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Hi! I’m Minnie!
These are my pets!
They’re my best friends!
And this is our amaz-a-cute synchronized dance number!
minnie pouches!
ZUH?!
Mi ie, over here! And hu y with that camera gear!
We’re losing light, ki o!
Losin’ light? This place is made of fire, Mom and Dad… We want our fans to f l positively inferior as they ma ively mi out!
So, I was thinking we’d open with a drone shot…
Yeah, to welcome our fo owers to a bold new world! So, what’re you thinking? Thr cameras? Four?
Let’s go big! Let’s use ALL THE CAMERAS!
Love it! Think you can do that, Mi ie?
Of course she can! She’s a Pouches! ’Zactly™.
Don’t freak out, Mi ie. Your parents are a identa y right. You got this…
--hu i-camera cyclone.
…Usin’ your special technique--
{Sigh} is this one of her “special” dances?
Mi ie? Hon? Do it, like, normal, ’kay?
Huh-wuhwah?
Aw , Mi ie. This is why you n d to, like, fo ow our lead.
let's shake it o , ki o, and hit “record.”
Hurk!
The only show that litera y warps you to unimaginable new realms!
What’s up, ViewT00b?!
I’m Dr. Pouches!
And I’m Mrs. Purse-Pouches, macro-influencer, fashion-modelologist a orney-atlaw!
And you’re watching…
…You’re Mi ing Out on the MicroRealm™!
Beyond science! Beyond Hollywood! Beyond any amount of money you could ever hope to earn honestly!
This w k, we’re warping you to a… “rustic” abandoned civilization that the presumably vanished locals ca ed…
Looks more like Old NetherHeck to me!
{Snort}
Aw , I’m ge ing nostalgic!
Doesn’t it remind you of that old burn-y desert “art festival” where we met?
New NetherHeck!
Haha . Right. Back before parenthood killed the party, right?
Cut! This camera’s, uh , ba ery is…faulty?
I go a switch it out.
Faulty ba ery? That can’t be right…Didn’t we, like, invent it?
No! You just bought the company!
Mi ie, don’t co ect your mother with the truth. She’s a lawyer!
So, shooting this season has been great family time or whatever… …But when do you think we’ fina y be ready to make the real money by opening the MicroRealm up to tourists?
Oh , it should be available to key high-net-worth individuals… “…early next year…”
Nobody fundraises like you, babe!
Seriously, though… I’m going to hate le ing other people in here. it’ ki the vibe.
Don’t worry. We’ll only open the lesser worlds that pass our don’t-geteaten-by-monsters tests. Like this one, maybe!
I just love the MicroRealm. No ma er where you visit, time moves so much slower than on Earth that you can foster unlimited entrepreneurial growth.
Coming here is how I had time to study for my degr s. it’s how I had energy to write busine plans. it’s how I escaped Mi ie crying as a baby. it’s--
Where we fe in love. Where I proposed. Where you said “yes” and decided on a wildly compatible, coincidental, hyphenated surname.
Best of a , it’s where…
… we became the richest power couple ever!
And now it’s where we’re teaching our daughter how to be a Pouches! Barf.
I mi you a so much. I wish things were like they were before…
...back when I was at home with you and not bustin’ my hump WORKiN' on my parents’ dumb show…
{Sig h}
A they do is criticize. “You’re a Pouches, play to your strengths, blah, blah, blah. ”
How many 12-year-olds produce shows with 150 mi ion subscribers?! Just one! Me!
And they pull me out of school almost every week, so now the teachers are havin’ me do even more work--
--a special project-to make up for it!
“Who am I?: A Visual E ay”! I’ te you who I am…
“…I’m bigger than the other kids…
“…I’m bigger than the other kids…
“…I’m weirder than the other kids…
“…I’m weirder than the other kids…
“…I’m busier than the other kids…”
“…I’m busier than the other kids…”
Want to try out for the musical? Newbies welcome!
My parents got me busy workin’--I mean, doin’ regular kid things! Sorry, can’t!
“I’ve only ever had my pets for friends. Especia y Juicy, my first dog!
“I’ve only ever had my pets for friends. Especia y Juicy, my first dog!
“in other words…it stinks bein’ a Pouches!
“in other words…it stinks bein’ a Pouches!
“it makes me a freak-a total outcast!
“it makes me a freak-a total outcast!
“But it’s b n months since she’s gone mi in’…”
“But it’s b n months since she’s gone mi in’…”
“…I’d do anythin’ to get her back…
“…I’d do anythin’ to get her back…
{sni } I should probably record a le depre in’ intro.
“…to f l like myself again…”
“…to f l like myself again…”
Oh, Mi i e…
Are you watching dance tutorials again? You know that’s not, like, your biggest strength. You’re better at making videos than, y’know, being in them…
I’m doin’ my homework!
Now, Minnie. You’re not a little girl anymore.
You need to be able to handle little things like school, missing pets, enunciating “i-n-g” sounds…
you’ have time for that later. you produce one halfhour episode twice a w k! How hard can it be?
it’s not easy. I’m always here workin’.
My pets k p GOiN' mi in’, and I can’t find them anywhere, and--
What? You have no idea--
You’re not like the other kids. People expect big things from our family.
You’re destined for su e if you fo ow our lead.
So you n d to be able to handle the pre ure of being a Pouches.
Pressure? What do you know about pre ure?!
Mi ie, we--
So you discovered t ny pocket dimensions? So you invented a fa y pack that lets you traverse it?
And how do you repay ME?!
Um, they’re actua y “Pouch” dimensions…
I’m the one that makes you money because I do a the work!
When my pets-- my only friends --go missin’, you don’t do what normal parents would do and help look for them. You could’ve easily invented somethin’ to help!
instead, you te me to get over it and get back to work!
We , it’s time this employee takes her break!
You want a daughter who can handle “the pressure of bein’ a pouches”?!
Then I’ be n din’ a Pouch!
Mi ie, wait! I’m goin’ home! Don’t. Follow. Me!
Did we have a kid t young?
We , we , we …
What in New NetherHeck do we have here?
I
I hate their stupid lab!
I hate their stupid inventions!
I hate their whole stupid, pretentious monument to
{Br athe} They’re sti …
{Sigh}
{HU } But they’re sti -{HU } They’re sti my parents.
Whoops… Good thing Mom and Dad love buyin’ new equipment…
…They’re the worst bo es…
I meant what I said to them…
...But smashin’ their lab--even by a ident--didn’t make me f l any be er...
...I should go back...
But they did get me Juicy… and they never said “no” when I brought home strays…
Maybe they’ apologiz e-wait, what is this?
Who knows?
What happens if I zoom in???
it’s my dad’s list of potential realms for future episodes… But why’s this one labeled “Juicy”?!
“EastMaird”?
“Tori”? The first few are all named after my missin’ pets!
Are these just weird code names?
I du o what’s goin’ on here…but my parents sti have my mom’s pouch. They can get home on their own! if there’s any chance you’re out there, Juicy…
…I’m comin’ for ya, girl!
That voice… it’s weirdly familiar…
ACT TWO: LOSTMINNIE’SPUG… FOUND?! LOSTMINNIE’SPUG… FOUND?! REUNITED!
Oh , Juicy. I mi ed you so much, girl! There’s so much I want to say!
I knew you’d come for me, Mi ie!
But this realm is embroiled in the ba le of the Lazer Changerz. We should probably walk ’n’ talk!
So, they’re just changin’ forms and playin’ laser tag? Got it.
Speakin’ of speakin’, Juicy…since when can you talk?!
Uh , this awesome car isn’t goin’ to change into a deadly robot, is it?
No, only dumb things turn into Lazer Changerz.
I’m talking? Woof! I guess I didn’t notice since you always understood me anyway!
You’ve got cool robo-armor, too!
Oh yeah! it kind of just a eared after a while.
A while? How much time has {HUP} pa ed since you got here?
I dunno! A few hours?
Usually my tummy tells me when it’s time to eat, but even it’s confused here!
Like that hot dog cart?
Okay, maybe one cool thing here turns into a Lazer Changer.
So, what’s this war a about anyway? Are they fightin’ over red lasers and blue lasers?
So, if you can talk and you’ve got robo-armor here…
This way! Nobody bothers me on the rooftops. That’s where I saw you appear!
Good call, Juicy!
…does that mean you can change into stuff now, too?
That s ms like a dumb enough reason for them!
We , I’ve tried... ...but I just can’t think of anything dumb enough to turn into, I gue …
...But I always learn new things fast when you ch r me on!
I’m skippin’ the biggest question, though. How’d you even get here, girl?
Well, one day while you were at school, I sniffed into your parents’ lab…
“…They seemed busy, but I wanted some smooches!”
“Your dad s med ready to play!”
You’re sending the dog to scout an untested new realm for our travel show?
Babe, something’s, like, licking me…
Oh , just what I n d!
“But I don’t know if he quite understands pets…”
Until we figure out how to se that as a feature!
’Zactly™.
After what ha ened with Mi ie, I check a the realms with potentia y transformative energies.
We can’t have tourists turning into living emojis or whatever.
“There was a loud P0WCH! and next thing I knew, I was here!”
Juicy, I’ve been lookin’ for you for weeks in Earth time! They ARE the worst parents! But it’s okay now, right?! We’re back together!
GRAHHH! I am tired of this realm! These Lazer Changerz! Wow,
even f l it…
Anyway! Juicy, it’s time to s if you’ve got Lazer Changerz powers!
Just say the word!
When you ch r me on, I can do anything!
...Farfetched fantasy fryin’ pan!
Can you try turnin’ into somethin’ dumb?
Mammoth mighty mecha mitten!
You did it, Juicy!
My changing powers work on command, just like when you taught me tricks as a puppy!
juicy! switch it up like a…
Curin’ combat cocoa cup!
I love it!
Supervillainslayin’ selfie stick!
Now let’s go make some rage-releasin’ memories!
Laze r Change rz!
When a girl anD her dog are reunitin’, you stop blastin’!
SelfieStick Ceasefire Swing!
{Hu } I n ded that… Woof! That was fun!
You were amazin’, girl!
Ready for our next stop, Juicy?
Home?
But I’ve got a list of realms programmed into my FannyPouch that might take us to our other friends!
Ready to warp and look for ’em?
Woof! I love going to new places!
Not yet. I’m too mad at my parents.
Not only were they ho ible bo es...
...but they kidna ed my pets to use as extradimensional guinea pigs and lied about it! And I’ve never even HAD a guinea pig!
They should’ve a just switched to purple lasers and go en along…
What’s wrong, Mi ie? is it broken?
…the “Next” bu on s ms to work…
And we won’t know where we’re goin’ until we get there. …So we can still travel, but only to my dad’s list of realms.
Yeah… My fa must have broken its MicroRealm Positionin’ System, but…
My home’s with you, Mi ie!
But what about your parents?
Juicy, we’re go a have to hop betw n realms like songs on a playlist.
I du o how dangerous it’ be, I du o how long it might take... ...and I du o if I’ ever even wa a go home.
What about them?
Meanwhile, in New NetherHeck…
I can’t believe you let this HeckSku guy take MY Fa yPouch!
Babe, I’m a man of science.
We , Mi ie would’ve scared him away.
That’s why we always bring her. We , that and a mi ion other reasons…
“I mean, we didn’t expect MicroRealm energy to make her such a menace on Earth. We’ve had to work so hard to k p her out of our lab.”
“We , that’s why we, like, give her space…”
I’m learnin’ to dance!
“But she was too smart for Space Camp. Too strong for that mixed martial arts camp. She collapsed that rock-climbing gym. Do I need to go on?
I wonder what she’s doing now.
Um , coming right back to save her beloved techno-traveloginfluencer parents? Obviously.
maybe play to your strengths, Mi ie?
“And, y’know, help focus her energy in the family busine …”
Mi ie, you’ve played with the ki y enough. Focus.
Yeah… Obviously…
Awoo! The MicroRealm’s BetweenScape is am-a-zing!
Yeah, I gue there’s some neat stu caught betw n space-time’s chaotic subatomic folds.
Haha , you sound like your dad!
Ew . Don’t say that… Now you sound like your mom!
…Let’s talk about somethin’ else. Hrm…
I wonder if a of us wi have new MicroRealm powers… MicroRealm powers?
I, uh …just hope they’re a ha y and healthy.
Haven’t your parents been bringing you here since before you were born?
Maybe you got powers, too!
Was I just a guinea pig, too, Mom and Dad?
Did you say something, Mi ie?
LOL, wut?
I don’t have any MicroRealm powers, Juicy! I’m just a kid!
You’ve always b n so strong and tough!
Then you swa ed away that laser like a ping-pong ba …I just a umed!
{Sigh} Nothin’ worth repeatin’.
Anyway, check out this ’za-some-lookin’ realm!
Huphup! You okay, girl? Woof! Yup!
minnie, do you smell what I smell?!
Great Ra aele Esposito’s ghost!
Woof! New York style!
This Dino Pizza Realm is overrealm-in’!
My dad labeled this realm “Eastmaird” on the map, but there aren’t exactly GPS coordinates to find him.
We’ll have to look on foot!
it’s so… foldable…it’s hard to focus on the task at hand…
Think it’s as good as it smells?
Only one way to find out!
Uh-Oh.
Comin’ atcha’, dino dude!
Thanks for the lift in advance, pi adactyl!
Way not to evolve into a bird!
Pi as eatin’ pi as!
This place is hardcore…
Deep-dish terraces? Cool!
What’s a “d p dish”?
Whoa … Breadstick bones… I love bones!
it’s like pi a, only people argue about it.
Yuck , a great garlic sauce lake!
Haha . it’s not just toxic for pugs. it’d give you poison breath!
…its dent is so familiar…
I dunno, but it sure looks like bullyin’ to me--
Hey…That island…
What are we s ing?!
Omigosh! it’s
“I found him back when I was in kindergarten. I was readin’ my stories when I heard a ruckus outside…”
“I found him back when I was in kindergarten. I was readin’ my stories when I heard a ruckus outside…”
That’s enough!
You’re dentin’ his she !
What the heck! I’m tryin’ to read!
Squirrel bullies?!
Maybe some nicer squi els wi enjoy eatin’ the last acorn of the season…
...ON THE MOON!
Did those mean ol’ squi els hurt you, Mr. Turtle? I’ make you be er!
We… don’t have a way of getting to this “moon,” do we?
No, I don’t believe we do…
Winter’s arrived…
“We’re doomed! {sob}”
…We wasted our food supply on acts of cruelty…
Heh . And that’s how I met my pet turtle!
Juicy! Extra-large, extra-leverage-y lacrosse stick!
O-KAY!
AND THAT iSLAND’S GOT THE SAME DENTED SHELL. it has to be eastmaird!
Hey, sausage-saur! Leave my turtle alone--
G r . Let’s try this again!
Uh …We didn’t just cause an ecological piz-zaster, did we?
Haha . Didja s that, Eastmaird? it sme s more like a miracle to me!
Just like old times!
Yeah, it’s me and Juicy!
We came to get you!
I didn’t expect to find you a big!
And your shell is lookin’ pretty pizza-fied, too!
What in the realms?! You can change size now?!
I’m so glad you’re ha y and healthy, bud! And you know what else?
We’re travelin’ the MicroRealm to reunite our whole crew! Wa a ride in my Fa yPouch? it’s nice and cozy!
What? A that fightin’ made you hungry?
Heh . Me too…
Back in New NetherHeck…
…My dimension, New NetherHeck, is one of many in a sprawling subatomic multiverse you discovered and du ed “the MicroRealm”?
Let me get this straight…
So you made a funny little bag that lets you travel between your world, Earth, and any realm you choose in an instant?
And you make “videos” in these realms for strangers to watch on these shiny rectangles?
And it makes you a lot of money somehow?
Ready to become an investor, Mr. HeckSku ?
Unimaginable power…infinite po ibilities…
...And this is what you do with it?!
Just look at your Earth, Pouch People!
Ah , it’s like New NetherHeck before Sku Wars I, II, III, and IV…
Oceans! Forests! Cities!
Fluffy animals! Skin! Fried foods!
I didn’t realize how much I mi ed it a , and now I go a have it again!
I mean, sure, our versions were a skeleton themed, but you get the idea.
So, yeah, I know disruptive i ovation-izing when I s it. I’ invest… !
But I have ONE demand!
You know, I think he’s got a point. Maybe instead of opening the MicroRealm to Earth’s richest people…
We should open Earth to the MicroRealm’s richest monsters!
Lawyer language?!
Ugh! Stop!
How about I just give back your Fa yPouch and you take me to Earth?
You have to take me and my undead army to Earth!
Our terms…
of right now between heckskull located new netherheck and pouches heavy industries located at earth in connection with the extradimensional transport between said micro and macro realms. good and valuable consideration, heckskull and pouches heavy industries agree
You’ve got a deal!
Minnie, you were so cool fighting that pizza dino! Like a superhero!
Oh , and I wanted to say… Juicy, I’m glad you’re videoin’... but I just quit workin’ for my parents doin’ the same thing. I love your help on my school project, but only do it if it makes you happy, okay?
Wha aya think this next realm’s like?
A superhero?
Juicy, I got us socked in the face by a giant sausage! I just acted on instinct. We only won because of your shapeshiftin’ powers!
it does! I’ve always wanted to learn how to make videos like you, and now I can!
I du o, but I’m glad we a know how to swim…
Floaty tubes! That’s what I’m talkin’ about!
You back to breathin’ right, Juicy?
We , this realm’s welcome was more watery than warm, but at least nothin’s tryin’ to eat us--
Woof. You said it, girl.
Get o , you floatin’ freaks!
You can’t turn into a boat, can you?
Nope! Just situationally goofy weapons!
Aw , raft! They’re a alive and chompin’!
They’re comin’ together! We’ have to take another dive!
Hold up, we’ve got options! We’ve got--
Thanks, bud! You rea y showed those tubes!
Whoa … Are you guys s in’ this?
We’re definitely in the Waterslide Realm! Just look at that honkin’ knot of tubular goodness! it’s twistier than my tail!
Uh , is it just me, or does it s m to be--
--growin’?!
Look out!
Eastmaird, can you get us into that pipe?
That’ take us up to the knot to survey the realm!
You did it! That was mega, bud!
This current is RUFF! I think if I pa le, we can make it! Juicy, can you transform into a--
--preposterously pragmatic pa le!
I can do this! I can do this! I can do this!
{HU
} Almost {HU } there… Gah! More
tube monsters!
I can’t do this!
I can’t do this! I can’t do this!
I know you can, Mi ie!
You always help us when we n d it!
Thanks, girl! But it’s not just my pa lin’ pushin’ us forward! We’ do this as a team!
Juicy! Eastmaird!
Wupupupup!
Phew! I didn’t know I could do that, but it felt… awesome?
Change back!
I wonder what’s inside. A this water washes away sme s.
{Ah-choosh} I knew you could! And it was awesome!
Nothin’ hungry, I hope.
Holy carp!
Carp is right!
it’s my goldfish,
Shimmer’s ginormous brain! --rrrr'sss brain.
Haha . Dang, Shim! You’ve rea y grown since we first met!
“I was playin’ in the cr k back then, when somethin’ caught my eye.”
“I was playin’ in the cr k back then, when somethin’ caught my eye.”
Hey, Dad! Wa a catch tadpoles in the cr k with me?
Don’t, like, touch anything that used to be food.
“That’s when I saw her: a shiny goldfish with a honkin’ noggin’, trapped in garbage!”
“That’s when I saw her: a shiny goldfish with a honkin’ noggin’, trapped in garbage!”
Whoa!
That’s not a tadpole!
“So I washed her off.”
“So I washed her off.”
Aw! My branded tap water!
“I knew somebody must’ve flushed her down the toilet. it made me so mad!
“I knew somebody must’ve flushed her down the toilet. it made me so mad!
“And took Shimmer home, where she’d be appreciated for her blazin’ beauty and bountiful brain!”
“And took Shimmer home, where she’d be appreciated for her blazin’ beauty and bountiful brain!”
And now she’s tra ed by this realm’s invasive waterslide infrastructure! We go a save her!
GLUBGLUB.
Right!
Shimmer! We’re here to free you--
Shimmer! This realm opened your third eye, huh? That explains the brain gain!
GLUBGLUB.
Didja sixth-sense that, Juicy?
Does that mean--
Aw , I missed you, too, you sweet, suddenly psychic baby!
GLUBGLUB.
HRNGH! SO YOU GOT ATTACKED BY HUNGRY TUBES, TOO?
grah! then got swa owed up by this livin' water park?
GLUBGLUB?
We , I could have Juicy turn into a blade and cut you out…
…But that’s
risky.
I’m
not too surgical with my slicin’...
Hold up! I just had a thought!
You’re a psychic now!
Maybe you could move things with your ma ive mind?
Y’know, like psychic superheroes do!
Try again, Shimmer! But don’t rely on your body. Flex your imagination! Visualize what you want to ha en and think it into action!
Wa h!
I’ve got you, girls!
Fhuh?
Brace yourse ve --
We didn’t die, did we?
That psychic-ed bu !
You e-x-p-l-o-d-e-d that knot o’ slides and saved us--
--Shimmer!
GLUBGLUB.
Whaddaya think, Shimmer? Want to ride in the FannyPouch with our old pal Eastmaird on an odyssey across the MicroRealm to save our friends? I read your mind? Haha-mazin’!
GLUBGLUB.
Let’s “P0WCH”!
What is this? A… Jigsaw Pu le Realm?
There’re so many pieces! This’ll look great in your school project!
it sure is quiet here… like an empty museum.
I wonder what ha ens here when a the pieces come together?
And it sme s like fresh cardboard!
I can’t remember the last time I put together a pu le. Maybe when I was li le?
That’s…a good question.
But we can’t wait around to find out!
We go a get our furry, feathered, floatin’ family back together!
The realms k p me in’ with everyone…Could this one cause…pu le piece-i ication?
We , I do s one weird piece…
What do you think, Juicy? S any signs of life?
What the pu ?
That piece is practica y fla in’!
Wait up, wing!
C’mon, Juicy!
We’ve go a solve this!
C’mon now. it’s me, Mi ie!
Right behind you, Mi ie!
I knew it! it’s--
“it’s Tori’s wing! Just like the day I met her!”
“it’s Tori’s wing! Just like the day I met her!”
Mommy and Daddy need you to either sing in tune or go practice outside.
HMMMPH!
Mi ie… We’re trying to, like, recycle or something here.
Ah, we . Back to my stories!
They’re always criticizin’ me!!!
GWA!
“She didn’t want it cli ed. She wanted to fly!”
“She didn’t want it cli ed. She wanted to fly!”
Oh no! They tried to hurt you, Mi Cockatiel!
“Fortunately, I had everythin’ I n ded to mend her wing!”
“Fortunately, I had everythin’ I n ded to mend her wing!”
Can I ca you Tori?
“Tori had a pet store tag on her wing. They were go a clip it!”
“Tori had a pet store tag on her wing. They were go a clip it!”
Yeah! I’d recognize that positive, nonverbal avian exclamation anywhere!
Tori, you’re here! But you’re a pu ed up!
Phew! Thank all the goodnesses!
You were right, Mi ie. This realm turned her into a pu le piece!
am I too late?! Can I put back together what my parents broke?!
Yes! You’re in one piece again!
!What? We’ve gotta leave now or we’ll turn into puzzle pieces, too?!
And look! Juicy and I found Eastmaird and Shimmer, too!
What a reunion shot! And soon, we’ll all be back together again!
!So you noticed that you transformed when you got lonely and turned back when you saw your friends?
I’m not sure what to do, guys! We can’t leave until we make everybody whole!
A . I go a get it together and think fast, or our jig is up!
What should we do, Mi ie?
Okay! Nobody panic!
if we leave now, maybe we’ revert ba--
A ! Pu le mi s! I’m le in’ everyone down!
Fight it, gang! Tori transformed when she was down and despairin’!
Let’s flex the positivity of our friendship back at this pu le-y place!
Phew! S ? We can push back against nefarious pu le power!
G …I me ed up! But don’t give in! We can beat this realm at its own game!
GLUBGLUB!
I think we’ve got a problem!
That PUZZ it!
You can’t change us, ya dumb Jigsaw Pu le Realm!
“We already found our fit!”
“We already found our fit!”
Tori, you fina y sang! it was beautiful! And supere ective!
I’m so glad you got sonic singin’ powers instead of cr py pu le-bilities!
Y sh . S what I mean? This place is so pu in’ bogus!
H’okay, crew! Everybody in the Fa yPouch!
it’s time we pu ed o !
it’s a… Plastic…Neon… Gingerbread Kinda Realm?
Chmph! Tastes like it!
Not o the ground, girl! You always get sick eatin’ random stu !
Huh . This realm’s bu in’. I wonder what’s goin’ on?
I hope there’s more food! We gotta hurry up and find Flooferz before you snarf this town down...
There’s a festival or somethin’...
Hm . There’s some kind of stage and…
Hear ye, hear ye--
Holy cats! it’s
I said, hear ye , witches!
That’s be er! Now--
--the Tournament of the Furmiliar is here! And with it, the chance to partner with the ultimate magical companion---this terrifying Elemental from beyond!
Ack! Such cattitude!
Flooferz! it’s me! I’m here to save you!
...Flooferz will only come with us if you win this tournament!
You want me to prove my love, Flooferz? Fine. I’ll show you!
C’mon, Flooferz! I didn’t abandon you! We came for you as fast as we could!
According to this...
Witchy Pouches, reportin’ for tournament duty!
Huh. So, it’s like a yarn basketba fr throw?
Okay, okay, it’s my turn!
Aw yeah! Let’s do this! No magic?
No prob--
.
I gue yarn is pre y light, huh?
I k p te ing you, Mi ie. You’re practica y Mi -vincible!
Aw , Juicy, you’re just ga in’ me up…There are sti more events left, right?
O , “li er box-ing…” I get it.
Yeah, but the witches are just contro in’ mindle pu ets!
This li er is one-hundredpercent clean, right?
I’d sme it if it were used!
A right, I’ve watched enough pu etry!
Juicy… Anti-Pu et Paw Peripheral!
I’ show you cat stealers how we box on Earth! a ordin' to ViewT00b kickbox cardio dance tutorials I’ve practiced to.
Wah!
Ah , there’s some fightin’ spirit! That’s more like it!
Haha! Juicy, we did it! I gue boxin’ is one of my strengths!
Our turn! What’d the videos say, again?
“Twist your hips, turn your hand, you’re on your way to ‘Ja in’ Land’”?
What are they even doin’?
Just magickin’ from scratch?!
I don’t even have any ingredients!
So, we’re makin’ catnip?!
Or do I?
Hehe . Celebrate while you can, witches…
“…I know how to win over Flooferz’ olfaction…”
“…I know how to win over Flooferz’ olfaction…”
Wow! What a beautiful day to practice my ninja ru in’!
Yuck! somethin’ is on the bo om of my shoe. I hope it’s nothin’ gro …
Be er reintroduce these precious, flavorful, soiled nutrients back into the circle o’ life!
Aha! it’s just some formerly a etizin’, discarded carbohydrates!
Reow…
A ki y?! I didn’t s you there, li’l one!
Listen, grumpy little floof.
Haha! You go a work on your love language, but I can’t leave you like this.
A heap of decomposition is no place for a kitten.
Are you a alone in this compost heap? No family? No home? Mrow.
And pi a is only okay once in a while. it’s mostly carbs! Pure energy!
You don’t want to be pure energy, do you? Can’t get hugs like that!
Wa a come home with me and eat some lasagna like a real cat?
“I’m go a make this catnip contest no contest!”
“I’m go a make this catnip contest no contest!”
Reow.
Haha , that’s my Floof! I’m glad I saved some ’ZA from that dino realm.
So, you ready to join me Juicy, Eastmaird, Shimmer, and Tori again as we wrap our shrinkin’ list of MicroRealm destinations?
Heh . I knew you’d come around! I mean, you wouldn’t want to make your main girl cry, would you?
…Mew.
Because I would. I would cry so much.
Juicy! You’re bein’ a bad influence!
But you and Flooferz got to eat all that pizza!
Back in the Betw nScape…
is it ready yet? I am so ready to warn Minnie about HeckSkull.
Like, how’s she supposed to save us if he puts her in a cage, too?
Just go a reco ect the pouchal couplings, and--
--introducing Fa yPouch 2.0, now with texting!
Great, so we can me age Mi ie now, yeah?
Right, but only one microme age at a time. it can’t have more than 25 characters, so--
This is a I could fit. it works, right?
Minnie! Don’t come home!
That’s definitely a warning, but, uh…
…maybe it’d be faster to, I dunno, say we’re sorry and beg her to save us?
Whoops! I accidentally hit “Send.”
Here, let me add another message explaining--
Do you think there’s any chance Mi ie wi actua y understand the me age?
Haha . Wut?
We weren’t trying to ca for help or whatever!
Zactly™.
Uh, yeah? She’s the daughter of a lawyer, babe.
We were just saying how excited we are to show you Earth, which we wi tota y a ive at any time now!
We … okay…But don’t touch that pouch of yours again or--
She’ tota y read betw n the lines.
Haha . We picked the right realm to stop at for breakfast!
“W00P-W00P”?
That’s a new sound…
…What is it, Mi ie?
it’s a Fa yPouchto-Fa yPouch me age from my parents? I didn’t know they could do that…Maybe it’s their apology...
“Mi ie! Don’t come home”?! are you kiddin’ me?!
I’ll show them! I’ll come home right--
--after we travel through the rest of the preprogrammed realms while shootin’ the coolest “Who am I?” video everrr!
My parents always put me in a box! instead of encouragin’ me to be myself!
Just before I left...
...they discouraged me from even tryin’ to dance!
I’m beyond bein’ boxed in! We’re go a record ourselves learnin’...
…synchronized dancin’!
it combines power and endurance--everythin’ I’m good at---into somethin’ awesome that I’m terrible at!
We’ come home as the greatest dance crew in MicroRealm history!
Wa a s what I mean?!
Okay. So, uh , first we’ squat into a li le side step thing...
…like this!
Okay, so…
…like this? Yeah! Then on the other side! This is fun!
Huh? Toasterpastry fi in’, but nasty?
GAH! We got too into dancin’ to notice an undead pastry attack! Run!
Haha! Maybe we’ve overstayed our welcome in the, uh , Scary Delicious Toaster Pastry Realm?
Nobody lick the monsters! I’m talkin’ to YOU , Juicy!
Everybody in the Fa yPouch! We’ start recordin’ in the next realm!
Rest in sludgy pieces, goopers!
Aaand that’s my edit of all the footage we shot!
it’s hard to believe we’ve already traveled to almost every realm on my dad’s list…
Yeah…Everywhere but the last place on its preprogrammed list…
…Home...
So we’ve gone everywhere we can with the broken Fa yPouch?
This trip is the most fun I’ve ever had. I got my friends back, and together, we found out we can do anythin’!
But I’m afraid to face my parents.
I know you’re angry with your mom and dad, Mi ie, but won’t you f l be er once you talk to them?
for be er or worse, they’re the reason we got to go on this trip!
I k p expectin’ the worst and playin’ out a these huge fights with them in my head. it’s rea y stre in’ me out!
Aw , Juicy. You always know just what to say…
…I learned how to dance! I can learn how to…stand up to my parents without stormin’ o and smashin’ labs.
…And I gue my parents technica y are the reason you can say it…
time to face my fears to move forward! Y’know, grow up…a li le!
Plus, you a n d baths. Big-time.
Let’s head home.
Here we are! Home smashed home…
Mi ie…Your parents’ lab…Did you do all this?
I think I went too far, though. it’s embarrassin’…
Yeah, I kind of lost my temper when I found out they lost you a in the MicroRealm. no, I meant this!
“my school! “my school!
“my house! “my house!
“my neighboorhood!” “my neighboorhood!”
“is that a… retro mamarket skeleton army from the MicroRealm?!”
“is that a… retro mamarket skeleton army from the MicroRealm?!”
I gotta put a stop to this! Earth’s too fragile for MicroRealm mayhem!
Man alive, Earth is so nice! Just look at all the epidermides! I love it here!
Eh?
Skull Bro? That’s way cooler than HeckSkull... ...Why couldn’t my mom have named me that?
Whaddaya think you’re doin’ tearin’ up my neighborhood, man?!
I paid these two small, materialistic nerds good money to bring me and my undead army here!
{Gasp} How uncouth! I’m a guest, you pink-clad brute! WHAT?!
Mom! Dad! You sold out Earth?!
Urf! Hey! We , Mi ie, he kind of kidna ed us after you left New NetherHeck…
Plus… JEWELS!
But we totally, like, tried to text you a warning.
That’s what you meant by “Don’t come home”? You’re so bad at texting!
Me and your parents had a deal, Pouches progeny! Are a Earth… eans? Earth… o’s? Earth… Help me out here, kid.
Skeleton Army! A a--
Right! Earthlings!
Are you a a bunch of lying liars who lie?!
No, just certain… parents… Earthlings.
--Actua y, this can wait.
Go get me this world’s tastiest fried chow!
Me and my undead army came here for a good time! And I’m, at least, going to have one!
But you can’t stop love!
Yes!
Soon I’ll have some meat and/or meat-like product on these ol’ bones!
You won’t get away with this, HeckFace!
“HeckFace”? You’re great with names, kid!
And I looove partially hydrogenated oils!
{Cough} Rats!
Wah!
Now reach for the sky!
I didn’t want to have to do this, kid, but you’ve left me no choice!
Yo , army dudes! Make me Maximum Exoskeletonnage!
You’re not gettin’ away, you fried-food fiend!
Swarmin’ skeletons?! What the what?
Haha! That’s right, kid!
They’re ama in’ a giant osteomech!
And I got a bone to pick with you!
You’re right, Juicy. I went dancin’ on my own when I should’ve counted on my crew.
Don’t go it alone, Mi ie!
We’re a team!
“in the microrealm, we got stronger buildin' one another up. time to put it to use here at home!”
“in the microrealm, we got stronger buildin' one another up. time to put it to use here at home!”
We go a combine our MicroRealmular might to stop that giant mech made o’ bones.
Mmm… bones…
Reow…
We a had an idea while you were scolding your parents!
You showed us how much stronger we are when we move as a team! it’s time we showed you!
Oh! That’s right, Flooferz! What are you guys…? Okay! Okay!
Now hold out your arms and close your eyes! No p king! Now open ’em!
Tori! Eastmaird! Flooferz! Shimmer! Juicy!
You’re the best pets a girl could ever ask for!
Thanks for remindin’ me that we’re stronger together!
Yo , Bone Breath! Let’s dance!
“Bone Breath”? That one’s just rude… Urp! Back for more, eh?
I’m back with my crew to end your restaurant rampage!
Bwahaha! Just like you did last time?
No! Because when I team up with my friends, we’re unsto able!
Now pick on somebody your bone size! Eastmaird Embiggen! Wah!
Eastmaird, it worked! You made us all embiggen!
Let’s s if you get a kick ou a this! Fwa!
This is bad! The Bone Mech hasn’t got the calcium to take hits like that! Good thing I know how to--
--fight dirty!
Shimmer Shield!
{Sob} But I’m too sad she’s mad at us to record the most profitable boss-fight footage in the multiverse! We bet on the wrong parenting busine model!
Babe, Mi ie’s not playing! She’s rea y got moves!
Cute trick, but there’s no way you’re blocking these!
Great job k pin' ’em back, Tori! Now we go a dodge!
Shimmer needs a breather! We gotta sonically slow those down!
Ya mi ed!
Now it’s our turn! You can fly? No fair! Ack!
Bone Mech leg lo !
Flooferz Blast!
Woop woop! You’re not the only one who can dodge!
Haha! We did it, everybody. You’re amazin’!
Time to show our “guest” the door!
B-b-but I just got here!
I might’ve clashed with hungry monsters and cat thieves passin’ through the MicroRealm, but I never picked a fight!
Gimme one good reason why I shouldn’t have Juicy here bury you in my backyard.
I’ve got your Pouch!
Ps h! Go ahead and try usin’ it…
it’s broken, you doof! You’ll just travel through a list of realms on hard mode until you wind up back here. Don’t believe me? I’ show you! Here, s for yourself. The MicroRealm
Y-y-you’re b-b-blu ing! is that… a dinosaur made of pi a?
You s , I used to think of the MicroRealm as an agonizin’ workplace I had to endure…
But bein’ molecularly altered by its ba lin’ energies… and ba lin’ its insatiable everythin’s showed me the true meanin’ of “growin’ up.” That’s right.
I know I’m a MicroRealm mutant now, Mom and Dad. Thanks!
Ye in’ at my parents, fightin’ to save my pets, then learnin’ how to dance in a kaleidoscopic chaos vortex showed me what’s important.
You go a try scary new things, face the consequences, and grow from there.
Maybe one day I’ll find a good reason to mess with the MicroRealm again. But I need a little break from it messin’ with me, my pets, and my parents!
So, for now, I want to face my biggest challenge yet: to keep growin’ here on home sweet home: Earth.
Does that mean I can stay???
After a , with my undead army vanquished there’s nothing left for me on New NetherHeck…
...Plus, I did pay your parents a tailboneload to get here!
Fiiine. On multiple conditions that are, as Mom would say, “subject to change.”
You’re go a apologize to everyone and rebuild! And be our skeleton
or
And volunt r at the local pet shelter! Or Juicy wi gnaw you a the way back to New NetherHeck!
{Sigh} Right… My parents.
I wouldn’t have had to do anythin’ if it weren’t for you two!
Well, glad that’s over with! MicroRealm mission accompli--
But Mi ie, aren’t you forge ing something?
Mi ie! You saved the world from an extrarealmular monster invasion!
You and your little animals were sooo cute together.
You’re, like, a cartoon princess!
We’re fr !
And rich enough to, like, easily buy a new house and stu !
We’re so proud of you! You saved our financial interests!
You tota y prevented a hostile takeover!
Hold on! I’ve got more to say, and you’re go a listen!
You treated my pets like an experiment! You treated ME like an experiment! And you didn’t even think to be honest about it!
Then you sent me a weird text as you sold out Earth to a skeleton monster for treasure!
And you’re go a donate a this treasure!
You can’t be trusted with the MicroRealm. I’m takin’ away your Fa yPouch!
{Sob} You’re right! We’re not very good at parenting! Or texting!
But you’re the coolest daughter to, like, love! Hmph!
How can we make you love us , Min?
First of a , I do love you.
Even if I don’t always want to. I can’t help it!
But stop te in’ me to focus on my strengths! You don’t even know what they are!
So start payin’ a ention! Because I’ve got a lot of them, and I deserve encouragement!
You’ll see if you come to my school to watch my “Who am I?” video presentation. Me and my pets worked really hard on it. I really believe in it. And I’m… really proud of it.
Oh , and stop sayin’ ’zactly™ a the time!
We’ be there! And we’ do that! ’Zactl-E r …I mean… right!
Th-thanks for comin’ today…
…I, um , wasn’t at school very much this year…
…so I made a special “Who am I?” video to make up for it and introduce myself to you a .
But, well, Principal Administrator had to be admitted to a “Chill Out” clinic after watchin’ its “mindblowingly chaotic” footage…
…so the, uh , school district asked me to do a live presentation instead.
So… who am I? I-I’m, uh … we …
Caleb Goellner is an Eisner Award winner, writer, and cartoonist best known for his work on GHOST CAGE with artist and co-writer Nick Dragotta from Image comcis. He has written TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, including the best-selling TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES x NARUTO series, plus SONIC THE HEDGEHOG stories for IDW Publishing. Caleb was born and raised in the Kansas City metro and currently lives with his wife, daughter, and two pugs in Los Angeles.
Eric Lide is a New Jersey-based cartoonist who writes and draws the DRAGONFORGED graphic novel series and the OZZIE THE VAMPIRE webcomic series. He has also drawn covers for IDW Publishing’s SONIC THE HEDGEHOG series, and contributed comics to The New Yorker.
Join Minnie Pouche s, a super-anxious super-strong girl, as she travels through the MicroRealms to save her best friends: her five pets! Join Minnie Pouche s, a super-anxious super-strong girl, as she travels through the MicroRealms to save her best friends: her five pets!
The daughter of larger-than-life influencer-scientist parents, Minnie is too camera shy, sad over her lost pets, and angry at her parents to complete a make-or-break middle school project.
When it all becomes too much, Minnie rage quits her parents’ show, and activates her stylish MicroRealm fanny pack. She’ll dance through encounters with greasy pizza dinosaurs, angry laZer robots, and toothy pool floats to push past her fears and bring the entire family home.
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