Toon Wars: The Final Days

Chapter 19

In the Forgotten Society, Doug introduces Jimmy Neutron to the interior of the museum within the Grand Palace, which contains all sorts of memorabilia from the past. The walls, columns, and the ceiling are all painted white, but the floor has orange to black and white checkered tiles aligned with one another. Every column, like the ones in and outside the altar, all have certain carvings to holographic symbols on them with their own unique style of any certain cartoon. Paintings are that of screenshots from actual shows, including Jimmy's own from a much earlier episode in production.

Jimmy: Wow Doug. How were you able to get this information out of nothing?

Doug: When the Syndicate told us about the Fourth Wall, they brought with them as much needed information as they could to prove to us that we were cartoons. Half of this came from them, while the other half came from CN City's archives.

Jimmy over by a Reptar shirt on display: Heyhey! It's one of Tommy's Reptar shirts! Man, I haven't seen one of them in a while.

Doug: Oh yeah... Reptar...

Jimmy turning back to Doug: You ok?

Doug: Oh I'm good. It's just, part of me feels kinda jealous of them. The Rugrats. They were a lot more of a hit than any of us back in the day before Spongebob took over.

Jimmy: But you weren't canceled or anything, right?

Doug: No. I was moved to Disney. But...we don't talk about that...

Jimmy glances while speaking to Doug and sees a giant cover of an orange Nick-themed building shaped like a retro hotel venue. Underneath the image is a massive book containing even more pictures to view.

Jimmy: What about that one?

Doug: That used to be the Nick Hotel. (Opens book) Here, take a look at this. Old photos of the website, a bunch of JPEG's of smiling children, and this layout. ...It sucked, but the kids enjoyed it.

Jimmy: It's funny. I can actually see the comparison between this and the city itself.

Doug: What do you mean?

Jimmy flipping through the pages: I mean, the walls, and the attractions within them are all very unique. Granted, there's no windows here, but for a hotel, it looks as though a kid would fit right in as long as they don't look at the characters staring at them while they sleep.

Doug: Yeah, in a way we kinda did have to get inspiration from somewhere. Of course our walls are invisible. But even though there's weren't, you still had the lively areas to go to before eventually it wore itself out. You could say it's like a life cycle. Humble beginnings, but then years down the road, it gets old and later croaks. If there's one thing your arch nemesis, Calamitous, taught me, it's that even things you like including stuff on TV don't last forever.

Jimmy: Maybe. But you learn to cherish that memory of it.

Doug in surprise: ...Yeah. Yes, of course. Heh heh.

Jimmy looking at a blocked off page: Oh, and what's in here..?

Doug: Huh? Wait, Jim, I wouldn't-

Jimmy turns to the next page and merely glances it before hastily shutting the book entirely with horrified eyes.

Jimmy: O_O