Larry-Boy and the Rumor Witch

Plot
The story begins in the great city of Woodburn, IN. Percy and Lil' Pea are walking home from the local movie theater after watching "Invasion of the Cow Snatchers." As they walk down the sidewalk, Li'l Pea lies to Percy that they've never seen the movie before. Just then, Fib, who is only red and 50 feet tall, shows up. He grabs Li'l Pea and begins to go on a rampage around the city. Then, Larry-Boy, who is only in his night robe, stands up to Fib. Then, Li'l Pea tells the truth to them that he and Percy saw the movie before. Then, Fib shrinks down and disappears. On a rooftop, Larry-Boy is talking with Alfred, who is only a teenager, and he accidentally knocks over a potted plant over a phone cable. As the plant is being electrified, a woman is talking on the phone talking about some rumors and the plant falls in a sewer. Back on the building, Larry-Boy tells Alfred goodnight and resumes looking over the city. Back in the sewer, the plant comes to life and smiles.

The next morning, Alfred comes to the Woodburn Elementary School to volunteer for Thomas O'Malley class and tell the students stories. O'Malley asks if Alfred would like to stay a little longer, but Alfred says that he needs to go home and "recharge his batteries." Hearing this gets Berlioz and Marie confused. On their way home, the two friends talk about why Alfred would say something so odd. Junior says that he has a toy robot with rechargeable batteries. Marie and Berlioz then become shocked after thinking that Alfred is a robot. As they talk, a voice speaks up about what they're talking about. The voice belongs to a talking female weed with snazzy pink sunglasses, yellow hair, and red lipstick, named the Rumor Weed. The children tell the weed that Alfred could possibly be a robot. She then promises to the kids that she will keep their secret and not tell a soul. Meanwhile, in Percy Pea's backyard, the Rumor Weed gets in the backyard and tells Percy that Alfred is a robot. Later, the weed moves to Clifford's backyard to tell him that Alfred is a robot. Soon, rumors of Alfred being a robot spread all over town.

Back at the Larry-mansion, Larry and Alfred are in the garden looking a petunia. Soon the phone rings and Alfred runs in the mansion to answer it. Soon, the Rumor Weed pops in the garden to tell Larry about Alfred. But before she can speak, Alfred calls Larry into the mansion. In the mansion, Larry gets on the phone and speaks to the Mayor of Woodburn (Madame Bovary). On the phone, Larry learns that there are not one, but many weeds all over Bumblyburg spreading rumors about Alfred. Larry responds by sending in Larry-Boy to help. Larry turns into Larry-Boy and heads to Clifford's backyard to take out a weed staying there. At the backyard, Larry uses multiple gardening tools to take out the weed, but the weed stands its ground and is unharmed. Alfred then has Larry-Boy use one of his super-suction ears to analyze the weed. After analyzing the weed, the weed uses its surprising strength to hold down Larry-Boy. After escaping her clutches, Larry-Boy comes back to the Larry-cave to see Alfred's analysis on the weed. According to a satellite view of the weeds all over Woodburn, Alfred concludes that the weeds don't run on the suns energy as they should, but rather something else. Larry-Boy then accidentally bumps into the satellite control stick. Once the control was bumped, the satellite begins an underground view of the city. The image on the computer shows a big green image. The image turns out to be the Mother Weed. Alfred then sends an unprepared Larry-Boy to deal with the Mother Weed and kill it before it gets any bigger.

As Larry-Boy drives in his Larry-mobile, Alfred tells him to activate the Larry-plane. Once in the air, Alfred tells Larry-Boy to shut off the wings and activate the drilling mode on the Larry-mobile. As the Larry-mobile falls to the ground with the drill activated, Alfred tells Larry-Boy to head to Witch Lezah's main location. Once in the sewers, Larry-Boy loses contact with Alfred due to the sewer's strong brick walls blocking the radio transmission, leaving him no way to take out the mother weed. Alfred then gets on his scooter and goes to help Larry-Boy

Back in the sewer, Larry-Boy finds Witch Hezah. Witch Lezah is a witch that grows on the rumors about Alfred that are spread by everyone. Larry-Boy heads on over to the Larry-mobile to find a weapon that can kill the witch, but Larry-Boy presses the wrong button which causes the weapon to malfunction. Witch Lezah then beats up Larry-Boy to the point of being defenseless and hurt.

Back up on the surface of Woodburn, Alfred finds everyone scared of him and calling him a robot. When Alfred gets to city hall, a mad mob surrounds Alfred and calls him a dangerous robot. As everyone spreads the rumor, Lezah comes out from the ground, grows around city hall, and takes Alfred in her grasp. O'Malley watching, asks Berlioz and Marie what's going on. After Berlioz tells O'Malley that the weed has Alfred who is an evil robot that will take over the world. Asking where such harsh words came from, O'Malley hears that the weed told everyone. As O'Malley heads to Lezah, she says that she got it from Berlioz and Marie. O'Malley then confronts the two kittens and demands what made them say these rumors. They say that when Alfred said he had to "recharge his batteries" they assumed he was a robot. O'Malley says that what he says was a figure of speech. What Alfred really meant was that he was tired and needed to go home and rest. After O'Malley says that Alfred is a nice man, flowers bloom on Lezah. Seeing what happened, Berlioz and Marie go to the mob and say that he Alfred isn't an evil robot, but a nice man. Everyone then begins to talk about the good deeds that Alfred has done for them. Soon, more flowers bloom over Lezah, causing her to turn into a flower herself. Alfred is soon free and he forgives everyone for their wrong doing. Soon, Larry-Boy resurfaces from the sewers badly hurt and everyone gathers around him.

Characters

 * Larry-Boy (night robe only)
 * Alfred Asparagus (young only)
 * Berlioz (from: The AristoCats (1970)) (replacing Junior Asparagus)
 * Marie (from: The AristoCats (1970)) (replacing Laura Carrot)
 * Clifford the Big Red Dog (from: Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000-03)) (replacing Mr. Nezzer)
 * Madame Bovary (from: Madame Bovary (1836)) (replacing the Mayor of Woodburn, IN)
 * Percy Pea
 * Li'l Pea
 * Dad Pea
 * The Rumor Weed
 * Witch Lezah (from: Looney Tunes (1930)) (replacing the Mother Weed)
 * Thomas O'Malley (from: The AristoCats (1970)) (replacing Dad Asparagus)
 * The Fib from Outer Space (red only)
 * Scooter Carrot

Locations

 * Woodburn, IN