The Rainbow Parakeet (Weekly Shonen Champion)

On the eve of opening night for legendary theatre director Hijikata’s newest interpretation of the Shakespeare classic, Hamlet, he suddenly gets a phone call from his star actor – he’s been arrested in the United States on suspicion of drug smuggling and will be detained indefinitely. Although Hijikata turns to his understudy, the man is injured on the set leaving the entire troupe in a bind. However, just when things seem at their bleakest, the stage manager offers a suggestion – call in the mysterious Rainbow Parakeet! In desperation Hijikata makes the call and is then absolutely blown away by the Parakeet’s acting abilities. However, there is a catch – at some point during the production, a robbery will occur and the theatre troupe will need to look the other way. Meanwhile, Police Chief Senri assigns his daughter, Mariko and her partner Inspector Odawara to the case. Their mission – catch the notorious international thief – the Rainbow Parakeet. When the two officers arrive at the theatre and find a mysterious stand-in playing the lead, Inspector Senri jumps to conclusions and attacks. However, inexplicably, she finds herself attracted to the stranger. With no evidence, no arrests are made and on opening night, all the big stars are out – including the financial tycoon Ryusuke Kuwagata and his mistress, the supermodel Inako Kogawa and her massive diamond collection. During the play, the Parakeet’s delivery is breathtaking and the dialogue of a usurper king hits a little too close to home for Kuwagata. Amidst the calls of an encore, the Rainbow Parakeet switches the diamonds for some fakes. Later, Inspector Senri meets the Rainbow Parakeet at a nearby coffee shop. She lets him know that she’s on to him and, although she can’t prove anything yet, the game is afoot!

While driving along a country road, conman Yaocho and a formerly well-known stage actor named Ko Kusumoto attempt to pull a “pedestrian hit by a car” scam on the Rainbow Parakeet. However, the Parakeet is much to clever to fall for such an obvious ruse – even going so far as to instruct them on the proper way to pull off the scam. Despite that, the Rainbow Parakeet is intrigued by how could such a promising young actor have fallen so far as to be a side-kick to a conman and decides to pay a visit to his former theatre troupe – in disguise of course. There he learns that Ko had been the star of a production of “The Lower Depths” but felt his acting needed to be more authentic, so he walked away from his career and went to live among the poor and downtrodden. Hearing the tale gives the Parakeet the idea to stage another production of the play. Knowing that Ko will be unable to resist, the Parakeet manages to lure Ko back onto the stage – and teach Yaocho a thing or two about con games as well.

Nora Peyton is one of the most celebrated actresses of her generation – the kind that would draw a Senator to her dressing room after a performance. However, despite her acting genius, she is verbally abusive to her husband, and fellow actor, Jimmy who she feels superior to. This leads Jimmy to hiring the Rainbow Parakeet to take his place in the production of “A Doll’s House” and put Nora in her place by finally having someone worthy of her skills take the stage alongside her. However, rather than rising to the occasion, Nora’s performance is put off by sudden improvement to “Jimmy’s” performance and afterwards, after finding out the truth, she berates him with a renewed fury. Luckily it is the Parakeet, still in disguise, who takes the blows and later tells Jimmy he’s better off without her. That night, while Nora sleeps, her hair, eyes, and limbs all desert her… and in the morning, she’s completely vanished.

Tsughiagi Fujita is a celebrated painter who has been struggling for over 20 years to paint a portrait commissioned by Prime Minister Hattori because of the “spectre of death” that hangs over his every attempt. As such, he refuses to paint anything else until he can properly complete his task – much to the chagrin of his daughters, Katsura and Kaede – despite the fact that PM Hattori died 13 years ago. Katsura, in particular, wants the wealth that will come from her father’s paintings, so she and her husband, Karakuchi, plot to hire the Rainbow Parakeet to stand in for the PM so that Fujita can finally finish the portrait and move on to other subjects. The Parakeet notes the similarities in the situation to the kabuki play, “The Tale of Shuzenji” and agrees to pay a visit to the artist’s home. Although, at first, Fujita is happy he soon realizes that, without the shadow of death, the PM is a fake. However, when the breeze from an open window knocks over a candle and sets fire to the house, all they can do is escape with their lives. However, Katsura – blinded by her greed – attempts to save her father’s paintings and is burned nearly to death in the blaze. Later, at the hospital, the Parakeet comes to pay his respects and is given the “gift” or watching Katsura’s final moments by her father so that the actor may add it to his acting repertoire of the human condition.

Inspector Senri continues her efforts to catch the Rainbow Parakeet in the act – even going so far as to set up surveillance on his apartment to discover his true identity. However, the Parakeet is too clever and hires a stand-in double to throw her off the scent. However, when Inspector Odawara tracks the Parakeet to a house in the suburbs, the pair continue their surveillance. They are intrigued to find that the Parakeet seems to be tutoring a young boy named Tetsuo with an overbearing mother. The Parakeet encourages Tetsuo to stand up his mother, lest he become like Laura, the sheltered protagonist of the play, “The Glass Menagerie“. While the Parakeet and Tetsuo discuss plans to go see the play, Inspectors Senri and Odawara notice the mother making a large cash withdrawal from the bank. They follow her and discover that she is bribing the president of a university to ensure her son’s later admission. However, when Senri calls in the crime, she’s astonished to discover that the University President is currently away on vacation. Sure enough, they discover the remains of the Parakeet’s disguise… and no trace of the large bag of money.

The Rainbow Parakeet is abducted off the street by a group of gangsters from the notorious Bosco crime family. Their demand – that the Rainbow Parakeet disguise himself as their leader, Carlo Bosco, and infiltrate the upcoming crime family meeting. Carlo has been badly disfigured in an accident, but his fiancee, Matilda, needs a stand-in to attend the meeting in the hopes of securing the large family inheritance left by the recent death of Carlo’s father. Without the heir, Carlo, in attendance, the other members of the family will divvy the ill-begotten spoils amongst themselves. With no choice, the Parakeet agrees and begins his preparations. After arriving in Manilla, “Carlo” meets his young cousin, Rico – the boy who knows the secret to obtaining the family fortune, as well as his main rival, Garcia who is extremely suspicious of Carlo after hearing rumours that he was near death. Rico brings Carlo to a hot spring and explains how the boiling mud protects the treasure, as well as the terrible story behind the family’s treasure. He vows that the treasure will remain safely out of the hands of anyone in the Bosco family. The Parakeet senses his chance to get control over the plot and enters the mud-pit in an ill-advised attempt to secure the treasure. Instead, his mask is burned off and his disguise is ruined – throwing Carlo’s fiancee’s plans into turmoil. The next day, at the family meeting, Garcia awaits the Carlo imposter, but is surprised to hear that the Parakeet has gone to the police instead. Suddenly, Inspector-General Khlestakov crashes the meeting and arrests the entire family based on evidence provided by the Rainbow Parakeet. In a panic, Garcia and other members of the family all rush to bribe the Inspector – stuffing large wads of cash and jewels into his coat pockets. In the excitement Khlestakov makes off with Rico, but soon one of the criminals remembers that’s the name of a character from the play “The Inspector-General“, and they realize they’ve been had. The Rainbow Parakeet reveals his disguise and tells Rico that he’s no longer interested in the family’s “cursed” treasure – having made off with a fortune in bribes. Believing him, Rico shares the secret of the mud-pit and together, accidentally or on purpose, the pair of them dispose of the treasure into the sea.

As the Rainbow Parakeet wraps up yet another dashing on-stage performance, he is surprised to find a young girl named Yoshiko waiting for him. She asks him repeatedly to become her acting coach, but he refuses. However, undaunted, she follows him and corners him in a hotel room. When he discovers she comes from a rich family, however, the Parakeet changes his tune and agrees to accompany the girl to her home. While scoping out the family mansion for a heist, the Parakeet is unexpectedly moved by Yoshiko’s acting prowess – she has what it takes to become a big star. However, when Yoshiko’s father and mother return home, they are displeased to find Yoshiko has once again been hanging around the theatre. Her father, who wants her to study hard and become a doctor, apologizes to the Parakeet for the misunderstanding and tells him to leave. However, Yoshiko overcome with emotion, throws herself out the upper floor window while trying to bring her newfound mentor back. Although not badly hurt in the fall, the doctor informs the family that Yoshiko has lost her sight – ending her medical career before it began. Despite her depression, the Parakeet (in disguise) convinces her (and her father) to attempt the role of “Lucy” in the play “The Telephone“. It’s a smashing success, and no one notices that Yoshiko’s mother’s necklace has disappeared.

While taking shelter under an awning from the rain, the Rainbow Parakeet strikes up a conversation with what he thinks is a young woman. To his surprise, it turns out to be a life-like robot that alternates between imploring customers to visit Panac Industries, trying the coffee at The Lantern, and asking where Godot is. Confused, but intrigued, the Parakeet follows the owner of The Lantern coffee shop as he takes the robot – named Olga – inside. Then he learns that Olga once belonged to a company called Panac Industries but is now being used as a marketing gimmick by the coffee shop owner in an attempt to drum up business – although why she is waiting for Godot is still unclear. Paying a visit to Panac industries, the Parakeet learns that Olga was created by an engineer named Godot, but after he died of a heart attack his equipment (including Olga and her large mainframe computer) were sold to the coffee shop to pay off his debts. A year passes and Olga is still standing outside The Lantern and waiting for Godot, so the Rainbow Parakeet decides to take matters into his own hands. Hiring a band of thugs to steal both Olga and the computer, the Parakeet intends to send her off to a better life in Hong Kong… and make a tidy sum at the same time by selling her to an electronics merchant. However, while being transported to the airport, Olga short circuits and the transport truck crashes into Tokyo Bay… leaving Olga to continue to wait for a Godot who will never arrive, and the Rainbow Parakeet to reflect on the similarities to the play by Samuel Beckett.

After riots erupt in the Middle-Eastern kingdom of Sharrif, a foreign exchange student from the country refuses to participate in a university production of “Alt Heidelberg“. However, since the Princess of Sharrif is playing the lead, the show must go on or run the risk of creating an international incident. Despite the risks, the Japanese government approaches the Rainbow Parakeet (via Inspector Senri) and requests his aid on a matter of national importance. The Parakeet – thinking of all the rich members of the audience – agrees, and Inspector Senri is assigned to keep an eye on things. At first, the Parakeet is threatened by Omar, the Chamberlin of Sharrif and the head of the delegation, that if anything should happen to the princess during the production the Parakeet will be killed on the spot. However, despite the production being a huge hit, during the play the Chamberlin is informed that there has been a military coup back home in Sharrif – and he is now in the service of the new government, with orders to return home at once with the princess. Knowing that she will be put to death by the revolutionary government, the Rainbow Parakeet relieves the Chamberlin and his men of their belongings, including weapons, wallets and passports, and takes the princess to a nearby embassy for protection.

It was a dark and stormy night. Taking shelter from a storm, the Rainbow Parakeet ends up in a creepy inn on a hill – literally the mansion from the Hitchcock movie, Psycho (1960) – and is greeted at the front desk by a young woman and her elderly mother. While drying off in his room, the Parakeet hears strange noises coming from the basement. When he goes to investigate, he discovers strange thermal vapours produced by a nearby volcano. The young woman warms him of the danger, saying that the heat could quickly kill a man. Later that night, the Parakeet hears the women plotting to murder him and steal a large gem from one of his previous heists. He notes the similarity to the play, “The Misunderstanding” and then realizes that he’s already been drugged after drinking a glass of milk. In desperation, he makes his way outside in the rain to sober up – however, during the commotion, the old woman makes her way down to the basement and is consumed by the vapours. The next morning, the Parakeet, feeling bad for the young woman, hands her the gem and wishes her well. However, as he leaves, the young woman’s “mother” turns out to be her alive-and-well boyfriend and the pair celebrate putting one over on the Parakeet… or did they?

As Markio Senri sits down to dinner with her father, she receives the news that the police force is planning a sting operation to catch a group of drug smugglers. The catch? The only opportunity involves deploying police operatives undercover as actors in an outdoor children’s amphitheater – and Inspector Senri is being cast in the title role of “Peter Pan.” Of course, having no acting experience, Senri reaches out to the Rainbow Parakeet for some acting tips, however he refuses. So, Senri and Odawara report for “acting boot camp” under the watchful eye of Director Shibugami. His “hands on” approach is ultimately successful and the play is a big hit with the children – which puts Senri and her police colleagues in the perfect spot to the drug smugglers. The crooks spot the cops and attempt to take some of the kids as hostages, but with a little help from Director Shibugami dressed as Captain Hook, Inspector Senri is able to make the arrest.  Strangely enough, once the dust clears, “Director Shibugami” seems to have made off with the crooks’ cash…

The Rainbow Parakeet is in New York, lending his abilities to the role of “George” in a stage production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” However, despite another stunning, there’s one person in the audience who isn’t impressed – the theatre critic Mr. Fooler. His scathing review of the “mediocre acting” is broadcast on television and sends the Rainbow Parakeet into a fury and leaves him determined to get even with his new nemesis. Later that evening, Mr. Fooler has an unexpected visit at his home. Professor Young Frankenstein has returned a wallet that Fooler at a restaurant. Grateful for the return of his property, Fooler invites Frankenstein in for tea. They discuss their professions and Dr. Frankenstein reveals he is a geneticist who has bred a form of werewolf. As if on cue, the howls of a wolf can be heard outside the window, making Mr. Fooler quite uneasy. Frankenstein goes out to his car to check on “Virginia”, but then rushes back in terror, saying that she must have reverted to her wolf form and that they are now in grave danger. Terrified out of his wits, Fooler is instructed by Dr. Frankenstein to keep singing “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” over and over in order to keep Virginia from attacking… and Fooler obliges, singing all night long. After discovering a tape recorder and realizing he’s been had, Fooler calls the police and an officer shows up and explains that it looks like the work of master thief, the Rainbow Parakeet. Worried that he might have been robbed, Fooler opens his safe to check on his jewelry – which is all the invitation the disguised Parakeet needs to make off with them.

On the run from some thugs, the Rainbow Parakeet holes up in a safe house. However, the criminals have a dog tracking his scent and he seems sure to be caught. Just then, he gets a little bit of unexpected help from a cute little dog that throws his pursuers off his scent. Grateful, the Parakeet offers the little dog some food for his troubles, but the dog wants to move in. Although the Parakeet resists, the little dog has acting skills to rival his own, and before long a battle of wills and deception starts to get out of hand. With the little dog still out in the cold, the Rainbow Parakeet reflects on the scene from Faust, where the professor is visited by the Devil, disguised as a dog. He relents and lets the dog in from the cold. However, he soon regrets his decision when his loot begins to go missing and he finds out the little dog is not just his equal as an actor, but also as a thief. Following the dog back to its hideout, he discovers a famed thespian on his deathbed. He tells the Parakeet that the dog’s name is Tamasaburo, and implores him to take after it. The Rainbow Parakeet agrees… if only to be able to eventually retrieve the stolen jewels the dog ingested.

The drug smugglers finally catch up with the Rainbow Parakeet, and they aren’t too happy with him taking off with their money. Looking for a “nice quiet place” to bump him off, the gangster boss, Asechi, drops in on an old friend who owns property in the neighbourhood, Suzuki. The two friends haven’t seen each other in many years, but, posing as a member of the “special investigations service” of police, Asechi fools his friend into letting him visit the old air raid shelter cave that they used to play in when they were kids. Bringing the Parakeet inside the house as his prisoner, Suzuki‘s son and daughter are brought out to meet their father’s old friend. However, the men give the children an uneasy feeling, so it’s no surprise when Suzuki‘s son, Kazuo spots Asechi‘s mug shot on T.V. and brings it to the attention of his father. Even though the overbearing Suzuki will hear none of it, Asechi knows the jig is up and takes the family hostage and orders the phone lines cut and Kazuo’s computer destroyed. Knowing the Parakeet is an actor, Asechi orders a little entertainment, but the lines the Parakeet recites from the play “The Petrified Forest” hit a little too close for comfort. Enraged, Asechi orders everyone into the cave, but once underground the Parakeet has the upper hand and subdues the crooks. As the Rainbow Parakeet prepares to leave before the cops show up, he notices the kids planning to do the same. However, believing that their father has learned his lesson, he talks them into staying.

Inspector Mariko Senri meets the Rainbow Parakeet on a train. Although he maintains that he’s on vacation, she continues to follow him out of Tokyo – mainly to escape the arranged date her father has set up for her. She follows him out to a ranch in the countryside, even joining him on horseback rides through the woods. The ranch is proud to be home to Nashino Tsubute, a former racehorse champion and one of the ranch hands points out the young stallion he sired. However, Nashino has a strange story, although deeply in love with his mate, one day he simply goes mad and disappears. This causes his mate to become depressed and stop eating. Then, several days later, Nashino reappears briefly at night – which perks up his mate – but he never stays. Intrigued, the Rainbow Parakeet and Mariko track the strange stallion and discovers a horse’s skeleton in the woods. Uneasy at the thought that the visitations might be from Nashino’s ghost, they return to the ranch – where Senri is surprised to find her blind date has tracked her down. Although they hit it off, Mariko confesses she has a deep love for another, nameless man and forces her blind date out of her room. They then decide that the only course of action is to bring Nashino’s mate to see his skeleton and confirm he’s dead. This enrages her son, the young stallion, and the Rainbow Parakeet reveals that the “ghost” is in fact the young stallion – disguised as his father using a dark coat of mud. Worried for his mother, the young stallion tried to fool her into thinking his dead father was still alive. However, the mare comes to grip with her mate’s death and begins to recover her health. On the train back to Tokyo, Mariko asks the Rainbow Parakeet what play she would be good for, and muses how she would be perfect for the Shakespeare play, “The Taming of the Shrew“.

Thanks to Tamasaburo’s shenanigans, the Rainbow Parakeet is able to read the lips of a local politician plotting with the party chairman to hand out bribe packages at a local children’s theatre production of “The Story of Hikoichi.” Although not as large as his usual scores, the Parakeet decides it will at least cover Tamasaburo’s food. As luck would have it, the actor playing Hikoichi in the production is unhappy with having to put on a show in support of a political rally. So, the Rainbow Parakeet approaches him in disguise and offers up his services as a stand-in. With the Rainbow Parakeet on stage, Tamasaburo infiltrates the backstage area and sniffs out the box containing the cash for the bribes. He attaches a watch to the box and then calls in a bomb threat. Luckily, the “bomb squad” appears in an instant and takes the package away for inspection. With the local politician in a fury, the package is returned and the bomb scare is called off, much to everyone’s relief – until they discover that the box of cash now mostly contains old bits of newspaper covered by a thin layer of real money on top. As the Rainbow Parakeet and Tamasaburo make their getaway and attempt to ditch the van, they lose their grip on the steel drum and it rolls down a hill and into the water – easy come, easy go.

The Rainbow Parakeet is staring in a production of “Cyrano de Bergerac” and, as usual, the audience loves his performance. However, Mawashi Kozuki, a famed actor, strongly disagrees and writes a poor review. When the Parakeet confronts him, Kozuki tells him his performance is too mechanical – although technically perfect, he doesn’t inject enough of himself into the role to be convincing. Although he begrudgingly accepts the criticism, the Parakeet lifts Kozuki‘s wallet in revenge. However things are not what they seem, and the Parakeet discovers that, despite his talent, Kozuki‘s harsh criticisms have made him an outcast in the theatrical community and left him penniless. In disguise, the Parakeet approaches Kozuki at an Oden stall – run by a huge fan who won’t accept any payment for the food – and returns the wallet. He then convinces Kozuki to take the role of Cyrano for himself. Yet, as fate would have it, Kozuki is struck by a car on his way home and taken to a hospital in critical condition. The next day, the theatre manager worries that Kozuki is late, but he shows up in the nick of time and delivers the performance of a lifetime. What no one realizes though, is that the critically injured Kozuki has put every last ounce of his strength into the role, and although the doctor arrives in a panic, it’s too late – he dies on stage.

When a little girl named Sachiko is run over by a car in her neighbourhood, Inspector Senri vows to see the driver brought to justice. However, when her father – and boss – tells her to concentrate on her own cases, she enlists the aid of the Rainbow Parakeet – thereby killing two birds with one stone. With nothing more than “a blue car” to go on, the Parakeet brings Senri to meet an old mechanic friends of his. However, things backfire slightly when the mechanic begins to tell Senri about what the Rainbow Parakeet was like as a young boy – a topic she’s extremely interested in. Although the grandpa is not much help in tracking down the car, he does suggest that it might be an experimental concept car. As luck would have it though, Senri and the Parakeet randomly spot the car cruising around downtown Tokyo and chase it into the parking lot of a local nightclub, where is mysteriously gives them the slip. Deciding to go inside, as the car is likely to belong to one of the patrons, Inspector Senri runs into an old friend from school who’s working as a waitress. Now the tables are turned and it’s the Parakeet who is interested in hearing more about Inspector Senri as a young girl. Embarrassed, Senri excuses herself to go to the washroom, but then heads down to the parking garage and spots the blue car. Strangely enough, the car and it’s robotic driver – the spitting image of Senri’s previous blind date – tries to run her over and she barely escapes with her life. Meanwhile, the Parakeet is able to get a clue as to the identity of the car’s owner from one of the managers, and after he discovers Senri in the parking lot, the pair head off to the Tatari Research Institute.

Unfortunately, the Tatari Research Institute isn’t open in the middle of the night, and the pair must spend some time together waiting for morning – giving them an opportunity to share a kiss. However, they don’t realize that they are being watched and, once the gates open in the morning, Inpsector Senri comes under attack from a computer that has classified her as an enemy after the battle with the car in the parking garage. The Rainbow Parakeet uses Senri’s bird allergy to change her appearance and save her, but they soon discover that Mr. Tatari, the engineer responsible for the car’s creation has fallen victim to its rampage. By reading his notes, the discover that the robot likeness in the driver’s seat is none other than the son of Ryusuke Kuwagata – the president of Kuwagata Motors. Disguising himself as Tatari, the Rainbow Parakeet crashes the car’s official unveiling ceremony and recounts the tale of “The Blue Bird” – a play that bears a remarkable similarity to the events at hand – and about the dangers of relinquishing too much control to computers. Once again, the Parakeet‘s words hit a little too close to home for Kuwagata, but as he reveals himself, the blue car attacks. Luckily, Inspector Senri came prepared this time and she’s able to shoot out the computerized driver. As Kuwagata sees his car go up in flames, he admits that he’s the one who asked for his son’s likeness to appear as the driver because he misses him. In the end, Senri is able to assure Sachiko that the car has been destroyed – and then she as a dream about keeping a little Rainbow Parakeet in a bird cage.

On a hot summer day, Tamasaburo asks to be let out of the car to cool off on an ice sculpture. On the street he spots a cute little dog, but before he can do anything, the dog is snatched by the dog catcher. Later, back at the hideout, Tamasaburo starts demanding whisky to drown his sorrows over his lost love. Then, using pantomime, explains the situation to the Rainbow Parakeet. The Parakeet, however, refuses to break Tamasaburo‘s new girlfriend out of the slammer – which only makes him more and more insistent. The Parakeet finally breaks down and calls the pound about the dog, only to find out her rich American owner is offering a $30,000 reward for her safe return. That gets the Parakeet‘s attention, and he and Tamasaburo gather up a group of stray dogs to attempt a prison break. In disguise, the Parakeet enters the pound, and when the dogs put on an impromptu production of “The Legend of Satomi Hakken“, he’s able to smuggle the cute dog out amidst the confusion. Reunited with his long lost love, Tamasaburo pleads with the Rainbow Parakeet not to turn her in for the reward and at first the Parakeet is touched by the love story. However, when they discover that the cute dog is in fact a male, the Parakeet collects his $30,000 reward, and Tamasaburo once again tries to drown his sorrows in whisky.

Despite a warning of an impending typhoon, the Rainbow Parakeet and his faithful dog, Tamasaburo make their way by boat to the Parakeet’s hideout – beautiful mansion on a secluded island, complete with a miniature theatre for his private use. However, upon entering the mansion, the Parakeet sees signs of an intruder and discovers a naked young woman in his bed. She claims to be a water nymph named Ondine – as in the titular role of the play Ondine – and that she plans to marry him. She tells him that she’s fallen in love with him while secretly watching him from the sea as he practiced his acting. Despite his protestations, Ondine begins to make herself at home, but as the typhoon begins to approach, she believes it’s caused by her father who opposes her marriage. Realizing the danger if they stay in the ocean-facing mansion on stilts, the Rainbow Parakeet implore Ondine to come with him to the safety of the far side of the island.  However, Ondine refuses and continues to implore “her father” to stop the storm – even as the house collapses into the sea. In the morning, after the storm has passed, the Rainbow Parakeet discovers her body under the rubble. Though he feels guilty, her father arrives and tells him that his daughter has always been fascinated with fairy tales and not to blame himself. As he leaves, the Rainbow Parakeet notes an eerie similarity with the play.

The Rainbow Parakeet, of all people, has been selected as a member of a jury. Young Mr. Myway – the son of a rich tycoon – is on trial for stealing a woman’s purse. It seems to be an open and shut case, so when the Jury foreman puts the verdict to a vote all the members of the jury quick vote “not guilty”… except one. In a scene reminiscent of the teleplay “12 Angry Men“, where a jury is eventually swayed to a verdict of “not guilty”, the Rainbow Parakeet begins to sway each member of the jury to believe that Myway is indeed guilty of the crime. He proves to them, but stealing their own wallets, that the jury has been tampered with by Myway‘s rich father attempting to offer bribes. He then offers up the crucial piece of evidence – the woman’s missing purse.  With the jury’s new outlook, they provide the court with a verdict of “guilty” and are dismissed by an official… with the Rainbow Parakeet making off with their wallets in the process.

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