How do you mean? Like actually turn to the dark side or just quit the team?

Hmm. I could see Tech, Duck, and Slam quitting.

Tech: If someone messes or mistreats his babies, I could see him getting angry and leaving for an episode. No longer than an episode.

Duck: Wants the spotlight so bad, he may resort to the bad side in order to gain it. Usually happens with his type of character.

Slam: Language barrier and not many fans like him, so I've heard.

I dislike those plots. A favourable character quits, surprises the others, a whole memoir episode to the character and then they come back out of guilt or from a secret mission. It's not enjoyable that much.

That would be interesting. I wouldn't enjoy it though because it wouldn't seem right, unless the member screwed something up, but came back at the end of the episode. I still wouldn't like it than, I suppose.

Good point. It would be interesting to see if WB did it like that and probably wouldn't be cliche.

Really? Which one and how does it play out?

Argh, I'm late to the party. I wrote about Ace quitting because there was just too much crap goin' on, so he quit for a few chapters. It wasn't bloody, but it was controversial, considering what pushed him over the edge was Zodavia's deciding to split them up for some heart-to-hearts. That's all I'll say. You want the rest, go read it.

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Either.

I guess Duck would be the most obvious, but wouldn't it make for a smashing second season finale if Tech decided to quit. *smirk*

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That would be very interesting to see! But like Martiangirl says, it would have to be for a good legitamate reason. If Tech were to quit the loonatics voluntarily, it would certainly be a good opportunity for great indepth character development and more (perhaps surprising) revelations about him. But i don't think the show would ever become that serious, it is afterall aimed at quite a young tweens audience i think. Ah well, we can dream....

Or if they revealed that one of the Loonatics was in fact working for another organization or someone else all along, but in the end, the traitor would decide to stay with the Loonatics and betray their original master(s). Kinda like Hawkgirl from Justice League in the Starcrossed movie.

Or an ep where the loonatics travel to the future and find that either their team has split and interesting changes have occured with each of their future selves (like the Teen Titans ep where Starfire travels to the future and find the Titans have separated and Robin has become Nightwing), or they find that Tech (i think he would make for the most interesting and understandable choice of traitor in this future scenario) has been driven insane and is ruling Acmetropolis by means of a technological robotic army, instilling his own logical perception of an ordered and peacful society, one that requires any disturbance or crime to be eliminated without question. Future Tech would be convinced this is the only way to stop crimes being commited in Acmetropolis, by quashing them before they escalate (kinda like the Justice League ep where the league meet their alternate reality selves that are prepared to actually kill criminals). The other Loonatics in the future would either be a resistance force to Tech's rule or would have been incapacitated by him at the beginning of his rise to power. I could see a future Tech's appearance as being part mechanized (like Kiva in Megas XLR when Coop and the Glorft Commander travelled to an alternate dimension where Coop and Kiva had turned into evil conquerors), indicating his cold, logical and robotic way of thinking having taken over his human emotions. Now that would be a good ep to see i say!                      

Well an ep that has Tech becoming sadly misguided in the future doesn't have to be something written in stone. After obseving this future premonition for himself, present day Tech would most likely become extremely cautious with himself, always keeping himself in check and not letting himself get too carried away with anything. The knowledge of this 'possible' future could become a shadow in his life that always keeps him conscientious of his thoughts and behaviour. He would have to work to keep himself controlled and 'on a leash' so to speak. I think that would really add a fascinating new dimension to his personality/character!       

Yes, i guess it would be a bit of a cruel thing to do to our favourite coyote. But characters need issues and problems in order to become more relatable to the audience. And hey, if that idea for Tech got your sympathy for him, than it would get others to sympathise with him as well! One of the reasons the original Wile E. Coyote was a success was because his constant misfortune got him the audience's sympathy!    

It wouldn't make to much sense to me if someone betrayed the team, because they're such a tightly-knit group. Living with someone and putting your life in their hands tends to make you bond with them, therefore not want to betray them.

I don't even see Duck betraying the team, because I think he really cares for them. I think "Spypher" was a pretty good indication of that.

Exactly as Martiangirl says! Betrayal has more impact when it occurs in what an audience believe to be a close group of friends.

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Exactly as Martiangirl says! Betrayal has more impact when it occurs in what an audience believe to be a close group of friends.

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Martiangirl should a writer or something

try to do 5 Loonatics unleashed fanfics

Did you write a fic where the Loonatics head to Mars on FF.net a little while ago? Anyway, i'd like to see what you get up in the fanfiction section here! BTW, i've just finished a 2-parter ep stories featuring Marvin himself (in the 2nd part!)! It'll be up on FF.net soon! 

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Yeah I did. That's the only one I have right now, and it's officially an AU (but I knew that was going to happen anyway). Can't to see your fic up!

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"Ides of Mars" is one of my favorites fics on FF.Net... Are you considering submitting it here, because I'd love to have it as part of the gallery?

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Did you write a fic where the Loonatics head to Mars on FF.net a little while ago? Anyway, i'd like to see what you get up in the fanfiction section here! BTW, i've just finished a 2-parter ep stories featuring Marvin himself (in the 2nd part!)! It'll be up on FF.net soon! 

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I`ll be there!

Wow, that is one strange dream, but Ace's betrayal could be as possible as anyone else's. I just can't picture Zadavia being angry at Ace, ever. I think that Ace is her favourite and they both have a pretty strong bond.

But if he did betray the team and then Zadavia ended up being very disapointed in him, that would change her attitude to Duck, who's usually the one who gets picked on by her.

Duck: Hah! Now you know how I feel when I get picked on her all the time!

Ace: But I haven't betrayed the team.

Duck: Oh Fishsticks!

Ace: Not yet anyway...

anyway to quote

 zadavia:YOUR FIRED

 ace:but i

 tece:get out

duck:ha ha

rev wont look at ace

 slam looks sadly to the floor

lexi:I TRUSTED YOU AND ALL THIS TIME YOU'VE BEEN HIS FRIEND

 ace:lexi i im sorry and he leacees hq

 

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So ends episode 1 of "The Apprentice: Acmetropolis" with Zadavia Trump.

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LOL! Loonatics and The Apprentice! Good one!

maybe duck might betray the team because he probaly wants to hog the spotlight


duck- no i am not going to betray the team

everybody walks away

duck-good bye i am going to work alone.

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If there is a betrayal, I hope they come up with a deeper motivation than that. Duck loves the spotlight, but he's not villain material. He's convinced that he is the greatest hero ever and wants respect for that.
 
He may leave the team for a solo career and then come crawling back within one episode, but that's not a betrayal so much as striking out on one's own. Robin didn't betray Batman when he went to Bludhaven and became Nightwing, right?

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Hmmm, NightWing's a good case to look at actually. I'm still not sure whether to consider his 'deviance' from Batman a form of betrayal as such? He just had to grow out of the Robin sidekick-role and become his own person one day didn't he?

And i agree also that Duck would never seriously betray the Loonatics. At most he'd try to go solo for a while, but then he'd come crawling back to them after a few disastrous failures. I still think Tech would make for best choice of traitor if they ever wanted one in the team. Not that i'm saying that i think he's evil and hates the others, but he's the one that i could best conceive of taking such a drastic decision for the right reasons.

Some people can work better on a team than solo. Conversely, some people are more sucessful working as loners, but are not team players. One's ability does not necessarily mean equate one's success. Duck is pretty competant on the field, but he probably needs a team (or at least a sidekick) to watch his back.
A good example to look at is the scene in "The Cloak of  Black Velvet". When the Loonatics were taking out BV's missles, Duck was trying to disarm one by hand. Ace yanked him off and Duck was enranged at being interrupted until the thing blew up about 5 seconds later. Imagine how that scene would have played out if he was on his own.
The thing is, no matter what his ability, Duck is accident prone, and a solo career might have disasterous results for him. He might have some marginal success, but soon come to realize that his being on a team was better suited for him.