The plan is for each episode of Ballerana to feature a humorous omake
scene as well as the preview for the next episode... so, enjoy!



Ballerana Episode 01 OMAKE:
Dub Your Own Anime

    Spotlights shine on a stage, where a small podium with a microphone
sits. Alsotho, in a fancy tuxedo, and Verlinda, in a sparkly blue dress,
step up to the podium.
ALSOTHO: Hello, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the "Anime Dub of the
Year" awards, where we honor the fine men and women who put their hard
work into creating these amusing alternate voice tracks for anime
characters.
VERLINDA: And of course, it's only natural to start with an entry based
on the other show that we starred in before "Ballerana". It's a touching
soap opera entitled "Our Crumbling World".
    The screen goes dark, and then changes to a small room with two
comfortable-looking armchairs and a single door at the left side.
"Verlinda" and "Alsotho" are in the room, wearing casual clothes. The
caption "Year's Best 'Our Crumbling World' Fandub" appears in the bottom
of the screen.
    (From this point on, the characters' mouths don't synchronize with
their speech.)
    Alsotho sits in his chair, emitting a loud farting noise.
VERLINDA: Alsotho, how could you?
ALSOTHO: Well, someone had to do something to cover up YOUR stench.
    Verlinda fumes.
VERLINDA: (angrily) That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me!
ALSOTHO: (looks confused) Well, I always knew you were a blonde bimbo,
but you have the intelligence of a cheese log!
VERLINDA: (grabs Alsotho by the shoulders and shakes him) You take that
back! I've known some very intelligent cheese logs!
ALSOTHO: (panicked) I'm sure you had very meaningful conversations with
them!
    Verlinda steps back and stamps her foot, nearly in tears.
VERLINDA: I can't believe I'm so stupid! What can I do? There must be
some way to redeem myself!
ALSOTHO: (stands up and puts his arm around Verlinda's shoulders to
comfort her) You could always try wearing a bag over your head.
    The side door opens, and Shumiko steps in wearing a headset and
carrying a clipboard.
SHUMIKO: Hey, everybody, it's your favorite nymphomaniacal neighbor!
    She strides over to Alsotho and jabs a finger into his chest.
SHUMIKO: (angrily) Oh, baby! I want to tear your clothes off right here!
    Alsotho nervously pushes Verlinda between himself and Shumiko.
ALSOTHO: Tear HER clothes off! I'll just watch!
    Everyone freezes and stares at each other. The voices continue, even
though the actors are no longer speaking.
SHUMIKO: Let's both do it together!
ALSOTHO: Yeah, I think that's the best thing to do!
SHUMIKO: Any second now...
ALSOTHO: Yep, we're definitely going to.
VERLINDA: Would you hurry it up? I want to bare myself to the world!
    Alsotho holds up one finger, then steps off the side of the stage
and walks around the "Our Crumbling World" set, stopping behind the
sound engineer. He pulls the sound engineer's headphones off.
    (Voices synch once again.)
ALSOTHO: What's the matter with you? You're not supposed to change the
soundtrack until we start rolling the clip!
ENGINEER: That wasn't the clip?
ALSOTHO: No! Those chairs were for us to sit in while we watched the
clip!
    The sound engineer turns around. It's Lance, the sound-controlling
Vermaldrin.
LANCE: It's just not fair! You guys are all main characters, and I got
bumped off in the first episode! How am I supposed to make a living now?
ALSOTHO: (groans in exasperation) Fine. If you really want to, you can
introduce the next clip. Happy?
LANCE: (stars in eyes) You mean it, boss? Gee, thanks!
    Lance runs excitedly onto the stage and grabs the microphone. As he
opens his mouth, though, Verlinda's voice comes out.
VERLINDA: I can't believe I'm so stupid!
LANCE: (In his own voice) Huh? Why you...
    From the sound booth, Alsotho gives the thumbs-up.
END OMAKE

Next time on Ballerana:
(Alsotho kneeling at Verlinda's bedside)
VO ALSOTHO: Verlinda's still recovering from our fight with Lance, but
when the Vermaldrin attack, we have to respond.
(Alsotho and some of the Ballerana stare up into the sky as it begins to
snow)
VO ALSOTHO: And this Vermaldrin means business. He can control the
weather, -
(Hailstones strike Alsotho and the Ballerana within Verlinda's dome)
VO ALSOTHO: - and even Verlinda's dome can't protect us from his power!
(The crew trudges through ankle-deep mud surrounded by pieces of fallen
skyscrapers)
VO ALSOTHO: We can't let more people suffer like this, but we'll be the
ones suffering -
(A gust of wind blows Verlinda and Shumiko off of their feet)
VO ALSOTHO: - if we try to take this guy on directly!
(Next episode title)
VO ALSOTHO: Be sure to watch the next episode of Ballerana - Weathering
the Weather!

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SHEERI: Hai!
OTTO: Excuse me?
SHEERI: Hai! It means "yes" or "OK" in Japanese!
OTTO: OK, OK... I know you had a bad time finding work in Japan, and I
know this gig was the only thing you could get, but if you're gonna be
in an American comic strip, you're gonna hafta speak English! Japanese
lines might be cute and all, but we're not a manga... It just doesn't
have a place here, OK?
SHEERI: Hai, hai... Gomen ne.
OTTO: Which is Japanese for "in one ear and out the other," apparently.

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