Poor Orko and Optimus. They spent their whole of their grown up lives behind the scenes at the 2002 He Man series and Transformers Armada feeling quite depressed of what was going on. Let me explain it to you in full detail:
Orko was working as a cast member on the 2002 He Man series. The reason why he didn’t star in most episodes was because he was verbally and physically abused by his fellow castmates, often pushed to the ground and yelled at by the series’ buff main star. He would come home crying, with scars on his soft blue hands from Evil-Lyn cutting him with a knife.
As for Optimus, his days working as the main character in Transformers Armada were even worse than what Orko experienced. He was forced to say the same lines over and over again, and due to rushed production, received snarky, snooty comments from his fellow human co-star Alexis. His Autobot co-stars tried to help him, but he just shrugged them off.
Whenever the two came home, they would be greeted by their little housemate Furaha the lioness cub, who felt sorry for them. She would try to cheer them up or give them something to eat, but oh, the depression they felt because of all the times they had to do the same things over and over behind the scenes on their shows. It was a nightmare. A hellish job. A source of unhappiness.
Then one day, as Orko was being dropped off by Optimus to his bland, boring job, he found a note pinned to the door. What’s more, the door was all shut up with locks and chains all around it. Hmmmm….I wonder what that could mean? Orko took the note and read it.
“Gone for seven months. All actors must take a well earned break until more money from our studio goes into our bank account.”
Meanwhile, Optimus received the same note at his local production studio. He was shocked.
Optimus and Orko got back together again in the middle of town square. “I got a note saying the studio’s closed for seven months!” shouted Orko. “I got one too,” said Optimus. “Do you know what this means?” Orko and Optimus looked at one another in stunned silence.
“We…”
“Are….”
“FREE!” Optimus and Orko both shouted. All the way home, Orko took a joyride on Optimus, drinking a can of Coke he bought from the store with his now light hands, and screaming at the top of his lungs. “WOOHOO! YEAH!” he shouted loudly. “WE’RE FREE! NO MORE HE MAN!!” “OR TRANSFORMERS ARMADA!!” screamed Optimus.
When they got home, Furaha jumped to see them fling the door open and yell, “FURAHA!” “What?” asked Furaha. “You’re kidding!” “Yeah, no joking, we got a note on our studio doors saying they can’t have money until the seven months are up. We’re free!” “We can do whatever we want!” cried Optimus hysterically. Furaha squealed and ran to hug Optimus. Orko joined in too, and soon the three friends were laughing and shouting at the tops of their lungs.
Furaha put on some music, and the three friends danced and danced the day away until the sun began to set. Shaking all the stress away from their bodies was a great way to signal the start of seven freedom-filled months off. After a whole day of dancing and laughing, they collapsed onto the floor and laughed. “You know what?” asked Furaha at last, “We should share in these seven months together.”
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