Metameta... metameta... metameta... metameta... metametajets!

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(Opening animation is like Metajets with lots of quick clips with "meta meta" voiceovers except all of the "meta"s are repeated as the actual title of the show.)

Scene: CAPTAIN STRONG's briefing room. The team is standing at attention. Scenes are seen from behind the speaking character or from above so there is no animation.

STRONG: "At ease, team." (No movement) "We have become aware that our usual enemies, Black Crud, are planning to rob a transport ship carrying paper money between the ground and an airborne settlement."

JOHNNY: "Paper money? I thought everyone used electronic credits these days."

STRONG: "Most people do, but this is actually the last money transport in operation so the Metametametametametametametametametametajets are going to protect it."

MAGGIE: "Should we transform?"

STRONG: "You might as well. We spent the entire animation budget on the transformation sequences."

(they transform)

STRONG: "Now don't move! We can't afford it! Oh, and I forget to mention that you still have a race you have to run. I probably should have told you that before you transformed because now you'll have to transform back into your secret identities, but whatever. Now go out there and fly."


Scene: The race

The race involves two planes, seen from behind, staying still while the rings they have to fly through move towards the screen. A mouse cursor clicks on the planes to move, rotate, and resize them by adjusting the corners of the selection box.

ANNOUNCER: "Miller is pulling ahead! And now Jordan is pulling ahead! What an exciting race!"

The mouse cursor clicks and drags the two planes off screen.

Announcer: "And now four of the pilots and pulling out of the race and disqualifying themselves just like the same four pilots did in the past three episodes!"

MAGGIE: "Alright, Metametametametametametametametametametajets. Transform!"

(Jet transformation sequence)

ANNOUNCER: "And now four Metametametametametametametametametametajets have appeared out of the same airspace that these four pilots disappeared into! Will anybody ever discover the secret identities of these four mysterious pilots? Who knows!"


Scene: Fight scene

Scene of the transport with Black Crud drones surrounding it. It is literally one scene with no movement, just the camera zooming in.

ZAK: "There's the transport! And there's Black Crud!"

MAGGIE: "Take them out! I'm starting my run."

Maggie's plane drops down and fires guns. Switch to a scene of several drones firing repeatedly, and a few of them explode as they are hit.

JOHNNY: "I'm attacking!"

Johnny's plane drops down and fires. We see the exact same scene of drones firing and exploding.

MAGGIE: "I can do some more damage."

(Same sequence as earlier)

JOHNNY: "I can match that."

(Same sequence as earlier)

JOHNNY: "I'm surprised they don't hit us with all that firepower."

ZAK: "We have countermeasures that scramble their targeting systems. If they hit us, it's by accident."

Johnny takes a shot to the wing.

JOHNNY: "I'm hit! Vector, check it out."

ZAK: "I don't see any damage."

JOHNNY: "It's on the side of me that is not facing the screen."

Zak's jet moves over.

ZAK: "I still don't see any damage."

JOHNNY: "You have to use your imagination."

ZAK: "Oh. You're hit pretty bad."

JOHNNY: "I thought so. I'm pulling back!"

MAGGIE: "More drones just appeared on the radar! Burner, I need some backup!"

Burner's fighter is a green wire frame with only about half of the textured polygons on it, with a progress bar below it. A few textures are added during the scene.

TREY: "Sorry, I'm still rendering!"

JOHNNY: "Where are these new drones coming from?"

ZAK: "They're using the Clone Tool!"

The Photoshop Clone Tool sweeps across the screen replicating drones from the same animation of drones firing, including incomplete edges.

TREY: "Shoot it down!"

MAGGIE: "Locked on target!"

Maggie fires a missile which hits the Photoshop Clone Tool and knocks it spinning off the screen.

Trey's progress bar fills up.

TREY: (mumbling:) "It's about time." (announcing:) "I'm here to save the day! As usual."

Trey's plane fires. We see the same footage of drones exploding.

TREY: "And that's all of them."

ZAK: "Yeah, but the transport crashed."

MAGGIE: "At least it's still in one piece. Let's check it out."

They land near the downed transport. Money is spilling out the back.

JOHNNY: "I guess this is what money looks like. There sure is a lot of it."


Scene: Aftermath. In Captain Strong's office.

STRONG: (reading from an electronic pad that covers his lips) "I see that you were able to save the transport, but... " (he lowers the pad so you can see his lips moving) "... you were not able to recover any of the money."

THE TEAM (embarrassed motions): "Nope. It just kinda disappeared! No idea what happened to it!"

STRONG: (smiling) "All right. I'll put that in the report. You three are free to go, but Maggie and I have personal matters to discuss." (The three leave).

MAGGIE: "Yes, Daddy?"


New scene, the other three pilots are walking through a hall in civilian clothes. At least one of them is carrying a soda to show that they've gone somewhere and are coming back.

(Side note: the symbol on Zak's shirt is now the "Eject" symbol)

ZAK: "So one thing I don't get about this show is why the writers are making Johnny the main character when Trey is the better pilot."

JOHNNY: "They've made it more about the team since the first episode."

TREY: "I'm okay with sharing screen time as long as they recognize that I'm the better pilot."

ZAK: "And the writers are hinting at setting up Maggie with Johnny but they haven't made any hints with Trey. Is that a racial thing?"

JOHNNY: "Actually, she's already with someone."

They turn a corner and run into Maggie making out with her dad.

MAGGIE: "Oh, Daddy!"

ZAK: (with Yotsuba eyes) "THAT'S NOT RIIIIIGHT! THAT'S TOTALLY NOT RIIIIIGHT!"

Fade out as Trey and Johnny laugh.