In which some penguins explode

I used some of the NaNo "dares" to help pad my wordcount at the end. One was to have a character describe the plot of the movie "Exploding Penguins II" which I didn't do. Instead I had several characters describe the plot of "Exploding Penguins."

This is for you, Sal!

But tell me about Exploding Penguins. What happened?”

“Well, it takes place at the South Pole, obviously. The evil guy, I think he's called Tastee Freezee, is played by Arnold Muscular. He does it up like an evil genius. He goes around looking like the Cold Meister from that TV show, or one of the Frostee twins. So the Tastee guy knows he's coming, see, because he's hacked into Gervase's onboard compumotor. He rigs the thing up to crash Gervase into the arctic wilderness.”

“Antarctic wilderness,” corrected Sheridan without thinking.

“Yeah, yeah, you're Mister Know-it-all,” grumbled Joe. “So anyway, he crashes, and meets this other guy who was stranded there when the scientific expedition he was on vanished into the crater. The guy was getting ready to saw off his own limbs for food, but Gervase stops him just in time and gives him one of the readi-meals. They become friends. This guy, Scientist Dan, he's a paranoid type, and he's always thinking the penguins are chasing them, and are plotting to destroy him before they reach safety. Turns out he's right, too. Tastee has genetically engineered the penguins to be stalkers, and to explode as soon as they taste Gervase's DNA.”

“No way!” Sheridan was bouncing as he listened. “Killer penguins are out to get me! Akkk! Aaaaak!”

“Yeah! It was great. They'd chase the guys around with those beady eyes and crazy waddle. You've got to see it, Sher. Maybe your mom'll let you come over on the next half-day or something.”

“Yeah, that would be great.” He waddled around like a penguin. “I'm going to taste your DNA! I'm going to blow you up! Aaaaaak Aaaaaak! Aaaaaak!”

and later....

So Sheridan, who had finally managed to see Exploding Penguins, told Amabel and Merkos all about it. He acted out the scene where the exploding penguins were chasing Scientist Dan into the ravine. Scientist Dan was frantically trying to beat them off, knowing his DNA was not what would trigger their explosion. “And then,” said Sheridan, “Gervase came swinging in on some sort of rope.” He paused. “Come to think of it, I have no idea what the rope was attached to. How odd. I never thought of that when I was watching it at the time. Anyway, he came swinging in, and lifted Scientist Dan out of the penguin mob and carried him over the ice crevasse. And of course the rope breaks at the top of the swing, and they plunge into the crevasse, but Gervase is able to stop their fall with his expando-boosters. He hovers over the mob of penguins and drops some hair in there, then shoots up to watch the fireworks. The crevasse collapses, and, coincidentally, buries Tastee's fortress in a pile of rubble.”

Alas, I'm afraid I can't say I was half asleep at the time....