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| - Danny: Mm-hmm. [Rolling over] Good night. Danny: Either Mom needs to shave her legs, or this is really bad news. Danny: [Standing] Nice petting zoo, Plasmius. [He goes into ghost mode.] Where's your lonely-guy cat? Vlad: Ah, there's that teen wit again. [He brandishes a two-pronged device that crackles with ecto-electricity and tazes Danny with it, electrocuting him and forcing him back into human form.] Danny: W-wh-what was that? Vlad: [holding up the device] Oh, I call it the Plasmius Maximus. It has just short-circuited your powers for the next 3 hours. [Shot to the clock, which reads 9:00] That's midnight. I tell you this because I've seen your grades and I know you're bad at math. [The ghost monsters gather around him] These are my latest experiments. What do you think? Oh, that's right. Who cares what you think? I'll give you five minutes before I send my minions to destroy you. The clock's ticking, Danny, on you and your father. Run. Vlad: Get him! [They all go charging off and Vlad shrugs.] Five minutes, five seconds. Oh, apparently I'm bad at math too. Maddie: Remind me later how much trouble you're in for leaving the campsite. Danny: [to himself, looking at his wrist where she's holding him] Wow, that doesn't hurt. Maddie: Be right back. Maddie: Come on, dazzle me. Danny: [As she pulls out a double strike staff] How can she not have a phone in there? Maddie: [to the remaining ghosts] Boo. Maddie: Now young man, would you mind telling me what you thought you were doing?! Danny: [Running over to hug her arm] You are awesome! Maddie: [gasping in surprise] Ohh, honey, thank you! Tiny gopher ghost: [popping out of a hole by Maddie's foot] I will destroy you! Maddie: [Dispatching it with a quick jab of the ectostaff] But we better start moving in case those ghosts come back. [She goes running off.] Danny: [nervously] Uh, wait for me! [he dashes after her.] Danny: I, uh, think we gave those ghost animals the slip. Uh...shouldn't we figure out a way to call Dad? Maddie: As much as I hate to say this, I think we should go back to Vlad's. Danny: [Jumping down to the ground] But he's my archenemy! I mean, he...said all those horrible things about Dad. Maddie: [scowling] We both know he's a creep. But he's a creep with a phone and transportation. [More cheerfully] And pancakes! [pulling off the Specter Deflector] Here, put this on. Maddie: I know it's girly, but it's for your own protection. Danny: [Looking down gingerly at the belt] Great. At midnight, I get my powers back. At 12:01, the belt zaps me, and at 12:02, Vlad tries to make out with my mom. [Cringing] Those are going to be the worst two minutes of my life. Jack: [walking in holding a coil of glowing rope and a large ectogun] Jazz, honey, I-- Maddie! You're home! Jazz: Dad, it's me, Jazz. Jack: Jazz? [Dropping the weapons] Why, look at you. You're the spitting image of your mother. [Sniffs happily] I knew this day would come. That's why years ago I had this made for you. [Running to the closet, he pulls out an exact replica of his own, much larger jumpsuit.] Jazz: ...Nice. Jack: Sorry about the size. I thought you'd be swimming in my end of the gene pool--the end that's filled with ranch dressing, melted cheese, and fudge. Lots of fudge. Jazz: Look, this is just a sociological experiment. I figure I owe it to myself to experience all this ghost stuff one time so I can hate it in a more informed context. Jack: I don't know what you're saying, sweetheart, but I do know that ghost fighting is in your blood. Jazz: No way! I am not like you and Mom. I'm a brilliant, reasonable, sophisticated girl. Jack: In a blue hazmat suit. Jazz: In a blue--yahh! Quit messing with me! No more talk about ghost fighting, ok? Jack: No talk, action! Danny: Oh, great. Ten to twelve. [to Maddie] Are you sure you want to do this? Maddie: Danny, if we're gonna get out of here, we need Vlad's help. Danny: [Running to block Maddie's way] But before you go in there and flirt our way out of here, I just want to say [hugging her] I love you! [Reaching down, he snags the key and hides it behind his back as she returns the hug.] Maddie: I love you, too. [Pushing him away and heading to the door] Clingy! Vlad: Maddie! Daniel! You've returned to me. [He gets down into Danny's scowling face, looking at his watch.] Mmm, and not a moment too soon. Maddie: Danny, go somewhere else while the adults talk. Danny: [With fake cheeriness] Sure. You and Vlad get cozy. If you need me, I'll be over there [gesturing over his shoulder, then turns with the key, scowling again] barfing. Vlad: Maddie, you must be exhausted, carrying the weight of that mistake you made years ago. Maddie: We all make mistakes, Vlad. [Coyly] Maybe I'll make one now... [grimaces] Maddie: Uh-bu-bu...I couldn't possibly. I've been in the woods all night. I have to freshen up. [Grimacing again, she gets up and walks offscreen.] Vlad: [eagerly] I shall await with baited breath. Maddie: Keep old bait-breath entertained until I can find a phone. [heads off through the doorway] Danny: [to himself] Mom is gone, which means...[removing the Specter Deflector] ...time to spend a little quality time with Uncle Vlad. Danny: But first-- [going to the clock, he pushes the hands so it looks like it's 15 until 12:00, then approaches Vlad, still reading his book.] Hey, um, Uncle Vlad? Vlad: Oh, please, Daniel, don't try to butter me up. Especially with your powers shorted out [glancing at the clock] for another fifteen minutes. You're barely a threat to me with them. Without them? [Laughs, then his eyes gleam red] Well I wouldn't need fifteen seconds, would I? Danny: [innocently] How can you say that? You think my mom made the decision to come back on her own? We're a family. We both talked about it last night, and I want to stay here with you too. Vlad: [Brightening, his eyes tearing up] Really? You don't mean... Danny: Yes, I do. Come on, give me a big hug, new Dad! Vlad: [screaming] You little rat! You tricked me! You know what this will mean for you, don't you? Danny: [looking at his watch] Oh, yeah. [The clock goes to 12:00, and Danny transforms to ghost mode.] A much fairer fight! Maddie: No phone...[she opens a random door and finds a pair of cars.] No phone... Maddie: [looking into a room containing a pair of four-wheelers] No phone. Vlad: Foolish boy! Even with diminished strength, I'm still more powerful than you. [He attempts to split into three, but collapses back into a single Vlad with two heads.] Vladhead #1: Huh? Vladhead #2: Wha-- Both Vladheads: I can't duplicate my form! Danny: Jeez, I don't know which head to hit. So I'll have to hit them both! [Launching himself into the air and diving] At 112 miles per hour, I bet this hurts! Maddie: [Looking out onto a helipad with a DALV helicopter sitting on it] Helicopter...but no phone. And Danny thinks I'm a nut. Vlad: [Flat on the floor, still getting zapped] Fine, Danny. You've defeated me. But you've forgotten my pets. [He whistles, and several of the animal ghosts materialize through the floor.] Finish him! Danny: Finish me? But why are you mad at me? I'm not the one who made your pelts into wall art. [Gestures at the hunting trophies on the wall.] Vlad: Don't even think about it, you spectral freaks. I'm still more powerful than you. Danny: And now you're not. I'll give you a five-minute head start, Plasmius. Vlad: Really? Danny: Minutes, seconds. You know how bad I can be at math. Get him! Maddie: What happened to Vlad? Danny: He...ran out for a bite. How are we getting out of here? Maddie: Oh, I don't know. I couldn't find a phone, and there wasn't one in the cars, or the ATVs or in the helicopter--[realizing what she's saying and facepalming] Oh. Danny: Maybe we could just take the copter. Maddie: Now sweetie, we're not going to mention any of this to your father, right? He'd be insanely jealous if he found out, so...mum's the word. Danny: Actually, I think Mom's the word. Sorry I was such a jerk. I really had a good time. [Offering her the soda] Backwash? Maddie: Oh, Danny, that is so sweet. Jack: Quick, Jazz, they're back! Remember, not a word of what went on here. Jazz: [Still in the jumpsuit, holding a full trashbag and a broom] My lips are sealed. And as long as the house is ghost-free, they'll never know. Oh and Dad? Thanks. Jack: Hey-hey, look who's back! How was your weekend? Danny: Uh... Maddie: Oh, boring. Danny: Totally dull. Maddie: Snore. Danny: I gotta go call Tucker and Sam. But, um. [Kisses Maddie's cheek] You know. Danny: So, how was your weekend? Jack: Oh, you know, same old. Danny: Well, I guess everything's back to normal then. Jazz: Get out of my house, you freak! [Popping briefly back through the doorway] Hi Danny! Jack: Hey, wait for me! It's my turn! [Handing Danny his drink and grabbing the Jack-o'-Nine-Tails, he races after her.] Danny: [After staring a moment, takes a sip of the drink then spits] Oh, gross! Backwash!
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