Season 1

1. Welcome To Milwaukee

The summer of 1985 is coming to a close and Danielle (Danni) Cunningham is on the phone to her older brother about her 19th birthday party. While she reflects back to the past fourteen years in Milwaukee, she discovers that her life has been through changes. Her uncle Chachi's band, The Skylarks, are breaking up, her older brother Richie Jr. (a.k.a R.J) is still in LA working on his new movie and Danni needs a hair cut. So many things have changed that it makes Richie sick of changes so he cancels Danni's birthday. But later, Lori Beth makes her realize that changes makes us different from rocks and Richie and Lori Beth reinstate Danni's party just in time for some news from her friends.

NOTE: The Happy Days series is re-named Happy Days: 20 Years Later from this episode on.
The Graduation photo that Richie took of Danni is shown on Danni's desk in this episode.
Edmund (Eddie) Weber and Alison (Allie) Malph mention that their parents look different to the last time we saw them. This is because Potsie is now married to Courtney from 'Potsie On His Own' becuase Loretta from 'A Potsie Is Born' died of heart failure in 1980. Also, Roger and Jenny are married, so are Fonzie and Daphne and Ralph and Leather.
Eugene (Gene) Philips mentions that he and his twin brother Elvis were named after 50s rock 'n' roll singers. She is referring to Elvis Presley and Gene Vincent.
Jane Martell mentions that Allie's father Ralph once courted her mother Bunny Martell in College and she is now a single mother to Jane.
Daniel (Danny) Fonzarelli mentions that the Stray Cats split up in 1984.
The Skylarks album cover for "The Illusion" is very similiar to Queen's album cover for "The Miracle".
Danni's birthday is August 15, which is seven months after the original air date of "All The Way" (January 15).
From this episode to the series finale, the end credits changes to pictures of the gang and their families and how their parents looked during the Happy Days run and how they look now and the opening credits show the gang with each other and their families and friends doing things together.

2. Hello, Hawkeye Already Did It

A mad scientist and his cohort, an army general goen AWOL, decide to destroy Milwaukee until the gang get involved but end up getting captured.

NOTE: Ralph, Potsie, Richie, Lori Beth, Leather, Courtney, Lou and Joanie do not appear in this episode.
Marion appears at the beginning of this episode asking the kids if they have seen Richie or Lori Beth and Danni says they are upstairs.
Chachi and Fonzie have not seen each other since 1983.
This is Rob Mullett and Ashley Collins' first appearence in an episode.
This is also Ben's first appearence.
Clarence has been at Arnold's for 26 years.
Police Chief Tom McKenna was in 'Bye Bye Blackball'.

3. Slapstick Land

The gang go to Slapstick Land with their families and English Professor but end up battling a group of malafunctioned robots.

NOTE: Jane appears in this episode without a dialogue.
Prof. Jerome, Prof. Tribianni and Prof. Dinkleburg are the only staff members in this episode.
In this episode, they briefly allude to Jerry Lewis being a washed up celebrity working in a bar.
One of the extraneous toys found at the gift shop is a Charlie Chaplin glove puppet.
When Elvis tells Eddie that there's another fine mess he's gotten them into and later another nice mess he's gotten him into, he was reffering to Oliver Hardy's mantra from some L&H shorts.

4. When Pants Attack

When the gang discover her secret laboratory, Danni tells them that she has more important things to do than pick up her pants - like invent a device that'll do that chore for everyone on campus. But when the nanochip develops advanced brainial capacity, Danni's pants lead an attack on the city of Milwaukee and the gang have to kick the seats of their own pants!

NOTE:From this episode to episode 7, Eddie has a mullet and Allie wears a light green cardigan sweater and khaki pants. Also, Danni has no ribbon in her hair, Jane has sliver earings, Gene is a striped shirt and blue jeans and Elvis is wearing blue jeans, a black leather jacket, a KISS T-shirt and red sneakers.
Two songs are featured: Pump Your Blood (from 'Potsie Quits School) and The Power Of Love.
We learn that Eddie has also developed his father's allergy of cats in this episode.
Howard's full name was Howard Charles Cunningham.

Originally posted by Bea
4. When Pants Attack

When the gang discover her secret laboratory, Danni tells them that she has more important things to do than pick up her pants - like invent a device that'll do that chore for everyone on campus. But when the nanochip develops advanced brainial capacity, Danni's pants lead an attack on the city of Milwaukee and the gang have to kick the seats of their own pants!

NOTE:From this episode to episode 7, Eddie has a mullet and Allie wears a light green cardigan sweater and khaki pants. Also, Danni has no ribbon in her hair, Jane has sliver earings, Gene is a striped shirt and blue jeans and Elvis is wearing blue jeans, a black leather jacket, a KISS T-shirt and red sneakers.
Two songs are featured: Pump Your Blood (from 'Potsie Quits School) and The Power Of Love.
We learn that Eddie has also developed his father's allergy of cats in this episode.
Howard's full name was Howard Charles Cunningham.






u copied that form Jimmy Neutron :rolleyes:

5. Postcards From Allie

Pack your bags! Allie's going to New York to visit her dad's cousin Ben. She won't have to go alone; the others and their parents will be joining her. Later in NYC, Ben and the gang enjoy all the wonderous sights of New York, including Central Park and Broadway. With his trusty video camera documenting every move, Eddie's having a blast! But what happens when the gang get lost in Chinatown?

NOTE: This special episode introduces Metabolica, Eddie's band of college students including Elvis.
This episode gives a name for Ralph's cousin in the NYPD: Police Captain Benjiman James 'Ben' Malph.
UWM's Baseball Team is now called the "UWM Tigers" and we learn that the gang and their parents support the Green Bay Packers.
The NYC airport is named the JFK Airport. It was named after John F. Kennedy not John Belushi, Ferlin Husky and Kenny Rogers as Allie pointed out to Eddie in Welcome To Milwaukee.

6. The Newer Crew

Tired of Eddie and the gang getting all the glory from Dean Clarkson, Rob and Ashley decide to get a gang of their own together. They recruit Denim Tuscadero, Lee McKenna, Nikki Hightower and Kirsten Armstrong and together the six start solving the playground's problems and getting the glory. Of course Eddie and co now have nothing to do, so they are left just talking and eventually realise that just being friends is much better than getting all the glory they used to have. Friends being something that the gang (except for Ashley and Rob are definitely not...

NOTE: There are lots of references to other comedy shows in this episode, such as Monty Python's Flying Circus, Laverne & Shirley and M*A*S*H.
There is a sequence where the College safety partol arrest Jim Murray when he steals the head of the UWM founder. That was already attempted in The Simpsons.
In this episode, Dean Clarkson's first name is Wayne, Prof. Jeorme's is Jennifer, Prof. Dinkleburg's is Allen and Prof. Tribiani's is Salvatore.
In the scene where Rob and Kirsten are Charleston dancing, you can see Prof. Tribbiani (probably Joey's dad) in a brief shot of the audience.

7. The Really Mighty Teens

The gang have Danni's new superhero machine turn them into superheros so that Dean Clarkson can't make them clean his office after College but the Dean goes after them as the supervillain, Dr Victor Von Doom.

NOTE: This is the first time we ever see the gang fantasizing themselves as superheroes.
Danni is Brain Girl, Eddie is Captain Muscles, Allie is the Really Incredibly Fast Babe, Gene is the Changling, Jane is Bird Girl and Elvis is Captain Wisconsin.
The gang's parents along with Wanda, Lou, Becky and Marion do not appear in this episode.
The superhero parts are rumoredly narrated by Tom Kenny.
The people watching is horror are Louise, Prof. Dinkleburg, Prof. Tribianni, Prof. Jerome, Kirsty and Amy.
The reporter in this episode is called Kent Powers.

8. Danni's Comet

The gang try to help Danni find a comet to impress Elvis but ends up shooting off thanks to two former army pilots gone AWOL until Eddie and Allie save her.

NOTE: Danni is scared of heights.
Allie and Eddie have been going steady since 1978.
Elvis's middle name is Roger.
This episode gives us first proof that Jane has a thing for Gene when she becomes his lab partner.
Marion, Joanie and Chachi do not appear in this episode. Amy appears in the beginning of this episode without a dialouge.
The pilots might remind us of Mr Wink and Mr Fibb from Codename: Kids Next Door.
There are also some refernces to Codename: Kids Next Door in this episode.

9. Happy Birthday, Jane

Rob and Ashley attempt to ruin a birthday Party for Jane at Arnold's but Eddie and Elvis stand between the 'snobs' and the greatest Cake ever!

NOTE: This is the first appearance of Bunny Martell, Jane's mother.
The real names of the gang are: Eddie: Edmund, Allie: Alison, Danni: Danielle and Gene: Eugene. Jane and Elvis have their own nicknames Elvis: King and Jane: Janey.
Elvis and Eddie's fight against Ashley and Rob is apparantly like the fight in 'Joanie's Weird Boyfriend'.
Some of the students from When Pants Attack return in this episode as party guests.
Apparently, neither Rob, Ashley or the rest of the gang ever learned an important safety tip: don't eat before you go into water.
Eddie and Elvis seem to have a counter part on each team these are who they are assumed they are: Eddie....Rob (reason of choice: Rob, like Eddie, is a bit bossy and is probably a bit of a rebel and a leader) Elvis....Ashley (reason of choice: Ashley, like Elvis, tends to be a bit of a gossip due to his leader friend)
Amy, Wanda, Lou and Becky do not appear in this episode.

10. Stray Cat Star

Enlgish teen pop sensation Rodney West is making a new music video for his debut US hit single and everyone in UWM wants bright chompers so they can be in it, even Eddie and Allie but when they hear that Rob and Ashley are also going ot be on set, they decide to get even. As if that isn't bad enough, Rodney's rival - Del Murphy - is going to make his own video parodying Rodney's own. However, the gang get Rob and Ashley fired as co-directors and save the video which they shoot and all in one take.

NOTE: In Dr. Bender's office, a file can be seen labeled, "Malph, Alison Claire: Age 19" and another can be seen labeled "Weber, Edmund Warren: Aged 19"
According to Eddie, "Thunderbird Baby" is the second US hit song made by Rodney West, the first was "Your Game" which is also a Will Young song.
Rodney West looks and sounds like Will Young and Del Murphy looks and sounds like Darius Danesh.
Rodney's dad Marty West was in the early 60s group the Wonders.
Amy, Joanie, Chachi, Lou, Becky and Marion do not appear in this episode.
The janitor guy looks a bit like Simon Cowell a.k.a Mr Nasty.

11. Assault on Pfhister

When the Phfsiter Tower disappears, the gang deicide to investigate, Thunderbirds style.

NOTE: Jane, Becky, Lou, Amy and Chachi do not appear in this episode.
Wanda is now 16 years old.
Leather performs 'I May Be Too Young' with Wanda and Allie from 'Marion's Misgivings'.
The gang dance to 'Please Please Tell Me Now' by Duran Duran at the end of this episode.

12. Meet The Grandparents

Amy is asked to a report about her grandparents so she takes Danni's time machine and travels back to 1931 when her grandparents Howard and Marion Cunningham first met but the problem is that Howard is a bit tough and Marion has a boyfriend, Hector Con Carne who was Mr C's best friend back then.

NOTE: The plot of this episode is very similar to the first Back to the Future movie where Marty McFly disrupts his parents' first meeting.
Marion, Becky, Lou, Joanie and Chachi do not appear in this episode.
Eddie makes a slight reference to the events of Back to the Future, when Marty interrupted his parents' first meeting.
Hector acts a bit like Dr Benedict in Recess: School's Out.
When the Cunninghams met for the first time, Howard was a sophomore and Marion was a freshman in college.

Hey! Its been a while since I ve been around, but I have been reading the board and reflecting life. Still writing a few concepts and networking.
I think you got the beat of story development, Bea! Some things I am a little uncertain about but as we say in french "Vas-y fort!"Plus your rap intro is hillarious! Word!If you want some more insight I would bee more than happy to do so. I even feel like picking up where I left off with my HD reunion speck script. I have been so busy in the last year. Mostly partying, but now I feel my muse starting to come back. Ihope you are doing well..take care..Uric Richard

Hey, dickswift, does that mean you'll write some Happy Days: 20 Years Later scripts for me? :cool:

Sure Bea!

It will take some hard work in sense that this can actually become something broadcastable. I believe that a show like HD can be picked up for a newer audience both film and or tv. The obstacle is the right script and story development. For example All In The Family and Mary Tyler Moores' Lou Grant. Both shows continued with stronger character develpment and didnt neccessarily need to bring everyone back and cliche. Grants character even took a dramatic twist from the old caracature in front of a live audience. So if you feel up to it we would need to really have a creative chat on character/story development of a pilot, even if it is based on something previous. Basing it as a solid foundation on the previous show from season 1 till the finale. All emotional , quirks , attitude and compare that with real life that we all live. You see Bea, timing is everything. Enough of my bla bla..whats new with you? How did you get interested in HD?
Peace Uric Richard

13. Legends

What happens when the gang accidentally open a portal to a comic book world and meet up with superheroes from the past? A visit for the gang by the JLA that's what. While in Danni's secret lab, an accident involving Danni's portal machine and an explosion causes the gang to be transported to another dimension. They soon find that this new world is nothing like their own, but rather that from popular comic books. (Yes, the irony is obvious). In the new world, people are sickeningly nice to each other, ice cream trucks patrol the streets, the villains are outrageous and the heroes even more so. The gang initially battles the JLA, but they soon realize that they are on the same side. Eventually the Injustice Gang sends them a letter threatening to commit crimes that relate to Earth, Wind, and Fire. Both teams pair off and split up to take down the Injustice Gang. During the battles, Jane gets knocked out and lands in a cemetery. Shockingly, she discovers the tombstone of the legendary Hal Jordan!

NOTE: The Police Officer in the alternate dimension is a tribute to Officer Kirk. His accent is similar to Officer Kirk's own.
Marion, Richie, Lori Beth, Joanie, Chachi, Ralph, Leather, Potsie, Courtney, Wanda, Lou and Danny do not appear in this episode.
Wonder Woman’s homemaker act is a tribute to the days when superheroes and superheroines weren’t quite equal. In the early days, she used to be the Justice League’s secretary!
Every member of the Justice League actually has a corresponding member to a member in the gang. e.g Superman - Eddie, Wonder Woman - Allie, Hawkgirl - Danni, The Flash - Jane, Batman - Elvis and Superman - Gene.

14. Replay

A washed up child actress with a grudge goes on a stealing spree in the mall. She is a meta human with the ability to duplicate herself. The Really Mighty Teens him and chase one of her copies to an abandoned carnival. They fight the original as the building falls down around them, knocking them all out. They wake up and go home only to see themselves on the news going on a crime spree and attacking the police. The police turn on the gang and there is a reward for him. Even Danni's uncle Chachi doesn't believe Eddie. Allie guesses that Replay must have duplicated the Really Mighty Teens and convince Wanda, Amy, Joanie, Lori Beth, Leather, Courtney, Marion, Potsie, Ralph, Richie, Fonzie, Lou, Danny and Becky to help. The gang corner Replay at the TV studio and Richie, Potsie and Ralph film everything live as the gang fight their duplicates while Replay confesses to all the crimes. The Really Mighty Team are cleared and Replay heads for jail.

NOTE: The Season 1 finale.
Replay looks a lot like Sarah Chalke according to me.
This is Officer McKenna's first appearence, this episode also marks Captain Bunny Martell's first appearnce out of her Navy uniform.
Replay's real name is Sarah Christina Goranson.
Eddie is due to ask Allie to marry him, they would be engaged by the next season.

Season 2

15. Operation New Start

The summer of 1986 is almost over and the gang have all moved out of their parents homes and into the same apartment bulding. Eddie and Elvis are travelling through the desert later that night; in their car is Danni's new fuel, a substance that will explode if it gets too hot. Unknown to the pair, Professor Chaos and General Dissaray await them.

NOTE: The season 2 premeire.
There are many references to Thunderbirds in this episode.
Chachi mentions that Danni and the gang are now 20 years old.
The show has become a bit more like Friends because the gang all live in the same apartment building. Eddie and Allie live together, so do Gene and Elvis and Jane and Danni.
Amy is almost 16, Wanda is now 17, Lou is 12 and Becky is 14.
Amy mentions Micheal J. Fox in Teen Wolf.

16. Security Hazard

The Really Mighty Teens have just wrapped up another successful mission, helping to extinguish an out-of-control blaze and pulling the men trapped by it from the bottom of a shaft. The mission hasn't run as smoothly as initially believed, however, as Allie detects an intruder in the gang's treehouse HQ. With blasters drawn, Eddie, Gene and Elvis converge on the hangar, only to discover the "saboteur" is their friend Chip stowed away in an unguarded pod after excitedly witnessing the rescue in action. While Richie, Potsie, Roger and Ralph gives the gang a stern lecture about the security breach, Danni is supposed to be babysitting Chip's little brother Preston-- and keeping her mouth shut. She does a good job of it, until the boy challenges his manhood by saying that Old Sparky -- Potsie's uncle helicopter -- is the best. Jane's response to the inadvertent verbal slight is to fold like an accordion, spilling her guts about their first adventure as the Really Mighty Teens. After Courtney, Leather, Jenny and Lori Beth summon Allie to Courtney's office, Gene assumes the task of watching Preston. He claims that he'll reveal nothing, which of course means that he'll talk too much as well, recounting how the gang saved a doomed sun probe the week before. What will the parents of Milwaukee do about their childrens' carelessness, which has compromised the secrecy of the Really Mighty Teens? Whatever it is, they'd better act fast, because Jane and Gene haven't shut up yet. After losing his temper, R.J (Danni's older brother who is visiting Milwaukee) is further infuriated by his sister's loose lips, as they each recount a mission on which they've excelled. Luckily, Chachi, Amy, Joanie and Marion are in Chicago, otherwise all of their superhero transmission secrets would be revealed as well. At this point, Wanda should let Ralph and Leather be ready to disown Allie and get six new young superheroes, but she herself falls for the child's disarming nature, and it isn't long before she's describing her role in the group. The gang are off the hook, but problems still remain. Preston has seen all of their faces, and knows the location of the gang's treehouse HQ as well. How will they solve what is perhaps their greatest threat, despite its innocent appearance?

NOTE: This is R.J's first appearnece on the show.
Potsie and Eddie mention the Thunderbirds episode Security Hazard.
Marion, Joanie, Lou, Becky, Amy and Chachi don't appear in this episode.

Well I see you have been writing up a storm of story there Bea! Good ...mind you I must say I am a little ...ok maybe a lot confused as to where you are going with this concept. as far as I know the cast is related to the original HD cast in one way or another. I understand that they are superheros made by a portal in animated time of sort.It is the 1980s and they are teens. There are many references to other pop cultural scenerios in film tv and music. Which my guess is to show how media nuts teens where in that period...I guess? There are many characters in these stories. In all I give you credit for keeping up a good write but where is the bible of evolution to how this all started? I wont dare say anything negative about your writing but I could give you some constructive critic to help you develop you stories better. Rules are made to be broken but not destroyed. In writing or "jumping the shark" for tv or film you should remember there is an intelligent audience out there that would like to appreciate your hard work and efforts. All I could is send you an example of a pre scripted story as to why all this could have been. Meaning the kids and portal. You see I think from Morks coming to Milwaulkee and taking Fonzie back in time caused a "Star Trek " change of destiny and reality in the world...for example...

dickswift wrote on 03-16-2003 10:11 PM:
Hey check this scene out! Fonzie the dark knight;

(music) Pink Floyd : Another Brick On the Wall

INT. Fonzies garage 1979.

-Fonzie opens his garage office in the back room to find a chest, opening the treasure to pull out his old unaged leather jacket

cut to:

EXT. MILWAUKEE STREETS 1979

-The Fonz looking bad in black, riding in with a suped up customised black Harley Davidson chopper down the streets of Milwaukee.

cut to:

INT. RICHIE'S DEN 1979

-Richie snorting a big track of cocaine next to a hollywood executive. He jumps up and shadow kick boxes (since the Wisconsin University Alumni, dropped that acid back in 64' and had the bike accident Richie always had a hidden drug and beer problem; note. 1959 "the teeny tiny glasses of beer" ref. Biography of Richard J Cunningham.)

cut to :

EXT. SPACE

-Mork with 1963 Fonz holding on to their yolk shaped seat seats rentering earths atmosphere at post warp speed.

MORK
(singing)

Now remember! Love is all you need! Oh! She loves you ya! ya ! ya!

1963 FONZIE

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeyyyyyyy!

EXT.ALLEY

-The egg speed lands near some garbage cans. 1979 Fonzie rides over two of the seven alien punkers.

cut to:

INT.RICHIE'S DEN 1979

- Richie typing up a storm tries to tell to story.

RICHIE
(sniffling)
You thiink I am making this up? He is beating these aliens up right as we speak. They followed him back! After Mork dropped off animated Ralph and myself off!

EXECUTIVE
Cunninham you've got imagination! Write it ! I know someone whos looking for a space flick,.. could take a few years though.

RICHIE
Stories? Oh I've got stories!

- Lori Beth enters the den and cathes Richie redhanded doing the drugs.

LORI BETH

Oh no don't stop for me I just came in to say good night, and I am leaving with Vicky. I will pick up Richie Jr. on set. Then I am leaving for my mothers.

RICHIE

In Canada?

cut to :

EXT. ALLEY 1979

-Fonzie takes of his leather jacket. Dressed in black t shirt with rainbow colored decal written KISS on the front and (studded) Elvis on the back, looking muscular in leather pants and one of those Harley biker caps.

(music) The Clash : Should I stay ....

-The alian punkers start doing Matrix style fighting with flips and towards the Fonz. Fonzie fights back and puts up a fierce battle kicking the remaining five, Mork and 1963 Fonzie get out of the egg. 1979 Fonzie gets stabbed as the police arrive. Mork and 1963 Fonzie run to 1979 Fonzie who stumbles.

1963 FONZIE

Whoa! Mork what do I do?

1979 FONZIE

Whoa! Fonz?

MORK puts his finger in 1979 Fonzie ear.

MORK

Now you'll remember !

1963 FONZIE

Woe! This too freaky!

MORK
Put your thumb in his wound! Quickly! You could heal yourself!

1979 Fonzie looks straight into 1963 Fonzies eyes

1979 FONZIE
(weak)
Woe.

Mork looks up the sky to hear a crack of thunder.

MORK
Oh..oh...it's Orson!

Yes you're bigness highness good chewing gum breathness ..

ORSON
Mork! I cannot belive you brought the specimen back in the wrong time...you know what you now have caused!?

1979 FONZIE & 1963 FONZIE

Caused!

ORSON
You know in the time portal any change of destiny will have dire consequences to the planet and universe!

1963 FONZIE

Uh can some one help me? ..Or my ..me..I ..I dont feel to good.

1979 FONZIE
You dont feel too good ! I m bleedin! I never bleed! ...Hows my hair?

1963 FONZIE

Nice...I like the side burns..longer too..

1979 FONZIE

Yea well times .change...


ORSON

Mork you know now what you ve caused!

MORK

We gotta get otta here!

cont.? to be
God Bless Bea!
sincerely
URIC

cont.

EXECUTIVE

So, Richard...listen..I should go

RICHARD

No!

Richard takes Lori Beth aside out of the den.

RICHARD

Listen..Lori this is the last time! can't you see I am on the progress to success? I know the sniffing thing you are tired of. So am I ! I promise..
LORI

Richard, I am tired of this hollywood partying scene. I want everyone out of my house now! No more promises..look at yourself! Your stoned again way too much! If Fonz knew..

RICHARD
Fonz...Fonz! He's always out there playing vigilante! you think you know him! He's a bigger nut case than me! Listen Lori Beth..you can't understand now the bigger picture here. Who you though was me ...wasnt..

LORI
Oh yea and that space guy with the egg and cartoon Ralph...you altered time and have to save the world...(cynically laughing) Rich...If I didn't believe in my vows I would leave you. You've got one week to clean up your act. If not I leave.

A guest from the house party passes by

GUEST
Hey you two! Come join us out here! Want a toke?

LORI

No. A drink ll be fine.. I 'm tired of getting stoned. (whispering) Close that deal Richard. Or else.

Lori Beth leaves and Richard get back to the den .

RICHARD

So, Bill let me tell you about how we come back in time

EXECUTIVE

Rich, its a great idea but I want something more historical like the Apollo missions. Dont you think this time space idea is jumping the shark a little?

cut to:

1963 Fonzie and Mork run cover behind a trash bin as the police come to aid 1979 Fonzie.

cut to:

1979 FONZIE
(to himself)
I m healed...

OFFICER SIMPSON

Fonzerelli you ok? We got a tip that some gang style drug war was brewing. You cant do it all alone, man. You have to chill out.

1979 FONZIE

Listen somethings going down that you just cant understand.

CORONER
these weird looking punks are all dead!

SPECIAL AGENT

Uh..excuse me FBI we'll deal with this..thank you.
Dont touch them please! This is our case now. Fonzerelli will be observed by our physicians...

OFFICER SIMPSON
Whoa?

1979 FONZIE

I saw this coming. I think

Paramedics take 1979 Fonzie away as Mork and 1963 Fonzie look in awe. Fonzie grabs Mork by the throat.

cut to:

1963 FONZIE

OK. Now what in the name of Buck Rogers is going on before I destroy you and send your remains back ...out of time. and who where you talking too? Orson? Why am talking to myself bleeding.
I just wanted to see cars and chicks of the future! Not turn into a cartoon! Where s Richie and Ralph? Laverne ? Answer!


MORK
(gasping as thunder rumbles)
Ok! Ok! You... well... we have altered time and we went into a few different dimensions... one being animated....now some bad aliens followed us back from 1963 and in the future you and Richie have to save the world for your kids sake or they too will find the same faith.

1963 FONZ

Ok what happens if I kill you?

MORK
Im your only chance to get out of this mess and I have a plan. (imitating Archie & Edith Bunker) Im so soory Archie...shut up yoa ding bat en git me a beer!

Mork moonwalks and zaps 1963 FONZIE into popping and locking to "POP MUSIK" as they head back to the egg.

1963 FONZIE
(popping and locking)
Mork, I hate you you! I hate you!

cut to:

Meanwhile back in 1964 Milwaukee....on a remote highway...Ralph Malph and Richie unanimate themselves back to normal.

RALPH

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Oh...Ohhhh..uhhhhh.uuuuhhu

RICHIE

Ralph get a grip! What time is it? What year?

RALPH

Moooommmmyyyy! I want my....

RICHIE
(slapping Ralph)
Ralph get it together!

RALPH
Rich...you've got a moustache!

RICHIE
So do you. Its like we've aged. Look let me call home...we hitch a ride and I ll get a better idea of the situation at hand.

The shadow of a gray haired gentleman in a leather jacket approaches them. It seems like he has a stun weapon of sort in his hand.

Not just yet Cunningham....I ll shockwave you home.

RICHIE

Fonz?

RALPH

You look ...so...well ....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Ralph runs away and faints possibly from the stun.

RICHIE
Ralph! Now what you go do that for, Bucko!

2010 FONZIE

He'll be fine. He's actually very lethal killer trained by the government. You too. I am too old to fight everyone.

RICHIE

Killer? Too old?

Richie freaks and runs also screaming as he gets stunned by 2010 FONZIE.

FONZIE
(on his cell)
Allie...Danni...tell Senator Weber we got them. Woe.

to be cont, Bea?

17. Halloween

Eddie, Allie, Danni, Gene, Elvis and Jane take Wanda, Amy and Becky to a haunted house in the garage to scare them. This works but when the gang enter it they get launched into the year 1996 where the city is empty and a monster named the Preditalion is the only inhabitant of the station. Elvis finds the key back to the past and Jane kills the Preditalien. When they are about to leave Eddie, Elvis, Danni and Allie become monsters after being bitten by the monster. Gene and Jane go and hide for 50 years and goes into denial talking to station as though he was still functional. Meanwhile the four wait outside for them. Gene finds the back up key in his old bedroom and uses it to find his and Jane's way back to the past. Wanda, Amy, Becky and their friends all become monsters and the monsters of the others come too. Jane is cornered between them all when everything goes back to normal and Amy explains that she manipilated the four's thoughts to scare them as revenge.

NOTE: The 'Predatalien' in this episode is a reference to the Alien and Predator movies. The airlock scene also references Alien.
Ralph, Richie, Potsie, Leather, Lori Beth and Courtney do not appear in this episode.
"Halloween Scary Fun Action Plan" "borrowed" the idea for a physiological parallel universe from the hit movie "The Matrix"

18. Enter the Candy Man

After an unpleasant encounter with the notorious counterfieter Candy Man, a reporter is assigned with Marion to research the growing rat infestation. Marion heads for the Heavenly Slumber Funeral Parlor and after turning up nothing letting the reporter return to WACZ News to meet her deadline. However, she and Joanie are forced to return to work on foot after all four tires of Joanie's car have been chewed by rats. Suddenly, they are being pursued by an army of rats and escape on a passing city bus. Back at WACZ News, in the middle of the reporter's editorial, the lights go out. When they come back on, Marion is gone. The gang, who were watching Marion with the reporter on TV in their apartments, spring into action to locate Danni's missing grandparent.

NOTE: Of the adults, Richie, Lori Beth, Courtney, Potsie, Ralph and Leather do not appear in this episode.
Of the kids, Bridget, Amy, Lou, Wanda, Becky and Jane do not appear in this episode.
Eddie makes a reference to Allie's Thunderbirds script Enter: the Rat King when Alan Tracy is captured by the Rat King.
The Heavenly Slumber Funeral Parlor and the Candy Man originally appeared in the Fonzie's Funeral series.

19. The Brooklyn Falcon

While Eddie and Elvis' band are touring New York, the gang find a rare falcon, reputedly from a hidden realm that appears once every 500 years - a realm whose river's water is said to bestow immortality. A beautiful ornithologist, Anaya, is also very interested in the bird; but is she who she says she is? Someone tries to steal the brid, but when the gang follow they find out that Anaya has a twin sister, Melana, and they are both the daughters of the Candy Man. The gang gets taken captive and left to disappear along with the city, but Allie and the others manage to stop them as they attempt to escape with the waters of immortality for their father. The sisters escape from the fake policemen and the falcon remains in the real world with the team.

NOTE: Richie, Ralph, Potsie, Lori Beth, Leather, Lou, Becky, Bridget, Jenny, Roger and Courtney don't appear in this episode.
Allie is left handed and Eddie is right handed.
Metabolica sing 'Catch Me If You Can'.

20. The Return Of The Justice Guild

While the Justice Guild and Elvis go to the aid of the rest of the Really Mighty Teens, kidnapped by the Injustice Guild, Chachi goes with Joanie to investigate the tombstones of the Justice Guild. The pair find a series of curious clues: an ice cream man who never delivers, a library full of blank books, and a subway station devastated by a war. The Guild proves triumphant against their arch-nemeses, and then the parents of the team confront the Guild with a headline saying the died 40 years ago. As a giant robot wreaks havoc, the Really Mighty Teens confronts Guild sidekick Ray Thompson. "Ray" reveals he is a mutant who has created an illusory 50's-style Earth and crushes the League with his power over reality. The Guild, themselves illusions, see through the illusion and, despite the fact they realize it will cost them their existence, confront Ray the Mutant and defeat him. They and the perfect 50's world vanishes, leaving shellshocked survivors who have been trapped in the illusion. The gang find their world in the 1980s and the way their lives are.

NOTE: "Holy hostages!" and "old chum" are both references to the Batman 60's series. Coincidentally, TVLand ran a 60's Batman marathon starting the day after this episode first aired.
Marion does not appear in this episode, and Ralph, Leather, Courtney and Potsie only appear briefly (and without dialogue) near the end.

21. You Just Can't Quit

Facing failing his anatomy final, Eddie (like his father before him) threatens to quit school. Potsie tells him to use music as a tool to help him with the exam. Meanwhile, Danni and Lori Beth are at odds over her less-than-stellar report card, and Fonzie gets a new pair of boots.

NOTE: Joanie and Amy do not appear in this episode. Marion appears but doesn't speak.
This is the same plot as Potsie Quits School.
Danni got 5 As and a C-.
Loretta has been dead for 6 years.
Danni is right handed.

22. The Pie Who Loved Me

This is a rock opera episode. At first, Eddie and co are singing about some of the things they adore. Prof. Jerome gets a solo too! This leads into why the bad guys should take over the world. This goes into Courtney singing about her cookery skills, leading into her baking pies. The pies are sent to all the people who are singing about the temptation of pies in the sky. The Candy Man breaks in with a solo about hitting people with pies. Even the parents get solos. Meanwhile, the organization that's to stop Evil is out of commision from too much pie; as are all the citizens. This leads back into Eddie and Allie rejoicing in song about the evils of the pie scheme... Until Fonzie infiltrates the "pie in the sky" with a patriotic tune. In the end, no one could fight any one any more because they've had "too much pie. (the finale)"

NOTES: Amy, Becky, Wanda, Lou and Bridget do not appear in this episode.
The title is a bit like The Spy Who Loved Me.
The singing will remind you of the Rocky Horror Show. (lyrics coming soon)

23. Rally Round the Fonz, Boys

The sinister Candy Man pops up in Milwaukee, playing his usual spy games, convinced that Fonzie is a communist sympathizer, after he saves Richie's life after he is nearly killed. Also, Chief McKenna is less than impressed.

NOTE: Marion does not appear in this episode.
Joanie is 41 years old in 2 weeks time.

24. Weber Strikes Back

A divulged, top-secret meeting with the gang and their parents believes that they are following the inexplicable events with the late Doctor Magnus who attempted to kill General Tiempo, takes place in the shooting grounds of an African private game reserve. Fonzie, Eddie, Potsie, Roger and Elvis find themselves in a treacherous hunting sport, when the Mysterons (one of the most troublesome gangs in Milwaukee) helplessly attempt to prevent them from conducting the usage of their two brand new and innovative mobile weapons where one can kill a Mysteronised person with a strong electricity voltage, the other can distinguish and identify Mysteron characteristics within a person using normal X-Ray systems. But, unbeknown to the group of men, there security officer-in-charge, Captain Indigo, has been murdered in cold-blood by Dutch Holloway.

NOTE: Joanie, Chachi and Amy do not appear in this episode.
This is R.J's second appearence.
Rodney West makes a cameo singing Your Game at Arnold's.
Eddie was a fan of Thunderbirds and Starsky & Hutch when he was a kid but was upset when they got cancelled.

25. Merry Christmas, R.J

The gang have been saving up all year to buy Christmas presents for each other. To get the last few dollars they need, they suggest that R.J accepts a job filling in as a department store Santa after the other Santa meets with an unfortunate accident. Excited about finally being able to afford the bike, the gang and R.J are thrown into turmoil when R.J meets a little boy who wants nothing for himself, just a bike for his little sister. The little boy inspires R.J to learn the true spirit of Christmas and giving, and R.J becomes a real-life Santa for the little girl's family.

NOTES: The entire gang appear in this episode.
Eddie wants a new guitar, Allie wants a new mirror, Danni wants a chemistry set, Elvis wants a new skateboard, Gene wants some more books and Jane wants a new bike.
Rodney West makes a cameo singing Merry Christmas, Everyone at Arnold's.
Marion has seen It's A Wonderful Life four times.

26. City of Clipsville

While cleaning out Danni's closet, the gang and their parents reminsce on all the adventures they've had over the years.

NOTE: In this episode we see pictures of what the gang looked like as 10 year olds.
Joanie, Chachi, Amy and Marion only appear in the flashbacks.
Clips were shown from the previous 25 episodes.

27. Iceman Cometh

A madman plans to wipe out the evils of civilization in Milwaukee by destroying it with a new Ice Age even when Eddie gets the cold.

NOTE: Eddie mentions the Iceman Cometh which is also the title of this episode.
The gang and their parents are at a ski resort.
The Iceman's real name is Dr David Houston.
The song at the end of the episode is 'Flowers On The Wall' by the Statler Brothers.

Hey sweet! Good to see your perseverence in writing these breakdowns. I am curious to know though if you actually have full written scripts to these episodes? Also what did you think of the " time portal" screenwritten episode?

28. Alan in a Box

Potsie decides to help the gang find his kidnapped cousin, Alan. After hearing an eyewitness account of the kidnapping, the gang and their folks are led to a tennis resort, where Potsie and Eddie are also kidnapped.

NOTE: Marion, Amy and Joanie do not appear in this episode.
Potsie makes one of his memorable appearances in a plane arrival.
When Potsie tells Eddie about Alan's dissapearence, he refers to the events of the Charlie's Angels episode 'Angel In A Box.'

29. Raptures of the Deep

While the gang go to the rescue of two crazy treasure hunters in Danni's submarine the S.S Rolling Stone, Danni falls down a crevasse, runs out of air and goes into unconsciousness. When she comes to, she discovers she doesn't need breathing equipment to breathe and the crazy treasure hunters find out that she is a sex Goddess to them.

NOTE: Only the gang appear in this episode.
The crazy treasure hunters are called Joe and Frank.
We learn that Allie was a big fan of Stingray reruns when the Malphs were on vacation in London.
The song that the gang sing at the end of this episode is Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.

30. The Fifties Show

The gang, their friends and their families find themselves going back in time in this spoof of 1950s sitcoms (shot mostly in black and white): the moms are fussy hausfraus, the dads are hapless businessmen stewing over "the Anderson account," and Eddie's a bit like the Fonz was then.

NOTE: Marion, Joanie, Chachi and Amy do not appear in this episode.
Eddie and Allie are engaged here despite the fact that Eddie will ask Allie to marry him in the next season.

31. Super Siblings

When the parents are away for the weekend, Professor Chaos joins Man Ray and The Dirty Bubble. The three form the group "EVIL", which stands for "Every Villan Is Lemons". While Bridget, Becky, Lou and Wanda become a team called the "Super Siblings" and join the Really Mighty Teens to prevent "EVIL" from commiting crimes.

NOTE: The parents do not appear in this episode. Marion appears but doesn't speak.
This episode is simailar to the "Justice League" and the "Fantastic Four".
Eddie mentions the JLA a total of 12 times.
The Super Siblings are a bit like the "Fantastic Four".
Superhero Abilities:
Becky - Can clobber people.
Bridget - Can disappear.
Wanda - Can Stretch.
Lou - Can set himself on fire.

Season 3

32. Eddie's Broken Leg

After he has to miss a campus party because of his broken leg, Eddie sits at home alone and falls asleep while watching M*A*S*H on TV. He then dreams what he and Allie would have been like during the late 1950s if they had been a lot like their fathers but fall in love with each other and Eddie asks Allie to marry him when she gets home.

NOTE: Marion and Joanie do not appear in this episode.
This episode marks the first time we see Allie with Eddie's ring on.
Allie mentions Captain Scarlet & the Mysterons.
Eddie's dream sequence is a lot like the 5th-7th seasons of Happy Days.

33. Mother's Day

It's Mother's Day and while the moms of Milwaukee are celebrating, the gang decide to investigate what is going on when a female mob is on the rampage in the city but when they find out that it's their moms and Danni's grandmother, they take action.

NOTE: Potsie, Ralph, Fonzie, Danny, Chachi and Richie do not appear in this episode.
Allie mentions the events of her Thunderbirds script Father's Day to Jane and Danni.
Eddie says "Stand by for action" as a tribute to Stingray.
Gene and Elvis are both Aquarians.

34. Angel One

While they are exploring, the gang discover the male crew of a crashed plane are hiding as fugitives on the island Angel One, which is dominated and ruled by women.

NOTE: Marion and Joanie do not appear in this episode.
There is a reference to the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode of the same name in this.
We learn that Richie was a fan of Star Trek but was upset when it got cancelled.
The gang were the same outfits they wore on When Pants Attack.

35. Poppy's By the Tree

For Spring break, the gang go to a sleazy, dumpy motel in get-this, Dumpwater Florida. Trouble heads their way when an axe murderer, who hates tourists arrives.

NOTE: Joanie appears at the beginning of this episode but doesn't speak.
Chachi does not appear in this episode.
Lou is 12 the day the gang come back.
We learn that Ben is right handed in this episode.

36. Eddie, Allie, Elvis, Danni, Gene, Jane and Rodney

While on vacation in England, the gang accidentally allow Brit pop singer Rodney West to stow away in Potsie's private jet Thunderbird 1. While he tries to think of a solution to the problem, Eddie tells his father not to give away any secrets of the Really Mighty Teens to Rodney but this may not be as easy as it seems. Then the gang realise that having been picked up in England where it is night, Rodney must be at his London concert by now. The team and Metabolica take him there in Thunderbird 2 and let Metabolica perform with Rodney. Marty West arrives at the concert just as Rodney is on stage singing Light My Fire believing that all he experienced in Milwaukee was a dream.

NOTE: Marion, Amy and Joanie do not appear in this episode.
Rodney West (being played by Will Young) sings Bad Guy-Free Summer with Metabolica.
This is the only episode we see the parents talking to Rodney.

your good and persistent! do you have a full episodic script, Bea? I almost when down LA for the reunion ! darn I just had to stay in this sucky city of Toronto..but I heard it went well like I dont know I wasnt there but the responses are cool. I hope they do it in 5 years again.Then I shall be there ...God willing.

By the way stay tuned for the continuation of the " Time Portal origin" where we left off Richie and Ralph came back as animated characters on some far desert. They became flesh and blood again and an older Fonzie (Fonzie2010) stuns them and reports on a cell plug to Danni for Senator Weber?

Meanwhile, Mork from Ork and Fonzie 1963 traveled to the future in order to rectify bringing back aliens the first time Mork took Fonzie. They arrived in 1979 where Fonzie 1979 was seen beating and destroying the aliens. Fonzie got injured and Fonzie 1963 healed Fonzie 1979. Mork got in big do do with Orson because basically he altered history and time...really bad. Fonzie 1979 gets investigated by the FBI.

In 1979 Richard is dealing with fame, booze, and drugs trying to sell a script on the whole space ordeal which sounds ficticious to anyone who hears. frustrating for Richard because.....ready for this ........ he is not Richard! He is an alien trying to take over the world as Richard! Confused ?/? I know I am ....stay tuned!

37. "Chachi, You're Dead!"

The gang deicde swing into action when Danni's uncle Chachi is terrorised by a crooked rival rock star who has just been sprung from prison and is determined to get his revenge on Chachi for putting him away...

NOTE: Chachi is 41 years old.
This is Louisa's first appearence.
Roger, Jenny and Bridget do not appear in this episode.

38. Lights Out!

After getting amnesia, Danni forgets who she is or who her friends are, forcing them to locate the site of the concussion, so they can reboot her memories.

NOTE: Fonzie does not appear in this episode.
Marion is now going on 70 years old yet looks 45 years old.

39. Whalesong

The new England-France Channel Bridge is attacked by a group of whales under the influence of synthesised whale sounds produced by Professor Chaos's new recruit Madame Arpeggio. After preventing the whales from doing any more damage to the bridge, Danni consults the whale Whistler, who is equipped with an electronic voice box. She discovers that a giant white whale is responsible for influencing the other whales into attacking the bridge. The white whale is in fact Professor Chaos's giant sea-faring android. Danni is captured by Chaos and learns that he intends to use a whale army to attack Milwaukee, currently hosting a symposium of the Council of World Scientists.

NOTE: Jane and Gene do not appear in this episode. Elvis doesn't appear but has only one line offset.
Eddie is hydrophobic.
Allie tells Danni that Marion has the electronic voice box Danni invented.

40. Too Hot to Handle

The Mayor has new candles delivered to him, but the results are explosive when the candles are revealed to be devastating bombs sent by Professor Chaos.

NOTE: This is Professor Chaos and General Dissaray's 3rd appearence.
Danny, Amy, Bridget, Lou and Becky don't appear in this episode.

41. Big City, Little Teenagers

Professor Chaos makes a shrink ray and then makes some anti-matter monsters (the shrink ray makes them grow). In the meantime, the gang are getting a really big surprise when Professor Chaos shrinks the city of Milwaukee.

NOTE: Joanie and Amy appear but don't speak.
This is the last time we see the Pfishter Tower, it was first seen in Assult On Pfhister.

Bad Guy-Free Summer
Performed by Rodney West and Metabolica in Eddie, Allie, Elvis, Danni, Gene, Jane and Rodney

Well, it's a bad guy-free summer,
It's not going to be a bummer,
Bad guy-free summer,
Nothing could be funner,
Yeah!

No more screaming, no more yelling,
Evil bad guys just like the Hood,
Where they're going, we're not telling
For all we know is that they're going for good.

Yeah, yeah,
They're going for good!

Well, it's a bad guy-free summer,
They couldn't be any dumber,
Bad guy-free summer,
Nothing could be funner,
Yeah!

42. The UWM Rock & Roll Show

While audtioning for the upcoming rock show, Metabolica find out that Chip, Gene and the girls have formed a band too. In between jam sessions, Eddie gets a lesson in real Mexican cooking and Elvis learns what makes a perfect taco.

NOTE: Only the gang appear in this episode.
Gene's band perform Hip To Be Square and Metabolica perform We Are The Champions.

43. The Mole Man

The gang are at a charity function at the Pfhister Center with their families when the building is dragged underground. It's discovered that a dude known as the Mole Man is responsible and he plans for world domination.

NOTE: Metabolica performs their new song Flame On.

44. Upgrades

When Danni discovers that Eddie and Allie have decided to get married, she decides to let them have their bachelor parties on the same night that Potsie and Courtney are supposed to go bowling.

NOTE: Roger and Jenny do not appear in this episode.
Eddie calls Elvis "Elvis the Pelvis" as a tribute to Elvis Presley.
Prof. Chesbrough is the gang's new science teacher.
Chip looks way different from his last appearence in Big City, Little Teenagers, he ia a bit thinner and has spiky hair now.

45. The Garbage Strikes

To make a fast buck from a trash strike, Professor Chaos steals an untested microbe from Danni's scientist hero, Dr. Helix. It was supposed to be a technological fix for the problem of overflowing landfills, but it simply absorbs trash to become a city-devouring garbage blob. The gang must capture it in recycled glass.

NOTE: Amy and Chachi do not appear in this episode.
The garbage monster resembles Sideshow Bob in the Simpsons Halloween comic strip Sideshow Blob.

46. The Chameleon

While on a field trip to the Milwaukee Air Force, the gang are told that a villainess cammed The Chameleon is on the loose and has kidnapped Captain Martell.

NOTE: Joanie does not appear in this episode. Marion appears but does not speak.
We learn that Danni bruises easily.
Bunny's plane is called Old Hopper.

47. Snowbound

It's snowing in Milwaukee and while they are stuck inside UWM, the gang try to think of a way out but end up getting caught by Professor Garritty and end up with a week's detention.

NOTE: Chachi, Danny and Fonzie do not appear in this episode.
The Professor Garritty in this episode is the son of the Professor Garritty in 'A Nose For News'.

48. Just Us Superheroes

Five of Milwaukee's most dangerouse criminals all join together as the Fearsome Five to defeat the Really Mighty Teens and take over Milwaukee. When the other superheroes hear about this, the gang and their pals band together to form the Justice Teens. The gang, except Elvis, are thrilled, however, wanting all the credit for their defeat. But when they face the Fearsome Five, they soon find out the job is more than they can handle.

NOTE: The Fearsome Five are the Candy Man, Machine Gun Holloway (Dutch Holloway's son), the Baby Slasher, Dr Crocktopus and their leader, the Hood.
The Hood's name can be heard in Thunderbirds.
Marion and the gang's parents do not appear in this episode.

49. Citadel Of Shadow

After getting yelled at by Gene for botching up in French, Danni is anxious to prove her worth by befriending Kareena, a new student who is more than she appears to be. Soon the gang find themselves caught in the middle of a very bitter family feud when they find that Kareena is related to none other than...the Candy Man!

NOTE: Chachi does not appear in this episode.
Marion full name is Marion Alison Kelp Cunningham.
Danni mentions the movie Back To The Future part 2.

50. Fright Night

In an attempt to beat Rob in a haunted house decorating contest, Eddie "borrows" the enchanted sword of the Spirit of Halloween, the Fright Knight! When the evil, ghostly knight comes to retrieve his magic saber, he decides to stick around long enough to turn the real world into his own stormy realm of terror. The gang have other ideas and banish the Fright Knight out of Milwaukee.

NOTE: Marion and Joanie do not appear in this episode.
The Fright Knight's sword's name is the "Soul Shredder."
Due to the sting of the "Soul Shredder," we learn that Gene's biggest fear is being stranded on an island with no technology and no clothes, and Pfor. Jerome's biggest fear is being stuck in a dark place with chalkboards surrounding her and being tied up and forced to scratch her nails against the chalkboards.
Spell to stopping the Fright Knight and his sword: "To cease the Storm, to end the Fear, the sword must sheath in pumpkin near."
This is the Halloween special.

51. Space Pirates

Eddie and Allie tell Eddie's cousin Venus a story about space pirates from Aridan who plunder freighters of radioactive ore from Minera en route for Earth. In the story, the gang as the XL5 crew plan to take a Q ship along the route to catch Captain Katt, but the pirates have overpowered Jock in freighter SF4 on Minera, setting a trap for Captain Steve Zodiac (Eddie) in his disguised Q ship.

NOTE: Only Eddie, Allie, Danni, Gene, Elvis and Jane appear in this episode.
There are many referrences to the Fireball XL5 episode of the same name in this episode.
Eddie is right handed and Allie is left handed like their fathers.