Angry Beavers: The Next Generation

Into the Void

One day in 2001, two beaver brothers named Norbert and Daggett were facing cancellation of their show "The Angry Beavers" after five years. As Norbert and Daggett were getting ready to embrace being canceled, they shouted one final phrase. "April Fools!" they yelled before having a jolly and brotherly laugh together. Then, out of nowhere, they poof out of existence and then enter a completely black and empty void. Norb and Dag are both confused. They did not think that this would be what happens when a show becomes cancelled.
Norbert and Daggett tried to make sense of what was going on by doing various things. These included simply walking around the void, touching the floor of it to see if anything would happen, etc. However, nothing happened.
Neither Norbert or Daggett thought that this would be the place they ended up once they got canceled. They thought they would just go somewhere else like a cartoon paradise or somewhere nicer than where they are right now.
"Um Norbert...what's going on here?," Daggett asked. "We'll Daggy-doo, it seems we've been given the ax, we cease to no longer exist..." Norbert explains to his brother, trying to make sense of the situation they're in. "You're crazy Norb! Of course we exis-'' Daggett says before being cut off by a loud and booming voice coming from nowhere.
"He means the show got cancelled!"
Daggett, now even more confused, asks this voice "What do you mean canceled? And besides who are you?"
"I am the great and powerful Voice of the Void!" He said with a mix of anger and cockiness in his voice. "Oh I get it...so you're some guy behind a curtain?" Daggett asks, not knowing what's going on. "NO!" the Voice shouts at them angrily, causing the void to shake as if there was an earthquake.
"Excuse me, hi what do you mean the show got cancelled ?, and what happened to our home and friends?" Norbert asks this voice, uncertain of what's going on back in the outside world and concerned for the safety of his friends and family. Just then, a large TV appears out of thin air, showing clips of their adventures with them and their friends. These clips are from "Born to be Beavers," "Up All Night," "Long in the Teeth," "Bummer of Love," "The Bing That Wouldn't Leave," "Guess Who's Stumping to Dinner," "Enter the Daggett," and "Brothers...to the End?"
"Well you see, you two and the rest of your friends were characters on a tv show that sadly lost to a sponge." The TV then starts playing clips of SpongeBob SquarePants, showing episodes such as "Help Wanted," "Tea at the Treedome," "Bubblestand," "Jellyfishing," "Plankton!," and "Band Geeks," As the brothers see this, Daggett laughs to himself out of disbelief. "How could a sponge be more popular than us?," he says laughing coldly at the fact.
"Well right now, the Sponge is currently taking over the world by storm," explains the Voice of the Void. "His face is all over everything! Toys, games, books, clothing, video games...Everything!" As Norb and Dag hear this information, Daggett gets more and more jealous and Norb becomes shocked. "And...I also hear he might be getting a movie about him soon," proclaims the Voice. This last fact completely tips Daggett over the edge and gets him jealous.
"Grrrrr! That should be us getting a movie! We're just as popular as that spooty old sponge! What does he have that we don't? I mean we're funny, entertaining, and relatable! We're basically just like him!" Daggett yells furiously while Norb tries to fathom this information.
"Anyways, that Sponge is currently taking you and every other Nicktoon's popularity. You suffered the worst because he came halfway through your series' run, and for a while you both were doing just as successful as each other," the Voice elaborates to them. "But, over the last couple years, the Sponge has been growing in popularity and stealing your audience away from you!"
"What does that mean?" Norbert asks. "It means that until further notice, you two will be staying here in the Void..." The Voice says in an upset type of voice for them. Both Norb and Dag then gasp in horror at the thought. For them, they don't know how long they'll be stuck here for. It could be a few minutes,a few hours or even entire years.
"But there is an exception, however..." says The Voice. Norbert and Daggett now calm down a bit and listen to what he has to say. "If you two get rebooted, then you will get out of here and be able to return home for the rest of time. Norb and Dag were relieved of this fact but still a bit scared of the thought of them possibly never coming back.
"What if we never come back?" asks Norbert in a somewhat panicked sort of tone. "Don't worry you two...You both were very popular during your run so I'm sure you'll get a reboot at some point," says the voice in a reassuring manner.
"I sure do hope so...I really do miss all of our family and friends now..." says Norbert, who clearly did not give one thought about his family and friends throughout the whole time, as Norbert and Dagggett begin to sit in the void.
Meanwhile, Norbert's love interest named Treeflower, comes walking to he and Dag's dam. Treeflower is currently getting her hair ready and her flower earrings neatly done, because she's gonna visit the two of them.
As she finishes prettying herself up for him, she rings their doorbell and twirls her feet around a bit, hoping for him to answer. "Norby...It's me, Treeflower..." she says with some embarrassment in her voice and blushes. "I'm back from my trip. Can I come in?"
Nothing happens. Norb and Dag are gone and there's nobody to answer the door for her. She tries knocking on the door this time. "Norby? Are you and Dag okay?," she asks, slightly worried, but still no answer. She then tries opening the door and, surprisingly for her, it's unlocked. She walks around the dam trying to find him and Dag.
"Norby?" she asks as she looks around in their bedroom, but no answer. "Dag?" She asks looking in the bathroom for them, but still no answer. "If this is some kind of practical joke it's not funny! I really want you to come out now!" she says, hoping that this is just some kind of cruel joke the boys are playing on her, when in reality, it's not. Treeflower starts to become scared for Dag and especially Norb's safety, hoping that he'll come back to her soon.
"Norby...please come out...Where are you?" she says as she starts tearing up at the thought of not seeing her beloved Norbert again. "Please come back to me...I'm sorry if I hurt you at all...I'm sorry if I did something bad to you or Dag... I love you Norbert..." Treeflower then sits on the couch looking at a framed photo of Norbert and starts crying quietly in the dam.
The scene fades to ten minutes later in the void. Norbert and Daggett are still sitting silently in the void. Daggett is fidgeting with his fingers, completely bored out of his mind, while Norbert is thinking about his friends and family,and more importantly Treeflower and is very sad, thinking that he might never see her and his other friends and family again.
"Daggett?"
"Yes Norb?
"Did you ever think about...you know...everybody we left behind just now...?" Norbert asks in a depressed tone. "Oh...no I haven't..." says Daggett. "Yeah...well...I really miss them already...I mean we've only been gone for ten minutes and yet it feels like it's been years..." Norbert sighs sadly while he looks up at the sky of nothingness.
Meanwhile, Treeflower stands outside of Norbert and Daggett's dam with a flower in one hand and another framed photo of Norb in the other as she sets them down gently on the front door. "Norby...I really miss you...I hope you come back someday...," she says, heartbroken.
Hours later, Treeflower has gathered everyone that Norbert and Daggett have ever met and gathered them all in their former dam. Bing, Barry, Wolffe, Big Rabbit, Truckee, Stump, Bill Licking, Oxnard Montalvo, El Grapadura, Rose, Leonard, Chelsea, and Stacy are all sitting down while Treeflower stands in front of the TV sadly, about to deliver the bad news.
"Everyone...I have something I need to tell all of you..." she says with her voice starting to break. "What is it, Treeflower?" Bing asks worriedly. "Norb and Dag are...missing..." she says as everyone gasps horrifyingly. This shocks everyone, especially Rose and Leonard.
"What?!"
"How?!" Rose asks worriedly.
"I don't know! But we do need to find them! I want all of you to go around town and search for them and report it to the news if you have to! I'll help you guys out." Treeflower offers to all of them.
Everyone then heads out of the dam and starts looking around the forest and around Wayouttatown as well. Norbert & Daggett's family even report the disappearances of their sons to the news as well. They try every method they could in order to try to get the brothers back, but to no avail.
Eventually, a few weeks pass as the gang have found no leads on Norbert & Daggett's whereabouts.
They all congregate back to the dam.
"Treeflower, we've searched for weeks on end." An exhausted Barry tells Treeflower.
"And still none of us has found them!" Bing adds in.
"Not even the police!" Truckee adds.
Rose interjects.
"I think we need to accept the fact that..."
Everyone pauses.
"That what?" Treeflower asks.
Rose pauses for bit before giving her answer.
"That they're dead..." She chokes up.
Treeflower starts going manic at this possibility.
"No, they can't be dead! They have to be here somewhere! They have to....
"They're both gone and there's nothing we can do to get them back. We need to move on..." Barry tries convincing her.
Treeflower starts laughing hard for a moment, losing it basically. She then transitions into crying hard and balling her eyes out as Bing brings her a tissue.
"Well...if that's the case then we need to honor them in some way..." She tries saying in between tearing up.
Oxnard Montalvo stands up and says, "We need to remember these beavers for all the great they have brought to this world.I will leave a tribute to both of them in my next movie!" he says with determination in his voice. "Yeah! And I'll make a good documentary about beavers this time. These two need to be remembered by the world in one way or another!" says Bill Licking. "¡Sí! ¡Y los promociono en mi próximo combate de lucha libre y les haré un homenaje!" says El Grapadura in Spanish as subtitles below him say "Yeah! And I'll promote them in my next wrestling match and I'll make a tribute to them!"
"We need to all remember Norbert and Daggett for who they were and the positive impact they've left upon everybody." says Treeflower to them. "I know my dear Norby would very much appreciate it if he were still here." she says while looking up sadly.
After this, Treeflower and the rest of Norbert and Daggett's friends and family make a tribute video showcasing all of their best moments from the series and watch it together as they all mourn and grieve for the loss of the two best beavers they've ever known. As time goes on, all of Norbert and Daggett's friends end up moving on with their lives, their family has some trouble coping but have little to no problem with moving on, but Treeflower has still had the hardest time trying to cope with their loss. Bing ends up getting back in a relationship with Wanda, Barry has met a female bear named Glodean, and Wolffee has met a female wolf named Tracy. El Grapadura has dedicated many of his wrestling matches to them, Bill Licking makes an hour long documentary about beavers dedicated to Norbert and Daggett, and Oxnard Montalvo made tributes to the two of them in many of his movies to come. Leonard and Rose including their sisters still try to cope with the loss of their sons/brothers and holds a memorial for them,and Stump and Vanity are still in a relationship,while Truckee is still doing his usual truck driving shtick. Six months later, Treeflower rejoins her band The Friendly Chartreuse Bubblegum Machine and becomes a hippie again, knowing that it's what Norbert would've wanted for her and she has had a somewhat better ability to move on but at the same time she still has a difficult time coping.
5 years later, it is now 2006. Norbert and Daggett are still in the void together. To them it's only been 10 minutes but to the outside world, it has been much, much longer. "Norbert,How long has it been?" Daggett asks his brother. "I don't know, Dag...It could be a few minutes,it could be a few I know is I want to go back home right now..." Norbert tells Daggett in a depressed voice. Just then, the Voice of the Void finally speaks again.
"Beavers! I have some news for you! You have officially been rebooted!" the Voice says proudly. Norbert and Daggett feel a mix of both excitement and confusion. "Wait...already? It's only been like ten minutes." Daggett says to the Voice. "Well you see, in the void time moves much slower than in the real world. It's only been ten minutes for you two, but in reality it has been seventeen years for the outside world. This fact makes Daggett completely shocked, but Norbert is more focused on getting home as soon as possible.
"The door back to the outside world shall now open for you two. And soon as you walk through this door, you will return to your home, your family, and your friends." the Voice says As heavenly doors open for the two of them leading into their living room. "Good luck you two!"
Norbert and Daggett finally step through the void and back to their home where they belong. After all that time they've spent in the void away from everything and everyone they're ever known, they're finally back home. "Dag,We're home! We're finally home!" says Norbert excitedly and he and his brother do a celebratory tail slap while laughing and sitting on the couch together. "It feels so good to finally sit on this couch again after so long!" Dag says while having another brotherly laugh with Norbert.
What they don't know is that Treeflower is coming by to mourn them again, this time dressed in her hippie outfit, knowing that Norbert always loved to see her in her hippie outfit. She walks sadly into the dam and says, "Norby,It's me Treeflo-" but then freezes in shock after seeing the two of them sitting on the couch. Norbert sees Treeflower and finally stops laughing as he gets off the couch.
"Treeflower? Is that you?" Norbert says quietly and shocked to see her again and in her hippie outfit. "Norby? Is it really you?" Treeflower says shocked as well while also tearing up again. Norbert also tears up as the two run to hug each other tightly after not seeing each other for so long. "Oh Norby! I've missed you so much!" Treeflower says as she starts crying, but then soon gets comforted by Norb who says "I've missed you too, Treeflower.I've missed you very much."
"We all thought you were dead and so we all were mourning for you for five years," Treeflower explains while crying and hugging Norbert. "So we all had to try to cope, but I had a very difficult time coping with the thought of losing you..." Norbert strokes her hair while hugging her and says, "It's okay, Treeflower,I'm here now...And I've missed you so very much too. I could not stand the thought of being without you and I never want to lose you or anybody else again."
Treeflower is now relaxed and relieved that Norbert is finally back with her and she can be comforted by him. Treeflower takes a step back and looks at Norb while blushing, hoping he notices her wearing her hippie outfit again. "Wait a minute..." Norbert says with some suspicion in his voice, "Did you rejoin your band?"
"Yes I did, Norby. I wanted to become a hippie again since I knew that's what you would've wanted for me." she says flustered and looking away shyly from Norbert. "Well, you look very beautiful! You look just as gorgeous as you did when we first met." Norb says, awestruck by her outfit, which makes Treeflower blush even harder as Dag simply rolls his eyes in annoyance.
Treeflower then turns her face to the door.
"HEY EVERYONE,GUESS WHAT?! NORBERT AND DAGGETT ARE BACK!" Treeflower calls out to the entire forest.
Everyone heard Treeflower and all come rushing back to the dam, eager to see the two of them again.
"OH MY GOSH! WERE HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN! WE WERE ALL SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU!" Everyone starts talking over each other, so excited to have the two of them back.
"Hey everyone! We're all so happy to see you again!" Norbert says to everyone.
"Yeah! Except for you, Truckee I still hate you." Daggett mumbles.
Everyone continues cheering and hugging the brothers for their return.
Hours later, everyone has thrown a welcome back party for Norbert & Daggett's coming home. Everyone is having a fun time, especially Norbert & Daggett.
As everyone is partying, Truckee walks near Daggett while he drinks his punch.
"Oh. Hey Truckee."
"Hey."
"You know things were veeery peaceful when I was away from you."
"What's that supposed to mean, mouth breather?!"
"It means you were a Spoothead back then, and you're still a spoothead now!"
Truckee and Daggett then start to have their constant bickering while everyone else has fun.
Meanwhile, Norbert sees Treeflower and decides to talk with her.
"Treeflower, I am so glad to finally see you again...It's been so long..."
"Y-yeah it has..." She blushes while moving her hair away while drinking her fruit punch.
"What happened to you and Dag while you two were gone?" She asks.
"Me and Daggett were trapped in a void. It felt like ten minutes to us but I guess it was five years to you guys."
"Wow, that's a lot to take in... And yeah it has been 5 years. A lot has changed since you and Dag have been gone."
"Woola booga! Well it looks like me and Dag got some catching up to do. You know I tried to talk to you while you were out with your family but you weren't home."
"You did? So what were you trying to talk to me about?" She asks her boyfriend.
"Well...it's a surprise...I'll tell you when it's the right time but I promise you'll love it a whole lot." He smiles.
"I love you too Norby...I'm so glad to have you and Dag back..." She hugs Norbert lovingly.
"Same here, Treeflower...same here..."
Norbert and Treeflower then kiss on the lips while everyone continues partying, glad to have the beavers back.
Norbert pats his pocket with the wedding ring inside as he continues hugging Treeflower as the party continues.