Episode 2, Out of Whack writer- ?

- A large robot lands at Gen. Thorton’s military base, asking for the whereabouts of the BGY-11; the army of course responds by attacking.

- ARG-12: ‘Attention, military personnel. Your non-compliance is acknowledged. Prepare for termination.’ And reveals elbow guns not unlike BG’s.

- Meanwhile, back at Quark Rusty wishes he and Big Guy had top-secret headquarters.

- Slate: ‘Batman and Robin are cartoon characters, Rusty. You’re real.’

- Jenny and Dr. Donovan, who are berating one Dr. Gilder, interrupt their conversation.

- Jenny: ‘Danger, Dr. Gilder. You’re testing the big man’s patience.’ Apparently Gilder’s robot, XL-103, isn’t living up to expectations. ‘Nyah, nyah. He hates needless spending.’

- Rusty then watches in horror as XL-103 is fed to the grinder and crushed.

Rusty: ‘XL-103 was a bad robot, wasn’t he?’

Donovan: ‘No, he was just a little out of whack.’

Jenny: ‘So we whacked ‘im!’

- Meanwhile, the Big Guy has been alerted to the base attack, and is preparing to fly off.

Mack: ‘Give my regards to Tiny Tim.’

- Before Rusty can join BG, however, Dr. Slate re-charges his nucleoproton power pack at Quark Labs.

Rusty: You wouldn’t throw me in the grinder, would you?

Dr. Slate says something along the lines of ‘Of course not’ and tells Rusty not to get hurt.

Rusty: Don’t worry; I can take a megaton of punishment. I’m special.

- With that, Rusty flies off to the military complex to join the Big Guy.

Rusty: One sidekick, reporting for duty.

BG: Lucky me. Now stay back, son. Watch and learn.

- BG (to Argo): You’ve done some serious damage here.

ARG-12: BGY-11, you have been granted permission to join the Legion Ex Machina in the campaign against humankind.

BG: No deals, hotshot. I pledge allegiance to only one flag. The two prepare to battle.

Rusty: Uh, let me know if you want help, OK?

- It turns out both also have head lasers, which they prepare to use.

BG: The mitts are off. Servo Scrambler.

As the fight progresses, Rusty keeps up a running commentary.

Rusty: Bet he’ll do one of his patented moves… The Titanic! Good one!

- BG uses his shoulder gun to ground Argo – ‘Fire in the hole’ – but Argo is still able to come back with a powerful blast that fells the Big Guy…

Rusty: Whoa, same color rays as mine.

… and then Rusty.

Rusty: Must have been a megaton and a half.

But even though Argo has them on the ropes, he is ordered to leave.

LEM: Argo, your power reserves are depleted. Retreat.

Rusty: BG, are you all right?

BG: Peachy.

Rusty, however, isn’t. Nucleoprotonic sparks fly out of his ears periodically, scaring him.

- Lt Dwayne flies back to headquarters, briefing the crew on his battle and the Legion Ex Machina.

Jo: They make a mean ‘bot, whoever they are.

- Meanwhile, Rusty does a poor job of trying to hide his defect from Dr. Slate back at Quark. She deduces his problems are due to a cracked power core from when Argo blasted him. Rusty begs Slate to not tell Donovan he’s out of whack.

Rusty: I don’t think he likes robots.

- Rusty then mentions that the robot that blasted him had the same color ray as he.

Slate: That’s impossible – another with nucleoprotons?

Apparently not. Jenny and Donovan rush in to inform Slate that the nucleoproton pump she uses to recharge Rusty has been swiped, along with the power packs. They want her to drop everything and find them, which she tells them she can’t because of Rusty’s condition. Rusty’s mortified – she told them about his defect!

Rusty: You lied, Dr. Slate, you lied (flies off)

Jenny: Ohh, baby needs his bottle.

- Meanwhile, Argo is being recharged with said pump at the mysterious headquarters of the Legion Ex Machina. They order him to find and destroy the BGY-11.

- Rusty, meanwhile, has somehow made his way to the SS Darkhorse, where BG is housed. He finds his idol in a sit-down position and goes over to converse about his problems.

Rusty: You know what Dr. Donovan does to broken robots? He throws them in the grinder!

- At that moment, Dr. Slate buzzes the BG headquarters looking for Rusty. This attracts the attention of Lt. Dwayne and the pit crew, who were playing cards. A confused Dwayne arrives just in time to see a hurt Rusty fly off.

Dwayne: Care to explain that little security breach, ma’am?

Dr. Slate warns Dwayne that they need to find Rusty and remove the defective power core before it causes a meltdown, destroying him.

- BG catches up with Rusty in a forest, spewing stray nucleoprotons even more frequently and misunderstanding the situation.

Rusty: Stay away from me! You and Dr. Slate are in cahoots! I thought you were my friend. I don’t wanna die.

BG: Kid, no one wants to grind you. We’re trying to save you. I swear on the red, white, and blue.

Rusty: Really?

- Of course, Argo chooses this moment to find the two and attack.

BG: Backup systems check.

ARG-12: Likewise.

BG: Then let’s rhumba.

- They fight for a while, until BG realizes Rusty’s nucleoproton degradation is worsening.

BG: Hold on, son. We’re going to get you to a doctor.

- BG then uses quick thinking to find a way to defeat Argo.

BG: Maybe you cut our last dance short because you’re a gas-guzzler.

So BG provokes ARG-12 into using his nucleoproton blasters a lot.

BG: That’s right. Squander protons liberally.

- Argo uses up the last of his energy. But with no blasters, he instead elects to just pound BG into dust. Rusty can see BG can’t take much more punishment and tries an idea of his own – entice Argo to take his power pack.

Dwayne: Kid, have you lost it?

Rusty: Nucleoprotons. You want them. You need them.

- The Legion confers and orders Argo to take the power pack; if he has nucleoprotons he can dispose of the BG much more quickly. Argo takes Rusty’s power pack, deactivating, him, and uses it. The Legion is happy until they realize the power levels are going beyond 100%. Argo subsequently explodes, and Rusty’s backup power kicks in….

Rusty: Whacked ‘em.

BG: You did good, son. You did good.

- Back at the Legion headquarters, the disappointed Legion members debate what to do with their failure.

Legion: And Argo?

Gilder (who apparently works for them as a spy): Throw him in the grinder.

- Meanwhile, Rusty is holding another conversation with Big Guy while Dwayne and the pit crew look on , amused. He shows off his new power pack.

Rusty: Spiffy, huh?