Dennis the Menace in Balloonatics (comic story)

Dennis the Menace in Balloonatics
Main character(s):	Dennis the Menace
Companion(s):	Gnasher
Featuring:	Slipper, celebrities, Dalek
Main setting:	Beanotown
Key crew
Publisher:	DC Thomson
Release details
Story number:	BeanoMAX Issue 1
Number of parts:	1
Printed in:	BM 1
Release date:	15 February 2007
Format:	Comic

Dennis the Menace in Balloonatics was a Doctor Who comic story published in the first issue of BeanoMAX (a Comic Relief special). It was a parodic crossover of Doctor Who and The Beano. It featured a Dalek, among other celebrities, visiting Beanotown after their Red Nose-shaped balloon was punctured.

Plot

Sergeant Slipper finds a pound on the ground, but to his dismay, it has been glued to the ground by a "rotten rascal" - that being Dennis the Menace. With the help of Gnasher, who paints a target on Slipper's posterior, he flings the spikes off of a cactus and strikes Slipper's bottom, resulting in him jumping into the air in pain and losing his dentures, which fly farther into the air.

Meanwhile, over Beanotown, a group of celebrities, including Jonathon Ross, McFly, Jamie Oliver, Mr Bean, and a Dalek are promoting Red Nose Day by flying in a Red Nose-shaped hot-air balloon, Unfortunately, Sergeant Slipper's dentures puncture the balloon, sending the celebrities through the air as helium escapes the balloon.

The balloon lands atop a jam factory, and the celebrities fall through an open window, becoming covered entirely in jam. They then exit the factory, and Dennis the Menace instructs Gnasher to lick them clean, for which they thank him. Dennis then tells them that he and Gnasher will fix the balloon, and tells the celebrities to go and explore Beanotown.

Characters

• Sergeant Slipper
• Gnasher
• Dennis the Menace
• Jonathon Ross
• McFly
• Jamie Oliver
• Mr Bean
• Dalek
• Walter Brown

References

• Sergeant Slipper says "I spy with my bloodshot eye, a shiny pound coin."
• Dennis the Menace has glued a pound coin to the ground.
• Upon seeing a pound on the ground, Sergeant Slipper thinks it's his "lucky day".
• Sergeant Slipper claims that "some rotten rascal has glued this poor defenceless pound to the ground!".
• Dennis the Menace is described as a "rascally rascal".
• Dennis the Menace states that is was "good of Gnasher to help [him] with some target practice."
• Gnasher paints a red target onto Sergeant Slipper's posterior.
• Dennis the Menace launches a cactus' spikes towards Sergeant Slipper's posterior, causing him to jump up in pain and lose his dentures.
• A group of celebrities, including Jonathon Ross, McFly, Jamie Oliver, Mr Bean, and a Dalek, are flying over Beanotown in a Red Nose-shaped hot-air balloon to promote Red Nose Day, which Jonathon Ross considers "brilliant".
• The celebrities are wearing red noses.
• A Dalek uses its gunstick to heat a frying pan being used to cook a pancake.
• Sergeant Slipper's dentures puncture the hot-air balloon, sending the celebrities flying through the air.
• Walter Brown wonders "who's making that terrible vulgar noise?" as the hot-air balloon flies through the air.
• Walter Brown is using a pink, bunny-themed space hopper.
• The celebrities fall into a jam factory, and emerge covered in jam.
• Dennis the Menace whistles to call Gnasher, and says he's "got a job for you, mate!", causing Gnasher to lick the celebrities clean.
• Walter Brown says "Ooh, famous people. I must get my autograph booksy-wooksy!".
• After pulling the pound coin from the ground, Sergeant Slipper accidentally buys a Red Nose with it.
• A Dalek uses an umbrella.

Notes

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