Season 1 Chapter 7: Switched

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a closed stage curtain illuminated by a spotlight. It opens, revealing a backdrop that depicts Titans Tower and the city proper behind it on the shore. A wooden Robin marionette drops into view and hangs before this scene, and the voice of the puppeteer speaks for it.

 A wooden Robin marionette drops into view and hangs before this scene, and the voice of the puppeteer speaks for it

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Robin puppet: Titans! Go!

The figure leaps across the stage, the camera panning to follow, then looks back the way it came. It is alone.

Robin puppet: Hey!

Pull back to frame the entire stage. Figures in the likenesses of the other five are clustered at the other end. The same puppeteer provides all six voices, taking on the appropriate inflection for each. While the four boys' puppets have hinged mouths, similar to a soldier-shaped nutcracker, the two girls' puppets do not.

Robin puppet: Aren't you guys coming? (Close-up of Raven; pan to each in turn)

Raven puppet: What's the point? We can't possibly defeat the Puppet King.

Starfire puppet: He is too clever and powerful, not to mention good-looking.

Cyborg puppet: Yeah. We should probably just surrender now.

Beast Boy Puppet: Dude, I think we already have.

Suddenly, a Ben Tennyson puppet, with a green jacket and an Omnitrix on its wrist, drops into view next to the group of puppets. Its expression is one of resignation.

Ben Puppet: I thought I could help, but even with my transformations, the Puppet King is too strong

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Ben Puppet: I thought I could help, but even with my transformations, the Puppet King is too strong. We've lost...

gestures upward on the end of this line, and the entire group as they look that way and throw up their arms. Tilt up to the platform above the stage on the next line to reveal the puppeteer, a short, squat fellow in a military dress uniform and sash. His head is in shadow, obscuring a clear view of his face, but protuberant eyes and a small crown can be seen

 His head is in shadow, obscuring a clear view of his face, but protuberant eyes and a small crown can be seen

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