The Off-Beats - Tommy's Song - Toonstalgia

 The Off-Beats - Tommy's Song

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Tommy has a song stuck in his head.

Thoughts and Details

This short works extremely well. The conflict is established within the cold open, Tommy has a song stuck in his head. Betty Anne and August attempt to help him get the song unstuck. Tommy's screaming is justified. He screams because Betty Anne can't hear him. The Populars, of course, mock his situation. The first time he tells them off in a funny way. The second time he gets revenge for their mockery of him and his friends by getting the song stuck in their head. The ending is a nice moment of catharsis.

Note: The melody from this short reappears in the Off-Beats Valentine's Special.

Way Too Detailed Synopsis

Cold Open: Tommy hears a song on the radio and it gets stuck in his head. 

A despondent Tommy turns to Betty Anne Bongo for help. She puts on a pair of ear muffs to protect herself from the song. This forces Tommy to yell to get her to hear him. She consults How to Get a Song Out Of Your Head. Tommy tries thinking of something else leading to a fantastic sequence on an alien planet. The sequence is ambiguously real. The Populars as a space slug mock him. Tommy yells at them. August uses his Turbo Charged Song Away to suck out Tommy's brain. August puts Tommy's brain back in his head but he has amnesia. September helps Tommy regain his memory. The Populars mock them. They call August the dorkiest of the Off-Beats. Tommy gets the song stuck in their heads. This frees him. Repunzil sings the song to them. Now it's stuck in everyone's head.