter the structure.)

(Ginger presses a button that places the ceiling onto the structure. A timer appears above the structure. The structure is revealed to be a rocket set to launch out of the world.)

(Tom and Hank exit through a door in the side of the rocket.)

Hank: Got 'em! Hey, that was easy!

(The rocket pounds.)

Hank: Uh, oh, maybe it wasn't easy. This building's not gonna hold 'em for long!

Ginger: It doesn't need to. Get out of my game!

(The timer reaches zero. The rocket launches.)

(The friends remove their

Ben: A rocket hut that can launch itself of its own game. Ha! You really can build anything in SquareStack.

Tom: Yeah, those bad guys are lost in cyberspace now.

Ginger: (groans) You guys destroyed the game that I love! But then, you saved the game that I love. I guess it works out.

(Angela appears.)

Angela: You guys, I did it! I wrote a song everyone will like, no matter what they like. (sings)

Yes, we like good things,

Things that are good.

And we like that they're good.

Aah, so good!

Good, good things,

Good things,

(continues singing)

Tom: Hey, today had some ups and some downs but everything really worked out in the end.

(Scene cuts to the SquareStack rocket. It hits the top of the world. The real world's ground begins to rumble.

Everyone: Woah!

(A Zapper zaps the audience.)

(credits)