[wind howling]
[electronic beeping]
[thunder clap]
[beeping]
[thunder clap]
[spooky music]
A-herm.
Aagh!
-Ha-ha! -[Angela laughing]
And the scavenger hunt victory goes to Team Tom and Angela!
Yes! In your face, Team Ben and Xenon!
Okay, you win this round.
But we'll beat you at the movie-marathon-popcorn-eating contest.
Which will begin right after this brief stop for ice-cream floats.
You're all in a good mood. You get new pants or something?
Even better. We're on an all-day double date adventure!
It is our first double date, so it must be good.
Therefore, I have scheduled it for MFP - Maximum Fun Potential!
[Ben] First, we had a scenic bike ride! Then, an epic laser tag battle.
Then, a relaxing wind-tunnel dive!
Then, finally, the scavenger hunt brought us here.
Wow. Well, I hope your plan doesn't get messed up when tonight's big storm hits.
Tonight's big storm? [thunder clap]
Huh?
[Xenon] Uh-oh. This could get in the way of our heavily planned good time.
Yeah. Rhonda, maybe hurry with those floats.
[wind howls, creaking]
[crash]
Uh-oh.
♪ Wa-oah ♪
This door's blocked. There's another door in the back. Hurry, before we--
[thunder clap]
[creaking]
[crash]
And we're trapped.
I can't breathe! The walls are closing in!
-But you're not really here. -Yeah, but I still have emotions, don't I?
Don't panic. We'll get out of this.
-Don't tell me not to panic. -Don't tell him what to tell you!
Don't tell her what to tell him what to tell you.
-Calm down. We're gonna get through this. -[arguing]
-If everyone ju-- -[eerie whining]
[Ginger] The problem isn't that you're stuck here.
The problem is...
Monsters! Ha ha ha!
-Ginger, what are you doing here? -I'm waiting for monsters! Duh!
My monster tracker says this will be a hot spot for sightings during the storm.
Check it out.
Hm. I'm not sure that I agree with the science behind this "monster tracker".
Well, you better start agreeing.
The app says there's going to be monsters and we're all stuck here
-like monster food in a tin! -Ginger.
We don't have time for this. We're on a double date.
-It's a mature, adult thing to do. -Yeah. We went in a wind tunnel.
Gross! Fine! I guess it's up to me to check for monster-tivity.
[beeping]
-But we can't leave the diner! -We don't need to.
The next thing on our schedule is...
-Ice-cream floats! -I bet I can drink my float the fastest!
-[slurp] -Tom, no!
Under the circumstances, we should race to see who can drink their float the slowest.
Oh, right.
[slu-u-rp]
Mm. This is kind of fun.
[monstrous growl]
[thunder clap] [Ginger] Did you hear that?
It sounded like... a monster!
[thunder clap]
[sad man sobs]
♪ I was right Go, Ginger! ♪
♪ Monster's coming I knew it! ♪
I know that you have an age-appropriate fascination with the bizarre
-but that was just the wind. -Wind?
Wake up! We're under attack!
We have to get to the kitchen to make battle helmets out of pots!
[Rhonda] Ooh, I've got a cast iron skillet that would make a good shield.
-Don't tell me you believe him. -I'm not taking any chances!
Guys, I think we're going to finish these floats before this crisis is over.
-Sip slower, everyone. -That won't work, Ben.
We're going to have to improvise - Tom style.
[rock 'n' roll plays]
You did it, Tom. You've turned a diner disaster into a diner dance party!
Just call me the date-saver.
[loud scary growl]
Ow! Hey, Tom!
We leave you alone for five minutes
and you start luring the monster with this music and stomping?
That's it! We're forming a monster response team, right now!
I'll do it, if I get a costume.
-A-ha! -[Xenon gasps]
That's your idea-noise. Do you have an idea?
Indeed I do. To get this night back on track, we simply need some outside help.
[Hank humming happily]
[chuckles]
[phone rings] Oh! Uh...
-Hi, Ben. How's the big double date? -Not good. We're stuck in the diner.
Really? You're not going to make it home for the big popcorn-eating contest?
-Because the popcorn is calling to me. -What?
-No, leave the popcorn alone! -Oh.
-I need you to turn on my Lumber-Bot. -Lumber-what-now?
It's a device I created to do yard work,
but with this code I can control it over the internet
and use it to pull away the tree so we can continue our date!
-Sure, no problem. -You can stop panicking, everyone.
-Hank will get us out of here! -You're a hero, Hank.
Happy to do it. Try to stay dry until--
[gasps] What's that? No!
No! NO!!
[all gasp]
The monster ate Hank! Why did you drag him into this, Ben?
Why?
Oh! I didn't put the cap on my glue and it all dried up!
Now I'll never finish this little diorama.
Ha! Can you believe it, Ben? I-- Hello?
Oh. I hope my ear-splitting screams didn't upset anyone.
[panicked shouts]
It's fine, everyone! The storm just shorted-out the internet.
Allow my internet girlfriend, Xenon, to explain.
Ben, I... The signal... Monster...
No, no. Xenon, stay with me!
Oh, I should have seen this coming!
[whines] It's cutting off our communication with the outside world.
Okay. Grab a pan! Get ready to fight.
It looks like Lumber-Bot turned into Lumber-Not. Ha ha--
[Angela] Quit joking, Tom. This is getting scary.
Hey, I know things look bad. [inspirational music playing]
But this date isn't over yet!
Sure, something weird is happening in this town,
but I still believe we can make tonight fun for everyone.
We can get out of here. We just have to work together.
Come on, everyone. Let's move this tree!
[wind howls]
[music stops] He's going to let the monster in!
[angry mob shouting]
Why did they tie me up, too?
[sighs] I don't think we're maximizing our fun potential right now.
[Tom] Or are we?
I'm thinking of a number between one and ten.
-Uh, four? -Nope!
-Ben, you want to guess? -Stop trying to make this fun!
I just want to pout until everyone forgets about this stupid mons--
[electricity fizzes] Seal the air conditioner!
Don't let the monster get its spiny eye stalks inside!
[beeping]
Stop! There's a rational non-monster explanation for this!
The storm tripped the circuit breaker. I'll just turn the power back on.
Fine, but no funny business. You see a monster, you better tell me.
I'm not gonna be telling you much because that doesn't happen.
[door creaks]
[thunder clap]
This is why every diner should have a resident scientist.
So no one wastes time worrying about--
[gasps]
M-m-monsters! Aagh!
I was wrong! The monster is real! I renounce science!
Monsters! Monsters! Monsters!
This is why you should always listen to children,
because our hearts are pure and we're open to seeing the world as it really is.
You don't think there's really a monster, do you, Tom?
No way. It's all just a big misunderstanding, right?
Of course! Though, I don't know what that noise was.
And Ben is pretty spooked.
[crash] [both] Monster!
We've got to get out of here! [thunder clap]
-They're trying to escape! Seize them! -Oh, no.
We can't start fighting each other. That's what the monster wants.
Angela, run!
Agh!
[boom]
[whimpering]
[boom]
[wind howling]
[electricity fizzes]
[boom] [Tom] Get behind me, Angela.
[Angela] No, you get behind me!
[Rhonda] Everyone get behind someone else!
[scary growl]
I don't really want to see a monster!
[growl]
[everyone screams]
How's everybody holding up? Oh. Not good.
Xenon? Is that my Lumber-Bot?
Yeah, I decided to see if I could hack into this thing
after I lost contact with you.
It wasn't too hard. Also, I found these fun emergency lights that look like eyes.
So the roars we kept hearing really were just the wind?
Actually, they're the town's storm alert system.
The wind broke a speaker so it garbled the message.
[beep] [low, gruff voice] Roar!
Safety Beast says, "Stay inside!"
Sadly, this is not the first time I've been embarrassed by Safety Beast.
[beep beep] Huh?
Yes! Whoo!
Well, I'm glad we're alive, but I am sorry our double date got ruined.
What are you talking about?
-I got to be a robot! -[Angela] Yeah!
There was danger and action.
-As dates go, this was exciting. -I guess that's true.
Hey, is anyone still up for a movie-marathon-popcorn-eating contest?
[everyone cheers] All right!
[nervous laugh]
No one must ever learn the terrible truth about what happened tonight.
[thunder clap]
[belch]
I'm the real monster.