Franklin & Friends Lost DVD: Franklin’s Revenge (Franklin The Turtle Lost Episode)
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Have you heard of a show called Franklin & Friends? If you never heard of it, or just completely forgot about it; allow me to give a quick rundown. Franklin And Friends is the 2nd animated adaptation of the Franklin The Turtle book series which was made in CGI, and a departure from the classic 2D animated series from the Late 90s. The show first released in 2011, and lasted very shortly with the final special for the series being released in 2014.
Now you might be asking yourself: "So how did you come across the series and this episode?" Well, good question.
I was babysitting my younger cousin while his parents were away on a cruise. They decided against bringing their infant child on the ship and unluckily for me, decided to bring him to me to babysit. I had basically nothing for him to do or watch as I didn't have an iPad, YouTube Kids account, or anything for that matter. I looked through my closet and found an old DVD player I had as a kid.
I hooked it up to the TV in my living room and went to find some sort of old kids show DVD to keep him occupied while I went out to Walmart. After like 5 minutes, I found basically nothing and just decided on finding a DVD in the Bargain Bin at Walmart while I was out.
Fast forward about 15 minutes, I get everything I need for the apartment in my cart and make my way to the Bargain Bin to hopefully find a kid's movie or something to keep him occupied. I dig through the messy pile of 20 year old Box Office flops to find absolutely nothing remotely kid-friendly.
I was about to give up before I saw a green outline of something that looked familiar. I moved every other DVD for a clear entrance before pulling out: "Franklin & Friends: The Complete Series!"
This was odd for a couple of reasons. First, Walmart never sells a complete series of anything in the bargain bin to my limited knowledge. Also a Complete Series for only $6? No way.
I pull the DVD case closer to my face and begin to analyze it. Despite it have the "Complete Series", it clearly only had one DVD in it. Now how could one CD possibly contain an entire series inside it?
I give it a quick double take to find the title actually misspelled as: "Frankin and Frends: Compete Edition" plastered in completely red font with a light green outline. Franklin also looked like a un-rendered Playstation 2 Model. I knew the series had bad CGI models, but this was just absurd to pass for any cover.
This definitely had to be a bootleg, but how would it have gotten past Walmart? Maybe the workers didn't bother to put it away or something, as the corporation they're working for doesn't care about them either after all.
I put it in my cart and proceed to check out. After overpaying for everything in my cart by about $8 each due to rapid inflation, the DVD surprisingly ran for only 30¢ despite the Bin advertising everything as $6. I questioned it at first, but at the end of the day it did save me a bit of money compared to everything else.
I arrive back home and finally brought in all the groceries. I go to the living room and turn on the DVD player, Franklin DVD in hand.
I pulled out the DVD and noticed something weird about the disc. The disc had absolutely no labels or logos on it about the series, the publisher, nothing at all; just a bright green reflective CD. I look on the back of the Franklin DVD and there were also no labels or anything, just a faded out stock photo of Franklin. I grew even more skeptical about the entire thing.
How would I even know Franklin The Turtle is even on this thing? A kids show let alone? Despite my many question, this kid needed to be occupied with something, and this Franklin DVD from Walmart was all I had.
I popped it in the DVD Player and after a couple of seconds of a black screen, thinking it wouldn't even work, the main theme suddenly bursted at what seemed to be 2x the normal volume. I jumped out from surprise and quickly turned the volume down. I look back at the screen and noticed that the main title screen was absolutely terrible. The background was just a low quality stretched picture of clouds over a blue sky with the same un-rendered Playstation 2 model of Franklin plastered on the left. I went over to the episode select menu and all the episode titles were just garbled together.
It looked more like a surreal art project than a menu select for a kid's show. Despite my worries, I felt my worries were soon going to go ten-fold if I didn't get this kid something to do within the next 5 minutes. I surfed through the episode select trying to make out a halfway interesting title over garbled nonsense. I barely made out one of the titles stating "Franklin's Re-" with the second half of the episode being completely intelligible.
"This would have to do." I thought.
I grabbed a Capri Sun and a box of Cheez-Its for my cousin's baby and started the episode for him. I stayed a bit to verify the episode was legit, and after a couple of seconds of the intro, everything seemingly checked out to be normal, and so I went back into my room for a quick nap after being occupied for pretty much the entire day.
After not even 5 minutes, I immediately arose when I heard a loud SCREAM coming from my Baby Cousin. I ran in the room and found him crying on the floor, facing the opposite direction like he was avoiding something.
I take a look at the TV and found Franklin getting violently BEATEN. I pause the episode and grab him to take him out of the room and comfort him. Since my cousin was only 2, he couldn't really say much to me that would have me understand what was really going on.
I just told him to go in my room and i'd just give him my iPhone to play with for the meantime while I look over this DVD. I just knew something was wrong with this thing, and I don't know why I even played it for him to begin with.
I sat down and grabbed the remote to investigate. I press the back to start button and it plays back from the beginning. The episode opens with the usual theme song, but with a rather unusual sight. You see, everything from the animation to the models were normal, but the camera angles were... off to say the least...
For example: one angle was from the top of a tree tracking Franklin and his friends playing soccer in a field, another outside of Franklin's bedroom window with him on the floor drawing at night, and another behind his shower curtains while he was bathing.
At this point I started to feel uneasy about this DVD. No way this could be approved by a studio, let alone network hire-ups for airing. How did this DVD end up at Walmart? Who sent it to them? What this even real? All these questions ran through my head while the intro played and ended on the same botched "Frankin & Frends" logo from the DVD box, confirming it was at least related to the DVD set.
The episode began outside the Treehouse, with Franklin hanging out with Bear, with the Title "Franklin's Revenge" in the middle of the screen. Franklin looks over to Bear and begins talking.
"Hey Bear, it's always nice hanging out with you. You just never know when it'll be your last day, huh?" Franklin asked Bear.
Bear looked back at Franklin, visibly confused. "Umm, why would you ask me that question, Franklin?" Bear asked, kind of creeped out.
"Nothing. Just, looking at the news and what's going on in the world makes me depressed." Franklin replied.
Weird that a kid's show would use such terminology to describe their feelings, but I simply brushed it off.
Bear understood his sentiment and glanced over to him. "Yeah, the News either makes you angry or just sad. It's always hard to watch."
Distant yelling could be heard, approaching their spot. A small Raccoon could be seen biking toward them, newspapers in basket.
"NEWS! NEWS! GET YOUR NEWS!" The young raccoon yelled in the vicinity to get everyone's attention. The raccoon then spotted Franklin and Bear lying outside the treehouse, and thew a paper to each to them, startling them both.
"Hey, watch where you're throwing that!" Bear yelled at the paperboy. The raccoon ignored him and continued to ride off to a nearby town, still yelling about the news to everyone. Franklin took a glance at the paper, reading the headline: "FATHER JAILED FOR BEATING SON, FACES 5 TO 10 YEARS IN JAIL." He began ripping up the paper and threw it on the ground.
"Don't need for my day to get any worse!" Franklin said, giggily. Bear then looked over to Franklin, concerned.
"Why say that?" Bear asked.
"Nothing. Just had a little argument with my parents today. Nothing really serious." He replied.
"Oh, well then we should be able to hang out today at your house still-" Bear was cut off swiftly by Franklin.
"No. Not today. In fact, i'm probably not going to be back there today myself, or for a little while now." Franklin replied.
"Oh. But why not?" Bear said, questioning further.
"I already said Bear." Franklin replied, this time even more serious than before.
The scene suddenly cut to a flash back of earlier in the day at Franklin's house.
Franklin was getting dressed for the day, as he picked out his favorite shirt and shoes. He finished dressing and began walking in the kitchen for his breakfast.
"Ohhh, Pancakes, My Favorite!" He yelled joyously to his mother.
As he tried to sit down, he tripped and hit the chair hard; snapping it in two. His father ran up to him and began yelling.
"My god, Franklin, this is the 3rd time this month you broke something. Don't you get how much these things take out of my paycheck?" He yelled, furious at him. His mother came in and began arguing with him.
"Honey, mistakes happen. Just let it go!" Franklin's mom yelled back. Franklin's dad glared back at her with a look I can only describe as evil.
"We're already short on bills this month because of how much nonsense you buy for the house, and we don't need a jackass breaking shit around the house!" He yelled back at her. He continued yelling at Franklin.
"I have something that'll fix you for good." He ran to his room and grabbed a black belt as he grabbed Franklin and brought him to his room.
The camera cuts to the room as his father began BEATING him brutally for around a minute straight, as the camera zoomed uncomfortably in. Open scars and bruises could be seen as he whipped him mercilessly.
"DON'T YOU EVER BREAK ANYTHING AROUND HERE AGAIN, FRANKLIN. YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" He yelled forcefully.
Franklin laid on the ground covered in deep scars and blood as all he could do is cry. His father proceeded to grab his favorite comics and rip them apart on the floor and walked out of the room, spamming the door behind him. He approached his wife and began talking with her.
"Now I think he learned his lesson. I'm off to work honey, lock the doors and make sure that boy doesn't destroy anything else." He left swiftly afterwards. The scene went back to show Franklin just lying on the ground, flooded with tears with comic book paper ripped everywhere surrounding him.
The scene cut back to the treehouse where Franklin just sat there. Bear began talking to him again.
"Well, maybe you can come over and hang you with me? My dad bought me the new comic collection that came out last week and the Game System you wanted as a surprise for good grades today!" He replied. Franklin simply shrugged his shoulders as a reply.
Suddenly the quality of the episode took a steeper downhill turn. The quality noticeably gotten worse, like a 480p Standard Resolution video got stretched to the 16:9 format. The environment looked more like a Super Mario 64 level and the character models looked even more like play-dough caricatures. I pressed on despite the ever-degrading quality.
A sudden cut to the next scene showed Franklin sitting at school, starring into space. The teacher; Mr. Owl, went on about how to multiply variables or something. His voice was muffled as it just focused on Franklin sitting down, clearly down.
"And that kids is why you should always-"
He was swiftly cut off by the loud bell ringing, indicating that it was time to leave for the day. All the kids got up and rushed out the door.
"Hey, don't forget to study tonight for the big test tomorrow!" Mr. Owl yelled over the crowd of kids, catching none of their attention.
The scene cuts outside to Franklin and all of his friends standing outside.
"Man, class was especially stressful today. I couldn't even understand half of the things that were even said." Franklin said, tired and stressed.
"Yeah man. Plus Mr. Owl has been teaching since before we were even born. Why hasn't he retired yet?" Fox replied.
"Maybe he just likes teaching?" Beaver replied.
"Eh, maybe. I couldn't teach us, even if I were offered £1,000,000 Pounds!" Fox replied back.
Why a Canadian TV show would use Pounds as their currency is... confusing. Maybe displaying cultural diversity of some sort?
As the kids talked amongst each other and Franklin stood by himself pondering life, the bus pulled up at the bus stop as the kids hurried unto the bus to go, finding their usual spots. The camera then panned over to where Franklin was sitting.
Franklin this time looked, even more stressed than usual as he sat near the window looking out of it, clearly wanting to be unbothered. Bear decided to sit next to him and start doing his homework, and leaned over to Franklin to talk.
"Hey Franklin, maybe you should do your homework now too. That way you can come over later and we can shoot some baskets." Bear asked.
"I think i'll do my homework later..." Franklin replied, slightly frustrated. Bear noticed his tone and replied sarcastically.
"Gee Franklin, what did you do? Wake up on the wrong side of the floor this morning?" Bear replied. Everyone on the bus began laughing at his joke.
"Very funny, Bear." Franklin replied back, getting even more stressed at this point. Despite this, Bear pushed him further with even more sarcastic jabs.
"Ha-ha, I know! Maybe you put your shell on the wrong way-" Bear stopped mid-sentence to let out a couple chuckles, everyone else behind him joining in. Franklin couldn't handle the bickering at this point, as he began shaking uncontrollably.
"ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT!" Franklin yelled back at Bear. The rest of the students looked at Franklin in complete silence for a couple of seconds, while Bear looked back at Franklin in surprise.
Out of nowhere, Franklin grabbed his backpack and pulled out a fully loaded AK-47! He pointed it directly at Bear and immediately let out multiple shots, killing him instantly! Highly-realistic blood splattered the seats and floor as he fell to the ground, dying instantly. Franklin's eyes turned blood red and as he stood up above Bear's deceased body.
Franklin walked over to the middle of the bus and unveiled a metal Baseball bat from his pocket. He ran to the back where most of the kids were and just started swinging at random. He hit a fatal blow on Beaver as she literally flew out of the Bus window, leaving a massive crater on the window due to how massive she was.
Fox got up and tried to out-fox Franklin by getting behind him and disarming him, but unfortunately for him, that plan didn't go so well.
Franklin caught his leg while he was running and hit the hell out of him! He let out a painful scream as Franklin put his hands around his neck and began suffocating him on the ground. Fox's face turned a deep shade of blue as he then laid motionless on the ground.
Franklin spotted Skunk in the back of the bus seat, cowering. He stood over him and slapped the shit out of him, leaving a giant red mark on his face and rendering him unconscious! He began pulling him underneath the seat so no evidence could be seen.
He spotted raccoon over his shoulder, filming him with his iPhone. He ran toward him and threw his iPhone on the ground, breaking it into shatters as he grabbed him by the neck like a domestic abuse victim. He held him up for a couple of seconds in a chokehold before his body went fully limp.
He dripped Raccoon's body and spotted rabbit at the corner of his eye. He went over to him, picked him up by the ears, and SLAMMED him into the window, blood flowing from his face from shards of glass as he laid motionless on the ground.
He then ran up to the bus driver and ordered him drive back to the school at gun-point. He reluctantly agreed as he took a U-Turn back to the school. Once they arrived, Franklin ran to the front door and slammed through it. Mr. Owl was there alone with Badger providing After-School assistance. The loud bang gained Mr. Owl's attention immediately.
"Whoa Franklin, what are you doing here?" Owl asked, shocked but maintaining a level headed demeanor. Franklin walked up to him and kicked him in the shin, leaving him immobile. Franklin began speaking in a deep demonic tone.
"MR. OWL. YOU KEPT US LOCKED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SO YOU CAN MAKE MONEY FOR THE GOVERNMENT. YOU KEPT FAILING US SO WE CAN STAY IN YOUR CLASSROOM. YOU KNOW, THAT I KNOW, THAT THIS IS ALL A BIG FRAUD." Franklin yelled to Mr. Owl, paralyzed on the ground.
"Uhh, Franklin, I don't know what you're talking about..." Mr. Owl Replied Back, but was swiftly cut off by a bitch slap to the cheek, shutting him up immediately.
"I KNOW YOU WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT. I KNOW THEY'RE FUNDING YOU AND THIS SCHOOL. I SEEN THE DOCUMENTS." Franklin Responded.
Franklin then pulled out that same baseball bat and started BEATING HIM. Mr. Owl yelped in pain as Badger could only sit there and watch her beloved teacher get beaten by someone she once considered a good acquaintance. After the brutal assault, Franklin made his way to her desk, furious.
He cocked his arm back and proceeded to pimp slap the hell out of her for no reason.
Ok, now I guess the previous half of this episode was reasonable, but slapping a disabled girl sitting down? That's just way too far.
"Why Franklin?" Badger questioned, tears flowing down her face.
"Because I'M THE 2ND COMING OF SATAN." He pulled out that same AK-47 he had on the bus and began loading it. Before anymore could be seen, the camera cut to the outside where a plethora of gunshot could be heard.
Franklin then runs back to the Bus where the bus driver had already made a break for it while he was in there. He sat down in the Driver's seat and cranked up the bus and began driving. The camera cut back and forth at various angles to the countless bodies covered in blood and disfigured.
Franklin begins to drive recklessly as he hit rocks and trees at over 50 MPH while happy flute music played in the background for some reason. He slams the breaks as he arrives at Woodland. He opens the bus doors, AK-47 in hand. A nearby police officer noticed Franklin at distance and begins to yell at him to put the weapon down. Franklin sees him and immediately lets out fire at him, missing every shot. The officer ducked and called for backup on his walkie-talkie.
Chaos ERUPTED as the entire village went under mass hysteria when gunshots were first heard. Multiple police officers are called to the location of a stolen bus and quickly surrounded the vehicle.
Franklin see's the cops approaching and hops back in the bus to began driving a getaway. Franklin slams through multiple police vehicles and accidentally misses a turn, crashing through the Public Library.
"COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!" A Police Officer yelled out to him. Franklin quickly ran out of the bus and quickly into the Library, AK-47 in hand. He enters it as it's completely abandoned as his rampage first began. He takes cover behind a shelf anticipating their entrance.
"On Your 6." A SWAT team said, breaching open the front doors and rushing in with shields and weapons loaded for bare. The police come through the other side of the building, practically trapping Franklin in his tracks.
Just as quickly as the rampage began, it ended. Franklin stood up as the SWAT team approaches his location and let absolute hell loose on him. Smoke filled the air as over 69 SWAT Team Members, JTF2 Operators, Police, CIA, FBI, IDF, GIGN, Navy Seals, CJNG, Inspector Gadget, Franklin's Own father, and The IRS for some reason opened fire and absolutely decimated him! The camera cut to his unrecognizable corpse with millions of bullet holes in highly realistic detail as Helicopters began to surround the area and the city went under lockdown.
The screen then cut to black. Credits rolled as screams could be heard with fire burning, with Franklin's bullet riddled corpse lying on the ground; possibly signifying hell. All the names in the credits were random characters in multiple languages I didn't understand.
I stop the episode and catch my breath... I calmly take the DVD out the player, put it back in the box, and carried it with me outside. I go to a nearby Gas Station for a Jerry Can and I douse the DVD completely. I light a cigarette and I throw it on the DVD, burning it, and hopefully vanquishing it of all its sins. I go back inside to check on my little cousin. He was playing some puzzle game on my Phone, unphazed.
I however, wasn't, and I probably won't be for the rest of my life. I talked to a therapist about it, and they just call me crazy like i'm seeing things. I talk to my friends and they say the same thing. I don't think I can take this pain anymore. I just bought plane tickets to Hawaii from money I embezzled from my job as I hate it, and to hopefully start a new life, a new beginning, away from this place.
Written by Waterdlyed
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