Opening: The Origins of Jim Trooay

Welcome to the Trooayverse, home to an ever-expanding world of preposterous nonsense and comic hilarity. In today's first installment, you'll meet the main character--Jim Trooay, a hard-boiled detective--and his arch-nemesis, the supervillain Mr. Dentist. You'll also learn a little bit about the history of their epic feud. And now, without further ado, we take you to...the TROOAYVERSE!

SCENE ONE

Interior of a high school. Two students who share an obvious but mild dislike of each other are waiting in line at a soda machine. The first, MR. DENTIST, wears a strange-looking suit-- an odd choice for a high school freshman. The second, JIM TROOAY, is dressed like Lou Reed. MR. DENTIST approaches the drink machine and buys a Coke. JIM TROOAY follows and presses the Coke button. Nothing happens.

MR. DENTIST: Oh...sorry. I guess I got the last one?

JIM TROOAY: Oh, that's okay.

DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS!!

SCENE TWO

That night. Closeup on Jim Trooay's face where we can see flames flickering in his sunglasses. He smiles and lights a cigarette. The camera slowly pans back as he turns and walks away. We see that he has been watching a house in flames. As he walks away, the camera shifts to display him walking away from the burning, exploding house in slow motion.

JIM TROOAY: (In voice-over) There are only two rules in this world: never hit a woman and DON'T FUCK WITH JIM TROOAY!

As he concludes speaking, there is a large explosion that ejects a smoking MR. DENTIST from the house. He rockets through the night sky and crashes into a tree. As TROOAY keeps walking away, we hear for the first time of many:

MR. DENTIST: TRRRRROOOOOOOOAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!