Fighting for Freedom

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Meeting Room

Zoidberg dances and sings on the table. Everyone sits and claps along. Fionna and Cake enter the room needing clarification on what they see.

"Freedom, freedom, freedom, oy! Freedom, freedom, freedom, oy!"

Fionna: "There's no denying it, the future's wacky!"

"True that." agreed Cake, "Oh, well. Don't wanna stand out." Cake gets on the table and sings and dances with Zoidberg. " Freedom, freedom, freedom, oy!
Freedom, freedom, freedom, oy!"

Zoidberg: "There's nothing crazy about it. It's just Freedom Day!" He chirps.

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On the Balcony the staff celebrate Freedom Day with their Freedom Day Party. Giovanna drinks Slurm and Scruffy blows a party blower. Marshall Lee and Gary are by the grill. Beth sits on the railings eating a melon while Fionna and Danny stand beside her.

"So, what is Freedom Day? Neo Mars' version of the fourth of July?" Fionna asked.

"Kind of, but it's an excuse for people on Mars to act out of the norm, like drinking, belching, and saying non-PC things in public," replied Danny.

Zoidberg walks over and puts his claw on Danny's shoulder. "No, it's a fabulous, crab-ulous day!"

Beth: "If you wanna do something, you do it, and to heck with the consequences!" She throws the melon rind over her shoulder and it hits something.

"You know, like how I live every day." Impossibear sticks his leg out and trips up Hermes.

Everyone laughs.

"Happy Freedom Day! Ooh! I think my wrist is broken."

"This year we're celebrating it on Earth as a celebration of your planet becoming one and joining the UOOPP." Chris explained

Wallow: "Of course, it wouldn't be Freedom Day without the traditional Freedom Tub!" He presses a button and a hole in the floor opens revealing a hot tub.

Everyone reacts with excitement. Hermes dips his finger in. "Mmm! That'll feel nice on my shattered bones!"

The staff and warriors start to undress around Fionna and Cake.

She gasps. "Wow! Swimsuits for underwear, hot-tubbing? That's all I need to hear about Freedom Day!"

Zoidberg: "Then consider the following lecture a bonus: On Mars, freedom is a given. But on my planet, we have to suffer for it."

Flashback

Child Zoidberg wears a hat and comical specs with mouth flaps attached. A Decapodian woman is with him.

"Sure, you can be a comedian instead of a doctor -- if you want your parents to roll over in their graves!"

Later, grown-up Zoidberg is at a polling station.

Decapodian Man: "Sure, you can vote for Shkinadel -- if you want there should be a recession!" Zoidberg turns away sadly.

Back at his home, he holds suitcases.

"Sure, you can go to medical school -- if you've given up on your dream of being a comedian!"

Zoidberg turns away sadly.

[Flashback ends.]

Zoidberg: "That's why I loved Mars! You can do what you want, and no one makes you feel guilty because no one cares. And much to my joy, Earth is the same way."

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