GUNDAM McALLISTER and his wife DRAGONBALL are standing outside the locked door of HERBERTIO KNIFEās workshop in the KNIFE household. They are impatient as CARMELLA KNIFE and her two children - daughter, KRISS AKABUSI, and young son, DES LYNAM - are approaching with their suitcases.
The workshop door opens, HERBERTIO KNIFE enters the front hall of his family home.
GUNDAM McALLISTER angrily glares at HERBERTIO.
GUNDAM: Ah, so he finally makes an appearance!
HERBERTIO: What is this? Your parents are here, Carmella. You have packed bags and are leaving with the children? Explain!?!
CARMELLA: Dearā¦ I couldnāt handle childrearing alone. I need to move back in with my parents, so they can help me navigate the kids through the particularly tumultuous adolescent years.
DES LYNAM: There are hairs where before there were no hairs.
CARMELLA: You have shut yourself away from the family for too long, Herbertio. You entered into that workshop three years ago and Iāve been struggling to do everything as a single parent ever since.
HERBERTIO: Butā
GUNDAM: I shanāt hear from you. I knew you werenāt good enough for my daughter, and I should have put a stop to your relationship long before you could do something so stupid as this.
HERBERTIO: I could explain. If you just come to my workshop and see what Iāve been doing for the last three years, youād understandā¦ andā¦ and youād forgive me. I know it.
GUNDAM: Oh, come on. Weāre already running late. I canāt stand and listen to any more of this cack.
CARMELLA: Wait, dad. This is my husband. And my marriage is important to me. I trust him andā¦ andā¦ I still love him.
GUNDAM: GAH!
DRAGONBALL: Oh Gundam, remember when we were courting. My dad didnāt like you at first, did he? Remember? You came with us on that family holiday? You kept unplugging the freezer at random points in the night? Kept flooding the kitchen?
GUNDAM: Fine! At least itāll put an end to the illusion that this oaf has done something competent for a change.
They all venture into the workshop, where they see - projected onto the wall - HERBERTIOās master work.
GUNDAM: My Godā¦
CARMELLA: Oh, Herbertioā¦ now I remember why I married youā¦
HERBERTIO: See? A chubby day is upon usā¦ Iāve analysed the charts! The planets! They foresee it with clarity! There wonāt be one for another six-thousand years! ā¦ Yesā¦ a chubby day is soon. And now Iāve created this conduit for people to tag their chubby friendsā¦ I thinkā¦ if my calculations are right, Iāll be able to harness the chubby power and Iāll be able toā
GUNDAM: You canāt be sayingā?
HERBERTIO: Yes, my father-in-law. Iāll be able to use the chubby power to remotely control the Statue of Liberty and defeat Gorgoroth once and for all
GUNDAM: I canāt believe I ever doubted youā¦ son
