Not stupid or expendable.
"You see, Miss Tsunku, We've been told by our bosses that we need to put on some musical, And my friend Tales here really loved your work so he decided to ring you up to help him write a song about his Pokemon cards for our little musical."
"......."
"Alright then, -clears throat- あなたは、つかん、私たちは上司から音楽を聴かなければならないと言われています。そして、私の友人のテイルズはあなたの仕事を本当に愛していましたので、ポケモンのカード私たちの小さなミュージカル。" (audience applause)
"Time Lady abilities."
"My light shall be the moon, and my path the ocean, my guide the morning star as I sail home to you...."
Not Sherlock Holmes
"How come I was able to communicate in English with Tsunku on the phone, but you weren't?"
“Now! Let us engage in the art of deduction!”
Not stupid or expendable.
"Must be a plot hole." (cue laugh track)
"Speaking of plot, Where's Robin?" (Clone!Robin opens Chey's bedroom door and steps out)
"Right here, Chey."
"Ford?" (cue to Ford randomly and mindlessly watching Semi-Homemade Cooking note on TV.)
"Ford?"
"I-I can explain." (cue laugh track)
"My light shall be the moon, and my path the ocean, my guide the morning star as I sail home to you...."
Not Sherlock Holmes
“What? No Gordon Ramsay?”
“Also, I would like to interview this Japanese musician”
“Now! Let us engage in the art of deduction!”
Not stupid or expendable.
"Well while y'all go right ahead, I gotta catch up with Robin." (Chey leaves the room, pan over to Ford now having a nap on the couch and then to Tales and Tsunku.)
"My light shall be the moon, and my path the ocean, my guide the morning star as I sail home to you...."
Not Sherlock Holmes
“Wubadubadub, is that true?” I say to Tsunku.
(Laugh track.)
“Oh, and Tropey the Wonder Dog has been canceled, so we can pretty much do whatever as long as isn’t too adult for even the Adult Network, which is where we moved.”
“Now! Let us engage in the art of deduction!”
Not stupid or expendable.
(Cue another commercial pop-up for Tropey which proudly declares "Tropey Has Moved to Sundays!". Chey pokes her head out of her door.)
"Well, Not really. Tropey got moved and more importantly, We're still on TropeNet where we are the network's #1 show in most parts of Tropetopia and also where we get constant promotion as well at constant reruns and marathons on TropeNet 4, Especially when some sporting event either gets cancelled or rained out." (cue laugh track)
"And somehow in the other areas, Tropey's still #1.... If we go too grown-up, We may end up getting moved to Thursdays. And we wouldn't survive on Thursdays..."
In real life, Thursdays are usually a big night ratings-wise on American TV. That's when those Shonda Rhimes dramas (every wine-sipping woman's favorite kind of shows), Supernatural, and Gotham is on.
edited 8th Jan '18 5:15:07 PM by EeveeGirlChey
"My light shall be the moon, and my path the ocean, my guide the morning star as I sail home to you...."
Not Sherlock Holmes
“Ok.”
(I turn to Tsunku.)
“To turn back, press the button again.”
“Now! Let us engage in the art of deduction!”
Not stupid or expendable.
(Tsunku presses the button and turns back to normal. Meanwhile, Ford and Clone!Robin are playing checkers.)
"So... How's E-Space?"
"Oh, fine, fine. I'm quite happy living there with my brothers. We met this beautiful blonde woman and her robot dog. Says she is a Time Lady."
"Just like Chey...."
"Yeah...."
"My light shall be the moon, and my path the ocean, my guide the morning star as I sail home to you...."
hey
"zip, zong, zounds" says a fourth Penroses.
hey
Not stupid or expendable.
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Welcome to the game!
(cue audience applause)
"Oh hello... Who are you?"
"My light shall be the moon, and my path the ocean, my guide the morning star as I sail home to you...."
hey
oh, i've been on this thread before
unless you're talking about something else
hey
Not stupid or expendable.
Ohhhh... Well welcome back then! I've just started a week ago. 
Not stupid or expendable.
(cue commercial break)
(cue station identification)
ANNOUNCER: You're watching TropeNet 1. Right now is the new episode of Tropers: The Series. Coming up afterwards is Battleworld 2.0. And now, The TropeNet News Brief.
(cue news brief)
NEWSREADER: This is the TropeNet News Brief. And now for our top story; The third actor to portray Tropey the Wonder Dog announced that he and his wife successfully delivered their first litter of puppies. In other news, Tensions were high at Sunday's Trope-Tan Appreciation Society meeting over wherever or not Trope-Tan is a Time Lady. This has been the TropeNet News Brief. For more news, Tune in to TropeNet News after Battleworld 2.0.
(end break, cut to the show's logo)
ANNOUNCER: We now return to Tropers: The Series.
"My light shall be the moon, and my path the ocean, my guide the morning star as I sail home to you...."
*Vague plotting intensifies*
A Zero walks in.
"Hey, I've been out totally not scheming for a while; what's going on right now? And Penroses, have you embraced the wonders of multiplicity and confusion as well, now?"
My new plan is so secret that even I cannot understand its full scope!
The Hope, The Hero
"Zero! You're back!"
(Now I can start developing more Gundam prototypes.)
Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...
-Crystal is standing nervously in the corner holding Aichi Doll. Perhaps she should attempt to introduce herself to Zero.-
"Um... You're Zero? I've heard about you. Nice to meet you..."
-Aichi Doll waves.-
Whoops, should have noticed the time stamp...
edited 15th Jan '18 6:38:45 AM by CrystalMemoria
Not Sherlock Holmes
“Give ‘em the rundown on current events, Chey.”
“Now! Let us engage in the art of deduction!”
*Vague plotting intensifies*
The Zero grins maniacally and pulls out an impractical-looking laser weapon. "Ha, Psyche! I'm actually Evil Zer-"
The evil robot duplicate is shot in the back with a far more practical laser weapon, wielded by the real Zero. "Sorry about that, guys, but now that plot thread is done forever. Seriously, he's actually gone now, and I can become something other than the guy with all the robot duplicates. It's nice to meet you, Crystal! And that rundown on events would be great."
My new plan is so secret that even I cannot understand its full scope!
-Crystal is extremely startled by the string of events that just kind of happened so suddenly and stares blankly for a few seconds.-
"T-That was an evil clone...?"
-... Don't think too hard about it, Crystal. She switches back to a somewhat nervous smile.-
"Y-Yeah, it's nice to meet you... Convoy mentioned you."
-Aichi Doll also waves to the non-evil clone Zero. Crystal can't help but feel like she missed out on an interesting storyline though... She showed up too late in the series, obviously.-
edited 15th Jan '18 10:25:16 AM by CrystalMemoria
The Hope, The Hero
"On the plus side, at least France won't have to suffer any more."
"And, yeah, Zero got really crazy with the clones. That was fun."
Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...
-Crystal looks sad.-
"I missed out on all the cool stuff...!"
-Uh-oh, it looks like she's heading towards her Corner of Woe again...-
edited 15th Jan '18 10:30:45 AM by CrystalMemoria
The Hope, The Hero
(Convoy grabs her by the arm, in an attempt to stop her.)
"Don't do that, please."
Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...
-Still depressed, but she stops and turns to face Convoy when he grabs her arm.-
"B-But, Convoy... I missed out on so much... There's not really anything I can provide to the series..."
"You got the munch."
"The crisp and the crunch."
"Livin' in the gutter with Grandma..."
"When Coach puts you in,—"
"You gotta go for the win."
"Y2K turned out all riiiight!"
"SBLOUNSKCHED!"
"You can do it!"
'SBLOUNSKCHED!"
"Crunchy chew it!"
"Who's got the money?!?"
"You got... SBLOUNSKCHED!'
"We now return to Tropers: The Series."
"As much as I love Love Lab and it's soundtrack, I just had to see what would happen. At least you can fly."
“Now! Let us engage in the art of deduction!”