Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers

WC Moore hires a pair of incompetent Slumbagen Marines to kidnap Li’l Elvis, so that WC can save him and become a hero in the boy’s eyes. But while WC Moore is busy grandstanding for the media, his plans are quickly unravelling, as Lionel and Janet go looking for clues and Li’l Elvis proves himself more than a handful for his abductors.

When a curfew is imposed by WC Moore’s newest employee, the gigantic Doris Glumhoffer, Li’l Elvis decides that maybe the town is better off without him. Li’l Elvis hits the road, only to find himself magically transported to Mooreville, a version of Li’l Memphis in which he never existed, where WC has complete control and is making plans to marry Grace! Li’l Elvis realises he’s the only thing that stands between Li’l Memphis and toxic doom. Meanwhile, WC has made a discovery of his own - a stone chip from a statue is actually pure Berkonium.

In his constant quest to find Berkonium, the rarest mineral on Earth, WC plans to launch a rocket to sniff out Berkonium deposits from space. He convinces the townsfolk that the rocket is actually a satellite to transmit Li’l Elvis’ music to the world. The kids overhear WC Moore’s nefarious plan, but before they can do anything about it, they are accidentally blasted out into space.

WC Moore enlists the help of Dr. Rankenphile, a mad scientist, to build a worker drone robot capable of digging for Berkonium day and night. The robot doesn’t dig very well, but it does do a great imitation of Li’l Elvis. Suddenly Elbot supersedes the Truckstoppers and WC Moore’s now got an automated moneymaking machine. It sings, it dances, and best of all, it doesn’t ask questions - or does it?

Lionel is a man with a mission - to beat the high score on the pinball machine set by Blind Magnus McApplecamp. Guided by Junior, his Seeing Eye frog, Magnus was an ace crop duster and pinball wiz. But there are more than high scores at stake when Lionel discovers WC Moore intends to level One Tree Hill. The Hill is Magnus’ final resting place, and WC plans to transform it into WC’s Wacky Watch and Wash World. Lionel realises the only way to save One Tree Hill is to break Magnus’ record. How does he know this? Well, a ghost frog told him so...

The Circus comes to town, but Li’l Elvis learns there’s more to the Tingling Sisters’ outfit than clowns, trapeze and cute expectorating llamas. For a start all the performers are, in reality, undercover agents on the trail of the notoriously pungent wildlife smugglers, the Zabaglione brothers. Unfortunately, no one will believe Li’l Elvis that the Zabaglione brothers plan to blow the circus to kingdom come at that night’s performance. Maybe it’s that little white lie he told about the UFO. Or that one about the ghost...

A huge flying dome lands on the outskirts of town. Hubert Howes, mysterious billionaire industrialist, has arrived. WC Moore is convinced that Howes has discovered his secret Berkonium mining activities and has come to cash in. While he and Duncan desperately try to infiltrate the sealed dome to confront Howes, Li’l Elvis manages to gain an audience with the world’s most reclusive man and learns his secret - he’s a ten year old boy who has no one to play with. In the process, Li’l Elvis confirms that WC is in fact mining under Li’l Memphis, and he must be stopped.

The Truckstoppers are booked to play at the opening of a new children’s hospital in Li’l Memphis. The only trouble is, Li’l Elvis is nowhere to be found. He’s busy trying to win a football card from Spike. It’s the rarest footy card of all, the Roy Reno card that is rumoured to be cursed. Li’l Elvis will do ANYTHING for that card; play for it, pay for it, fight for it, even make a deal with WC Moore. And that’s only for starters.

WC Moore hires 8 year old psychic Dusty Hoffman, supposedly to predict upcoming fads in music and fashion for the Truckstoppers. The real reason for Dusty being in town is to help WC Moore locate Berkonium. Dusty has her own plans however - she wants to be a Truckstopper. Li’l Elvis strikes a deal. Dusty can join the band if she helps them find out more about WC Moore’s secret Berkonium mining. But something strange happens to Dusty down in the mine when she comes face-to-face with the ghost of Ol’ Man Izard....

WC Moore hires 8 year old psychic Dusty Hoffman, supposedly to predict upcoming fads in music and fashion for the Truckstoppers. The real reason for Dusty being in town is to help WC Moore locate Berkonium. Dusty has her own plans however - she wants to be a Truckstopper. Li’l Elvis strikes a deal. Dusty can join the band if she helps them find out more about WC Moore’s secret Berkonium mining. But something strange happens to Dusty down in the mine when she comes face-to-face with the ghost of Ol’ Man Izard....

The people of Li’l Memphis are revolting and WC finds it disturbing. They accuse him of not being interested in the town any more, and everyone is suffering. In an effort to divert their attention from his secret mining activities, WC hires the world-renowned theatrical impresario, CamShaft, to stage a production of the 50’s musical “Schmiko”. It’s full of hot rod cars, rock n’ roll and hair grease, and Li’l Elvis is a natural choice for the lead. Unfortunately, it means he will have to kiss Janet, who plays Schmiko’s girl, Gloria, and who wants to kiss a drummer?

Ol’ Man Viska is not sleeping very well. He’s haunted by the constant sounds coming from the mineshafts beneath Li’l Memphis. Is it the ghost of Ol’ Man Izard? He decides to find out. It’s the beginning of a journey that leads the Truckstoppers to WC’s Berkonium Super-Mine and an army of vicious robotic digging drones. The Truckstoppers barely make their escape, but when the half-crazed billionaire seals off the mine it seems certain that the Truckstoppers’ have played their final note.

Something strange is happening to Li’l Memphis. The buildings are starting to disappear, as if the ground is swallowing them up. Gradually, the whole town and all its occupants end up underground in the clutches of WC Moore. Faced with failure after failure and almost broke, WC has gone completely off the deep end and plans to keep them there forever, or until he finds Berkonium - whichever comes first. Only Li’l Elvis dares challenge the lunatic billionaire and they have their final showdown - a marble game for all the marbles and the future of the town.