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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 1096169" data-attributes="member: 2292">Part Three: Rolling into the CastleYou turn your attention to the screen once more, the purple minibus running up the twisting mountain road towards a spooky castle.  Lightening flares in the sky above, the van creaks ominously as it takes the sharp corners, and spooky organ music plays as a wolf howls in the distance.All in all, a pretty standard start to any gibbon's cartoon.Things cut to the interior of the Gibbon's van.  Kid's driving, the sparkling tracksuit gleaming softly in the lights of the dashboard.  Next to him, Alex and Jackson are reading a map, their heads buried behind the creased paper*.  Billy Ray and Mary Jane are both looking on from the back seat, watching the road rolling through the headlights and the castle on the hill."That's it," Kid O.B. says cheerfully.  "Khorjar Castle.  Home to one of Europe's biggest music festivals.  I can't believe they invited us to headline.""Compete, smart guy, not headline," Mary Jane snarls.  "We have to win the band comp. before we're headlining.""Piece a cake," Kid says.  "Since when have we ever lost a competition?**""Since when have we needed too?" Alex murmurs, still not looking up from the map.The van crests the top of the hill, Khorjar castle appearing in view.  On either side of the road are vast fields filled with tents and wandering music fans, all looking rather glum.  As the van gets closer to the front gates, a car goes hurtling past in the other direction.  It's got the name "Kathleen Turner Overdrive" scrawled on the doors, and there's a quick cut of the four teenage youths inside screaming as they drive.Thunder howls.  Lightening flashes over Khorjar castle."I dunno," Billy Ray drawls.  "It looks kinda....homey.""Relax," Kid assures everyone.  "Nothing to worry about.  This competition attracts the best in the world, and that's us.  We've got nothing to worry about."the Cheat Sheet notes*Careful viewers will note that the map is upside down, and for a small town where one of the animators grew up.**Long time viewers will note that the Gibbon's have never actually performed in a band competition - they always headline because some monster always shows up to drive the competition away.</blockquote>

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