Kara snoring]
[exhales]
[yawns]
Ugh!
Yah!
Yah!
[grunting]
Yah!
[screaming]
[grunting]
[yells]
[panting]
[exhales]
[screaming]
Kara, are you okay?
Um... [chuckles]
Yeah, yeah.
Just a little nightmare,
I guess.
Ooh! I read in Batman's Guide to Criminal Psychoanalysis,
12th Edition, that nightmares are how our subconsciousnesses force us to look at our deepest insecurities and fears, and the emotions in them are actually the emotions we need to be examining in the real world because they always connect to whatever's happening in our lives and they always tell us things about ourselves that our conscious minds can't handle.
Or did I dream that?
Oh! Nightmares are the worst.
I despise nightmares.
I do, too.
What? Since when are all of you so nightmarey?
What, you don't have bad dreams?
I don't have fears or insecurities, hidden or otherwise, and I simply don't understand why you girls would, either.
You're all too fabulous for that sort of thing.
Can we please stop talking about this?
Don't worry, Karen, there aren't gonna be any bad dreams at this sleepover
'cause we're gonna party all night long.
[snoring]
[all snoring, sighing]
Ugh!
[grunts]
[grunts angrily]
Kara?
[grunting]
[whimpering]
[grunts, mumbles]
[grunts]
[whimpers]
What is going on?
[gasps] Magic.
[whispering spell]
[gasps] Oh...
Oh, my.
[all whimpering]
Well, if that's what it takes.
[casting spell]
[whimpers]
[Kara's voice echoing] Hello?
-Hello?
-Karen.
Oh, thank goodness you're all right.
[stammers]
I'm Karen Beecher.
And I'm here to... to...
[male voice]
Get on with it, kid.
We ain't getting any younger, you know?
I'm here to... to... give a speech about the quantum mechanical model of the atom!
Oh, no. Public speaking.
Karen's greatest fear.
[Karen breathing heavily]
Oh, no. I forgot to study!
[male voice] Tsk, tsk, tsk!
So irresponsible.
[laughing maliciously]
Karen! This isn't real.
If anything, you study too much.
This is just a dream.
[screams]
Not the bunny jammies from Aunt Carol.
-[laughter]
-[male voice mocking]
Aw, the baby's cwying... in front of the whole school!
[laughter continues]
[giggling]
She won't wake up.
I've gotta find another way.
-[rustling]
-[distant howling]
[grunts]
Silence. They approach.
Jaws of steel, fangs like swords.
Their kind have terrorized the forests of the Earth since time immemorial, ravaging whatever creature they should find for their supper.
Yet, in the world of man, they place these monsters in the cradles of babes!
[teddy bear]
I like to hug.
Wow! Really, Diana?
[both] I like to hug.
[all] I like to hug.
I like to hug.
-[screams] Demons!
-[teddy bears chanting]
I like to hug.
[Wonder Woman]
Ugh! Their horrible softness!
[chanting continues]
[laughing wickedly]
-Hello?
-[Batgirl exclaiming]
Zee! Quick! Run!
[scoffs] What now?
Easter bunnies?
-[roars]
-Oh, yeah, that's much scarier.
[both screaming]
[both exclaiming]
Quick. Throw me the shark-repellent Bat-Spray!
The what-y what what now?
Hurry!
Geez, Babs, your nightmares are weirder than you are.
[fast-paced music playing]
[laughing wickedly]
You. What are you doing in my friends' dreams?
[laughing]
Riding a flying shark.
Typical Wednesday.
-[grunts angrily]
-[laughing]
[screams] Help!
Who are you, you little creep?
[male voice]
I am the bump in the night.
I am the monster under the bed.
I am Fuseli,
Lord of Night Terrors!
What, am I supposed to be impressed?
Why are you in my friends' dreams?
Ah-ah-ah. Nightmares.
That's where the real fun is.
Them delicious fears and insecurities to feed off of.
[laughing wickedly]
[Fuseli] This one here, there's a gold mine of fears and insecurities in these types.
You just have to dig deep enough.
[female voice echoing]
You're not good enough,
Jessica Cruz.
You're weak!
Useless!
The Green Lantern Corps made a huge mistake.
[Fuseli laughing]
These shelves sound just like my ex.
Jess, hang on!
[casting spell]
My powers!
These nightmares belong to me.
You ain't got no power here.
-[grunts angrily]
-[shelves creaking]
[straining]
I have no power... here.
[casting spell]
Where you going?
Things were just getting fun.
Ugh, what's this?
The "before" on a home makeover show?
This, my rude little friend, is you making a critical mistake.
-[upbeat music playing]
-You see, you're in my dream now.
And since I have no fears or insecurities, that means you have no power.
But I do!
[music continues playing]
What, am I supposed to be impressed?
[grunts]
[Zatanna]
Why you slimy little...
[grunts]
[Fuseli] Speaking as a monster under the bed, you find the most entertaining things under here.
[gasps]
What, you didn't know about this?
Everyone's afraid of somethin'.
Even you.
Ooh, someone else magically locked these fears away for you.
[laughs] Very interesting.
It's, like, foreshadowing or something.
[gasps, stammers]
But that's... me.
[Fuseli] Your fear is the funnest kind.
[grunts]
[straining] What is this?
You.
You're afraid of yourself... and what your magic might do.
[Zatanna grunts]
[gasps]
[laughing]
-You're afraid that somewhere deep inside is something dark.
-[gasps]
[casting spell]
-No!
-Just like her.
Crush!
[straining]
[Zatanna grunting]
So much for... [mimicking]
"Ooh, I'm Zatanna,
I don't have no fears or insecurities."
Wrong!
-[straining]
-[cracking]
I am not afraid!
[casting spell]
[grunts]
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
What do you think you're doing?
[grunts] You're right, Fuseli.
This is my magic!
All of it.
What I know, what I've yet to discover, good or bad, dark or light, it's mine to do with as I choose!
And I choose to end your reign,
Lord of Night Terrors.
[screams]
[casting spell]
[grunts] Let me go, you little...
[girls groaning]
Huh?
Oh! Uh, girls, meet Fuseli...
-[straining]
-Lord of... well, nothing now. [chuckles]
He was causing your nightmares.
But don't worry.
Outside the dream realm, he's completely, totally, and utterly powerless.
Hmph!
So, what do we do with him?
Oh, I don't know.
Maybe something to do with hidden fears and insecurities?
[gulps]
That'll be... I don't know,
800 bucks or somethin'.
But, like, it says 49 cents.
Make sure you're giving our customers the fair prices and quality product they expect from
Burrito Bucket.
Remember, if you can make it through your six-month quality control audit without any errors, you're eligible for a bonus.
That'll sure help with the bills, am I right?
And if you can make it to a year, you'll be on the middle management track.
Gotta have dreams!
What a nightmare.
